Our Little Corner of the World...

Hangin' out in the neighborhood...

According to our Wildlife Specialist (and Bear Whisperer), Steve Searles,

it's unusual to get a shot of deer laying down...

Hopefully, they weren't laying down long, because shortly after I took this shot....

look who was crashing the party...

Crappy photo...but it's the first time I've ever seen a bobcat

in person, up close and pretty personal!

I saw him crossing the street...ran and got my camera...

ran back...got the settings...and barely had time to click 

as he crossed the driveway next door...

much less hold the camera steady!!!

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One of my Favorite Flowers...

"'Tis my faith that every flower 

Enjoys the air it breathes!"

William Wordsworth

This Iris is long gone...

the shot is one from my archives...

actually...

it's one of the first I took (and kept)

after I got my first dslr camera...

(With a little tweaking!)

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It Takes a Village...



...to catch a fish...

This was opening day and fishing season was already in full swing...

(But I don't think they'll win any awards from Better Home and Gardens...)


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A Fish Tale...

"Fishing is more than fish.

It is the great occasion when we may return

 to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.:

Herbert Hoover


Posting is a challenge on my laptop...
heading home Saturday...
Yay!!!

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The Weekend in Black and White...

Another Blue Sky Over the Sierras...



A little different Sierra landscape...
at the edge of the Silver Lake Resort on the Alger River from
Silver Lake....

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SkyWatch Friday...

The Graduate...

It's been a long and tough road but she did it!!!

We're all so proud of her!!!

Yay Mimi!!!

Now.....Let's PARTY!!!



Damon's Mai Tai's...

...a fitting end to a great day...following a great achievement!!!

Not suitable for children...

No...this is not a representation of the "Rape of the Sabine Women"...

It is however, the rape of a duck...

yep...you read that right...

According to Webvet on Wikepedia,

"...as many as one in three duck matings are rapes..."

Check it out for yourself if you don't believe me!!!

Looking back over the photos on the memory card I have with me...

I found this one and remembered walking with Kelly to look at the Wisteria

in the park in Bishop.  Of course Kelly wanted to look at the ducks...

you might remember a recent photo of her doing just that...

and there it was...going on right there out in the open

and no duck police around.

It was brutal...

and I admit...a bit fascinating. 

According to Wikepedia, the female in these cases often

get injured or even die (sound familiar?).

Now, you may think that this would result in a lot of unwanted pregnancies...

(do ducks actually get pregnant?)

but do not worry...somehow...

mama duck is able to "dispense" the "offending" sperm

and ends up with pregnancies that are 97% wanted.

(Now...how the heck do they know that???)

Now you can say you learned something new today!!!

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Wild Bird Wednesday



Hubba, Hubba Big Boy...

"Why don't you pull over and chat awhile..."

Where's this "little" lady hail from?

Why...none other than...

Off the side of Highway 395 in Pearsonville....

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Our World Tuesday Meme


BTW...laptop issues ameliorated, not solved!
Up and running for the time being...
But I'm not holding my breath...

Curses!!!

Drat!!!


Where the heck is my laptop cord???

Laptop is deader'n a doornail!!!

Have to go to a graduation.!!!  Ugh... Up at 6???  I must really love Mimi!!!

Check back later today... I'll stop by Radio Shack on the way back to the house!!!

:)

Update!   Graduation went smoothly... Except for the fact my camera was on the coffee table at home... Thank God for iPhones!!!
Now the dilemma... New, expensive power cord for a very old laptop that doesn't hold a charge any more... Or a dreadfully expensive new laptop???

Another Skywatch Friday...

"Today is your day!  Your mountain is waiting.  So...get on your way."

Dr. Seuss

Crystal Craig...above Lake Mamie...

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A Tail Waggin' Good Time...

"Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."

Max Eastman

Kelly was so excited that there was snow to play in,

 she didn't care that she was on her leash!!!

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Soaring...

ISO 200    24mm    f9.0    1/320

"For most gulls it was not flying that matters,

but eating.

For this gull, though,

it was not eating that mattered, 

but flight."

Richard Bach

This was a quick shot...

the gulls took off above me...

I grabbed my camera and didn't stop to set it any differently than it was already set...

swung it up to my eye and clicked away!!!

No telephoto...so I did a bit of cropping...

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