Charlie Brown's Crocus

"Each flower is a soul opening

out to nature."

~Gerard De Nerval

The Countries Who Love T-bone Images

I have had views from 114 countries through out the world to date!
This absolutely makes me ecstatic!
Just for interest...

Canada
USA
South Africa
Germany
Japan
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
Mozambique
Australia
Namibia
Sweden
England
Argentina
Serbia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Rwanda
Brazil
Indonesia
Guyana
Turkey
India
Romania
Belize
Iceland
Netherlands
Russia
China
Botswana
Hungary
Italy
Czech Republic
South Korea
Kuwait
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Portugal
Egypt
Peru
Maldives
Zambia
Puerto Rico
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
Latvia
Malta
Iran
France
Phillipines
Bahrain
Mexico
Israel
Vietnam
Poland
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados
Slovakia
Dominica
Tanzania
United Arab Emeriates
Columbia
Greece
Ecuador
Uruguay
Algeria
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Nigeria
Lebanon
Moldova
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Georgia
Venezuela
Taiwan
Gabon
Costa Rica
Honduras
Chile
Kenya
Nicaragua
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Finland
Croatia
Morocco
Jamaica
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Cameroon
Congo (DRC)
Austria
Estonia
Belarus
Lithuania
Yemen
Kazakhstan
Cayman Islands
Laos
Brunie
Andorra
Netherlands
Ukraine
Cape Verde
Iraq
Portugal
Ethiopia
Angola

                      Thank you so much for your interest...sincerely your humble Photographer!
                                                               Ted T-bone Gardner
                                                                  Yes...Thats Me!

Spring Scene?

Believe it or not, but this is the scene outside our front bay window!

Snow and freezing rain, the subject is the Maple tree in our front yard

Crazy weather!

First Blooms

The first blooms of spring,

always make my heart sing!

1st blooms in our garden 2013

April 4th.

Lanius ludovicianus

Loggerhead Shrike

taken in Cochise county Arizona

Parabuteo unicinctus

Harris's Hawk

Taken in the open aviary at the Tucson

Desert Museum.

Ferruginous

With the winter weather here,

I continue to revisit Arizona.

With a smile, this Ferruginous Hawk

gave me some fantastic images.

These were shot at an open aviary 

at the Tucson Desert Museum.

Ocotillo

The most common 

and most spectacular

Arizona desert flower.

Commonly known as Coach-Whip

or Candlewood .

Arizona Thistle

I am revisiting my trip to Arizona with my Pop in 2009

there are a myriad of images that I have yet to really discover.

These are macro shots of  a Plume Thistle, early in it development.

Keep tuned for more Arizona Flora!

Dryocopus pileatus

Pileated Woodpecker

At 19 inch  about crow sized.

As my wife says prehistoric!

This is the male.

not the best shots but still worth seeing.

White Tails

I must say this is a special sight

right in my own back yard...

unless the garden is in full bloom!

Mourning Dove

First Day of Spring?

The first day of Spring...Really ?

Elvis Lives...

The last sighting of Elvis was in Toledo Ohio

where he was working as a fry cook.

Before that he was spotted posing as a speed bump

on Hollywood boulevard.

He is the man of a thousand faces.

Just today I caught him in my backyard, doing his best impersonation of a Starling!

His wardrobe gave him away! not to mention that haircut!

Water Down

Evening Winter Light

Late afternoon light streaming through our window

Our days are getting longer

and spring is in the air

life and rebirth . 

A Winter's Dream of April

For my Friend Terri...who's has had enough of winter

Spring is in the air!

" April hath put a spirit of youth in everything"

~William Shakespeare 

Winter Night Light

On Golden Pond

Another Brick in the Wall

If you look close

you can see an old image in each brick.