The Sentry

Face in the Woods

"My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.

The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers,

and the dreams are as beautiful."

~Abram L. Urban

Archilochus colubris

A Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird

We currently have 2 females coming to our feeders

and just 1 male.

The females are fighting it out!

for the feeder or the male?

Wakerobin

Trillium

AKA Wakerobin

Ontarios provincial flower

Now in full bloom in our back yard.

On the Outside

Mosquito Hawk

harmless, but freaky when you

open a door and this is the first

thing you see!

Virgin Leaves

The Crimsom Maple in our yard

has burst to life.

"In the spring

at the end of day

You should smell like dirt"

~Margaret Atwood

Agelaius phoeniceus

The Red winged Blackbird

a harbinger of spring. 

Mothers Day

Everyone's Mother is great...

Mine...is the best!

I Luv ya Mumzie!

Melospiza melodia

The Song Sparrow

At rest upon some quiet limb

And singing to his pretty 'marrow'

Sweet breasted friend of child and man,

I love the bright eyes and the tan,

Gray mottled coat that suits the trim

And winsome singing sparrow

He seeks no dear and lofty ground;

His home is every ridge and furrow,

In the low alder bushes he's

At home, and in the wayside trees;

Wherever man lives I have found

The nest of the song sparrow

Except among the chimney tops

A smoking where the streets are narrow;

Where man has banished living green

And scarce a blade of grass is seen

He rarely comes, he never stops,

The little rustic sparrow.

~ Philip Henry Savage : 1868-1899

Spring Bee

"The keeping of Bees

is like the direction

of sunbeams"

~Henry David Thoreau

Narcissus Afternoon

Beautiful...and they know it!

Pulmonaria

Pastel Spring

A Beautiful unassuming spring flower 

in our garden, rarely even noticed  

unless you get up close.

Common name is Lungwort...

not a fitting name in my mind.

Scared Stiff

This mouse, who I found cleaning out

the garden shed this spring, offered two choices...

 One he would play chess with me...

or two I will capture him in my image!

My Chess prowess suggests he be captured

"Scared Stiff"

Indigenous

The theme this week at our photography club

is "Indigenous"

Neil is the closest thing except Don Cherry!

a link to that group is here...

http://www.facebook.com/groups/photographicplatform/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTy-GCfmvw

Last Years Cat

Last seasons Cattail.

This seasons replacements.

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

forages mainly for small flying insects.

Not sure where this little fellow

is finding anything to eat this in the spring?

Flood or Famine?

State of emergency

Flooding. major rains!

thankfully I live on top of a hill!

Pussy Willow

I know a little pussy,

Her coat is silver grey,

She lives down in the meadow,

not very far away.

Although she is a pussy,

she'll never be a cat,

for she is a pussy willow.

Now what do you think of that?

~Anonymous

A Vision Upon My Art

"When words become unclear,

I shall focus with photographs.

 When images become inadequate,

I shall be content with silence."

~ Ansel Adams

Charlie Brown's Crocus

"Each flower is a soul opening

out to nature."

~Gerard De Nerval