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lightning

June 30th, 2009

lightning

Along with the afternoon rains this month, we’ve also had a good bit of lightning. I like photographing the storm clouds above the mountain horizon.  This capture was done through a double glazed window since it was raining too hard for me to take the camera outside. I focused out and beyond the rain spotted glass to capture the horizon just in time for the lightning.

rain

flicker

June 28th, 2009

insect meal

June 27th, 2009

mallard duckings

June 26th, 2009

Summer’s finally here and so are ducklings. My first sighting of the tiny yellow and brown swimmers was on an early morning walk around the lakes at Lower Lake Ranch.

mallard ducklings

Clouds overhead reflect white in the dark water while low morning sunlight traveled up the valley to light this straggler.

straggler_duckling

The reflections changed as I moved around the lake. Light changed, too, cloudy one moment, a bit of bright sun the next.

mallard_ducklings

Birds, Lower Lake Ranch

columbines

June 22nd, 2009

  white and yellow columbines

I woke up early this morning dreaming of photographing flowers.  It was a good day for working the flowers alongside the bees and hummingbirds. The columbines around my home are taller and have many flowers thanks to all the  rain we have had this year.

 yellow columbine

colorado blue columbine

columbine - remembrance

wildflowers

red fox wants my cat

June 17th, 2009

red fox staring

I looked up the hill to see a fox staring at my cat in his cat run. After the first capture the she looked away as if to hide her interest in him. But, the tongue licking the lips told the truth. I’m glad my cat is always safe inside our house or the cat run.

red fox tongue

fox

mark your place

June 9th, 2009

goslingsbkmk

Goose with goslings, one of the images I’m printing for bookmarks this year.

Birds, Lower Lake Ranch