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.

Cold Duck..Anyone?

Mallards enjoying some cold sunshine

At the head waters of the Severn River

at the North end of Lake Couchiching

in the hamlet of Washago

For those not in the know

there is a very thrifty wine called Cold Duck.

its about as drinkable as the name!

Muskoka River Winter

Nothin' Runs Like a Deer

Three White Tailed Deer this evening

In the backyard feeding under the bird feeders.

At the end of Day...

We shall rest

in preparation for the long week ahead

and to remember our days past.

We hope to rejuvenate, come out fresh!

and at the end of the day...were home at last!

~JE Ted Gardner

Late Winter's Shadows

The February sun is high in the sky,

The first harbinger of Spring!

Dream Works

Man on The Moon

Hardly a feature in the evening sky

As yet-near the horizon the cold glow

Of rose and mauve, as you look on high,

Deepens to Giotto's dream of indigo.

~ Stephan Edgar

What the Wind is Blowin' ?

The answer my friend...

Is blowin' in the wind

~ Bob Dylan

The what would be Siberian  Bamboo.