Sign of Spring

All over the Little Lake Valley and the surrounding areas the trees are blooming. My daffodils are budding up and getting ready to bloom. This morning I noticed that the Willow Trees outside the gym were covered in buds and water drops. I couldn't resist photographing them! Have a blessed day, chris Photographed with a Canon 7D and a Canon 28-105 lens at 105mm. Camera settings used - AV mode ISO 400, F5.6, Shutter speed of 1/640th of a sec.

Nature's Palette

God gives summer a beautiful send off with the brilliant colors of fall. I grew up in Colorado so at this time of the year I long for the broad swaths of the quaking aspens rolling up the mountainsides. They are long past now being replaced with the winters snows. One needs to be content in ones circumstances and I have learned that there are many beautiful fall colors to be had where I live now. The oaks, maples and willow trees are equally beautiful in their own way as are many of the ornamental trees found in the parking lot at the dermotologists office! Here is a sampling of color from the parking lot yesterday when I took Annika to an appointment in Ukiah,CA. What an incredibly beautiful day it was. God's light and love to all, chris

Signs of Spring

Today I noticed that the willow trees are budding out and seeding. A sure sign of the spring to come. The funny thing is that we tend to get the most snow here in February and March. We shall see what the good Lord has in store for us. I spent about a half an hour this morning creating some images of the Chestnut Backed Chickadees on the willow buds. This afternoon I'm going to build more bird houses to replace many of the bird houses on our property that have fallen apart over the years. I'm going to make five Screech Owl boxes and about twenty small bird houses. Yesterday I went out o the ranch and put up six Bluebird houses and one Screech owl box.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris