Pictures of Nature

I was kayaking this morning and took a picture of some tires. They're being used as a wave barrier at a sailboat marina. I used them as ...

This is the kind of picture that can make you nervous if you like zipping about in a power boat. I took this picture in January, on a bitter...

I love purple flowers. These were at Sarah Duke Garden at Duke University. I took the picture 2 weeks ago and really need to go back there s...

Last week I came across this fellow. It appears that he's just being mellow, calmly contemplating nature. I can't blame him one litt...

I found this guy on a piece of cardboard right near my deck after work on Friday. He wasn't moving and at first I thought he was dead. H...

The body language on this little fella reminds me of a kid that has to pee. The crossed "hands" and legs just convey that message ...

I hardly ever get any pictures of birds at this feeder. How can they resist the luscious feast here?

Blue Jays. Cyanocitta cristata if you want the Latin. Commonly referred to as "those damn Jays". They frequent this area and I ce...

Even though it's only mid-March, here in eastern NC there's Spring in the air and the grackles are thinking of sex. Naughty birds!

Grackles are interesting birds. I love their mannerisms. I don't get many pictures of them 'cause for the most part they prefer to f...

While waiting for some Brunswick Stew to heat up in the microwave I went outside to take some pictures of the predawn fog. This was around 6...

The view yesterday from the lower half of my dining room windows. I really need to trim those trees back a little! Cute icicles though.

We got a little more snow last night. We'd had so much warm weather of late that I thought there was little chance of getting snow again...

Just the sun poking through the trees. I took this picture near the suspension bridge at Eno River Park this past Sunday.

I went on a hike today at Eno River Park with a ground of about 15 people. It's a group that Julie's been a member of for a while bu...

I took this picture a week ago and put it up on my main blog. I looked it over today and decided I liked it enough to post it here as well. ...

Lee gave my birds some Christmas presents under the slender pretence of giving them to me. Ha! We all know she likes birds better than peop...

She looks so concerned and vigilant whereas hubby, there below, just looks like a greedy pig. To be fair, maybe they just have different way...

At the risk of offending people with a good sense of humor, I'm titling this picture "Light Snow". This past Saturday we recei...

We had some snow here in NC this weekend and it had horrible affects on some of the locals. Here you can see a Dark-eyed Junco bobbing for s...

Apparently I'm a food enabler. Shame on me!

My Dad and I hiked into this waterfall a few days after Christmas last month. It was quite beautiful--and surprisingly full of water conside...

These pictures were taken Thursday morning. About 20 minutes apart. In the picture above the sun hadn't quite risen over the horizon yet...

I couldn't sleep so I was up to take pictures in the pre-dawn light. It was pretty this morning, I think it was Monday, but the next day...

I came across this cluster of gulls while kayaking across a lake. This was as close as I could get before they flew away.

Where did all the water go? This poor dock doesn't look like it's going to stay healthy much longer. Already some of the steel girde...