Spring migration is slow this year in Maryland, but it hasn’t stopped me to keep trying to keep adding to the list for my Big Year. Those who have been following me for a while have probably wondered why all of sudden tons of birds have appeared. Well, […]
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at […]
Finally having a chance to catch up on some spring migration birding, I headed down to new-to-me natural area in Harwood, Maryland. Wooten’s Landing offers a natural marshland area that is lesser known. A perfect resting stop for migrating warblers and other birds heading north for the summer. […]
This afternoon something new at the dock caught my eye. Could it be that our goose couple had their babies? Nope, she’s still in her nest with hubby close by. Instead it’s another goose couple that brought their newly born goslings to visit. Grabbing my Canon 60D with […]
Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smallest of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow’s grass. ~ Alexandra David-Néel
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse’s good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. Ludwig Wittgenstein Canon 7d, 100-400mm f/4.0 L. Aperture Priority, Auto ISO, Daylight white balance, f/8.0. Edits in Lightroom […]
One cannot be in the south in springtime without a explosion of color from blooming azaleas. In six days, we’ve traveled six states and in all that journey, I’ve been in search of outstanding azalea blossoms. Savannah..just finishing. Gainesville, long gone. Now in Aiken, South Carolina and the […]
With the warming temperatures, the long delayed cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin have finally hit their peak bloom. With an early pre-dawn departure, I arrived to the cherry blossoms before dawn. Many photographers were already on-site establishing their desired position for the sun rise. The cloud cover […]
It was a blustery cool spring morning and I was in search for some migratory warblers, in which there were none. But when just about to leave the parking lot of Greenbury Point a very industrious blue bird caught my eye. Gathering up little bits, she flew over to […]
“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” ― Claude Monet
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 