This little fellow kept me entertained at school last week, he kept dropping and picking up whatever he has in his beak and talking to me, birdwithbeakfull2007 , Can anyone tell me what kind of bird this is: birdy20070425_5416a , and I think this one is also another one of the previous birds, but front view, both were in the same tree. prettybird20070425_5 . I got this little guy at the college, finally managed to get some of him staying still that is lol, dragonfly20070424_52 . I was taking pics on April 1 at the sundial bridge with my oldest and we were watching this goose and two ducks swimming, got pics of them of course. Looks like they are playing duck, duck goose hehe. duck_duck_gooseanyon . Here are the ducks by themselves, one is a mallard, duck20070401_3628a , Mallard20070401_3630 . I got the goose up close too and another gooose of a different color that came along while I was taking the pics. whatUlookinat2007040 , utalkintome20070401_ . These guys were enjoying the water as the sun was starting to come down at the Grass Lake Rest area, when I had gone up to get my girls around the beginning of the month. geesegrasslake200703 , now this guy was really enjoying posing for pics it seems, SeagullGrassLake2007 . I will have to wait until tomorrow, if I remember to post the pics I got of Mt. Shasta, the full moon shining on the Sacramento river, and some of my girls and their cousins/friends from their visit. I hope you enjoy the pics and hopefully someone can tell me what the two birds are that in the tree.

Hiya there everyone, before I start posting the pics That I got yesterday, I wanted to post this butterfly,butterflylayingeggs2  . If you look close you can see she is laying eggs, we were lucky enough to get lots of pics of her the other day when she was. Now on to my day trip yesterday.

We decided to go up to McCloud falls to get lots of pics, of course we had to stop back over and my roommates dad's place first to get pics of the dark purple tulips that just opened, deeppurpletulip20070 . Then we had some lunch and headed out of town. We Stopped at the Elementary school in Castella to get pics of Castle Crags, CastleCrags20070324_ , then onward the journey. We decided to take a side trip down ski park highway going to Mt.Shasta ski lodge, talk about great pics, Mt_Shastainclouds200 . We then moved on to the parking lot at the ski lodge to get more pics, MtShstaCluds20070324  , Mt_ShstaClouds200703 . The clouds were moving in and around Mt.Shasta when we were getting the pics, you can see some of the shadows of the clouds on the mountain. I love using zoom on my new camera.

We then left the lodge and headed towards McCloud falls. We stopped at the vista point right by the exit to the upper falls to get more pics of shasta, since more clouds were around it, MtShastaClouds200703 . We then headed to Upper McCloud Falls, here is one of my pics from there, UpperMcCloudFalls200 . We got in the car and headed down to the middle falls, MiddleMcCloudFalls20 . I took some time to get pics of the moon above us directly while at the middle falls, MoonMiddleMcCloudFal . We got some great sunset pics while getting ready to leave the middle falls, sunsetUpperMcCloudFa. We still had some light so we headed to the lower falls, here Java taught his sister and I how to use some of the settings on our camera's lol. LowerMcCloudFallsatn , that is a pic that I took of the falls when it was getting too dark to see, I used my EV setting on my camera as java showed me and got a pretty good one. Here is a pic of the moon again, from the lower falls, using manual mode, forcing focus and another setting, experimenting with going higher or lower on the numbers, MoonLowerMcCloudFall . Now I know how to get pics of the moon, stars and planets at night lol, and of waterfalls and such at night. We had a great day, got home around 10 pm. I had almost filled up my 2 gb card for the new camera, I downloaded about 815 pics. Have a great night everyone.  

K time to share some more of my pics, I am limiting them this time to some of our flowers and blossoms. Here is one of our apple blossoms appleblossom20070223  , Anyone want to tell me what kind of bee this is, beeonappleblossom200 , I happened to get a good shot of that bee on the apple blossom, using my macro  and zoom. Great detail. Here is one of our beautiful cat's ears, I didn't realise there was a bee in there until I downloaded them and looked, have quite a few and the bee was always in a different position. beeincatsear20070223  . Here is one of our white spraxies with only yellow in the middle, really pretty, spraxiewithyellow200 . And last but not least here is a wild radish that is a lavender/pink color along with white. Got it at the park in Anderson where the Aquaduct is. wildradish20070323_1  

My roommate got me a brand new digital camera, Sony Cybershot DSH-H2, I have been out and about today playing with it. I am going to post some pics that I took with my fuji film one yesterday and some that I took with my new one today. Here are some pics of Honey's puppies, two of them that are ready to be sold, they are so adorable. Damon calls them Porkchop and Angel hehe. Angel_Porkchop200703  , Angel_PorkchpPlaying  , Porkchop20070315_744   , Now I had to go up and get picks of Selena and the puppies, she was loving having them there, laughed at them and held them. One was trying to nurse on her ear when I got in there and damon moved her,well Selena was going to return the favor by chewing on the other ones ear lol. Selena_Puppy20070315  , Selena_Porkchop20070  , Here are some pics of Selena too, she has such a beatiful smile. Selena20070315_7424a  , Selena20070315_7438a .

Here are the pics I took with my new camera now lol. Here are some of our spraxies that have come out. Spraxie20070316_141a  , Spraxie20070316_148a , Spraxies20070316_119  , Spraxies20070316_124  , Spraxies20070316_125 Spraxies20070316_128 Spraxies20070316_134 Spraxies20070316_161 . I was trying to get pics of our hawks out there and managed to get some other birds early this morning, Two birds in a tree , Bird in a tree , and here is one of our bearded Iris's, Bearded Iris .
 I of course got some of My mom, her dog tiny and Tc's dog monique today too. Mom_Tiny20070316_77a Monique20070316_104a Tiny20070316_84a . Well I hope you enjoy and I know I am going to have fun getting use to my new camera and experimenting with what it can do. It is going to take me a while to get it all down, but it will be worth it.

found these when out taking pics last week. Hey look some vincas are out lol. , roses are red, violets are blue, oops these look to be purple. , daffodils a little further away., I just had to get a close up of the daffodils, I love catching the glistening on them, daffodils upclose. They all sure smell good, walk out the door and get a good whiff. Here is some pics from Jan. that I took, when we were having really cold days, lol, Iced Vinca leaves and tree leaves., Pond reflection with some ice on it. .

My brother's corgie Honey had her puppies the day before yesterday. He brought them by on his way into town so I could see them. All girls and they look like mommy. They are full blood corgy, their mom and dad are corgys. Here is mom Honey , and here are the babies, Honey's Daughters..

I feel this is one of my best shots of 2006. Thank  you everyone for all your input on my pics, it helps me alot. Bee Inside the Red Rose

Here are some pretty flowers that I took some pics of at our church: flowers20061220_6573 . I sure hate it when you are getting some pics and your batteries go low, I did manage to get this one though: stormacoming20061220  . Here is a pic of a lemon that is growing, or is it a lime, we arent totally sure yet and I dont think it is either. amIalemonorlime20061  . Here are two pics of my dad's rottweiller puppy, he is about 7 weeks old. Going to be a big boy lol. biteofpipeanyone2006  , gimmegimme20061229_6 . WE stopped to get pics of Mt. Lassen there on Bonneyview road, happened to get the cows in the field too, quite a few pregnant ones. cowseatinglasseninba  . Some of our daffodils are growing outback. daffodil20061229_684  . The moon sure looked so pretty out there during the day, I just had to get the pics, here is one of them. moon20061229_6883a  . Here is a pic of our old barn across the way. oldbigbarn20061229_6  .

Here are some pics from christmas eve at my nephews. Selena sure has gotten big, she is now three months old, when these two pics were taken she was over 13 lbs and 9 ounces.  She laughs when her mommy holds her and says mommy. funnymommy20061224_6  , and here she is on great grandmas lap, all the great grandkids call her mombo. smilemombo20061224_6  . hehe where is the beef, or is that ham tonight. where_sthebeef200612    , Moms mini daschund tiny, looking for food. He eats everything my mom does, except for hot peppers lol.

Sorry it has taken me a long while to post more pics. I am starting to get out there and take them again. I start school on jan. 16, so will hopefully get alot more pics when out and about. Happy New years everyone and be safe, hugs to you all.

One of the many beatuiful flowers at Aazalea park in Brookings, Or 2004530_a_37 .Hmmmmmm this one sure looks pretty 2004530_a_46.  This flower has a buddy on it, wonder what he is thinkingantanyone200530_0176 .This is too pretty tosit on, wonder why someone would put it on a bench Azaleaparkbenchseat2  Whoever did the artwork on the previous bench seat cover and these two dolphin 's did a great job Dolphinbnchdcrtn2004 ,Dolphinbnchdecoratio .Two more pics of the Crescent City Lighthouse Crescent City Lighth, CrescentCity LIghth. IThis doggy beautifuldog20040529  sure looks like demon from snow dogs some lol. From what I was told when taking this pic, the dog gets bored when left alone and tears things up. This doggie wanted to play there at the parkbrowndoggie2004530_1. .Here is another one of the beautiful flowers from Azalea parkflowers20040530_0140.  It was fun seeing these llamas and watching kids to get ride them in the parade they had that dayllamas20040529_0260a .sass had fun getting on the tractor there at the park the day we were there. She was disappointed that she didnt get to take it for a spin though lol. tractorrideanyone200.  Here is what a tomato worm looks like, I forgot I had gotten this pic two years ago, otherwise I would have realised what that big green grinning worm was on our cherrie tomatoes.tomatoworm0530_0187a.  Here is a pic of tigerliy in the tree behind one of the houses on the property, she was nice and comfy wanting me to bring her food up to her and pet hertigerlilytree2004316.  I love the look of this beautiful dog, just want to get down there and hug him and pet him. He is so furry or as evie would say fluffyfurry20040529_4529_2. Hehe here is my dream carmydreamcar20040415_0. Here is one of our white bearded Iris'sIris2004316_50a . And this one it took me a while to find out is an easter lilyeasterlily2004409_11 .

I found more of my pics that I'd like to share. This pic is one of my first ever reflection pics, taken at one of our ponds, with the barn behind it. reflections. This poor rattle snake, he got his nap interrupted when Java was weedeating the yard and didn't know he was there. He didn't want to leave his comfy place though, lol. Java and I both got pics, java telling me not to get too close all the time, cause he didn't want to have to make a trip to the hospital hehe. He finally had to squirt it with some water to get it to move. SNAKE_C0. Here is one of our purple bearded Iris's. We have white ones and purple ones that grow in our yards. and if you look close enough you can see his green buddy that is walking around on him,PURPL_A3a.I had gotten a pic of this pink azalea, at least I think its an azalea, when we were in brookings at the park there. pinkAzalea20050530 . Here was a better pic of Mt. Shasta, even though I still can't find my sunset ones of it, real close. Mt. Shasta when it was a bit clearer out. . Now this one if I am correct should be mt. hood, when we were going over 26 to Portland. Mt. Hood a couple years ago, coming from hwy 26. . This lighthouse in Crescent city is a pretty sight, specially when they have the fireworks going from the pier there. LIghthouse in Crescent City.. Here is a pic of the oregon coast, oreggoncoast, it was fun trying to catch the waves hitting the rocks. These geese sure look like they are having fun in the water there. It was at the Park Marina water golf area here in Redding. geese swimming..Here is what a pomegranite looks like when it is blooming, interesting how it turns into a pomegranite. POMEG_91. I need to remember to upload the Llama pic i have too, I keep forgetting. Well that is it for now.  

Here is a pic of my very pregnant neice that I took on sept. 28, lol I timed it just right. tc very pregnant. She went into labor that night. I got to be up at the hospital with her all night and there when the baby was born at 7 am exactly. Weighing in at 8lbs and 20 inches long, She was definitely all baby lol. Here are a couple pics of her daughter. Selena Cindy Lee 2, Selena Cindy less. She is so cute.

This reminded me of when my neice Kadine was born May 31, 2005. She was 9lbs 11oz. Here are some pics of Kadine in november of that year and of her this last saturday with my mom. Kadine Emma 1, Kadine Emma 2, Mom with Kadine and Tiny.

Here are some flowers and plants that I took pics of over the years, found some interesting to see. BloomingYellow , Red Flowers.

Here are some varioius clouds pics that I have taken, some with sunset approaching, some cause the way the clouds are formed. Twisging cloud, Twisting clouds 2, sun shining through clouds 1, Sunset through the clouds, sunset and moon over Anderson, Sunset over Anderson, sun and dark clouds, Rays through the clouds, sun shining through the clouds, Cluods over hills.  

I went out and took some pics for the challenge, walking around our yard over here to see what curves. I came across our pecans that are still forming, with their leaves up above them. pecan. Then i looked at our walnut trees, found some walnuts still forming  walnut. I went out into the orchard and saw that there was a tree branch on the ground tree branch.

I headed over to get pics of our tritomas while I was out there and noticed that one or two of them were curving some, like they were going the way life was pointing them. tritoma. Also found an old wagon that has rust on it, from days gone by.  wagon.

I came back inside and took pics of the hangers, old wooden ones and the newer plastic ones that are hanging over the bedroom door. hangers. Then I decided to take some pics of Princess Charming since she curves and of her heart since it curves.  princess charming,  heart.

 

To me, some of the things in this world that make me happy are: Hearing and watching the water flow at the bottom of a waterfall on it's way to the ocean or lake it is heading for. bottomofbrandycreek falls. Making fudge with my daughters and watching them lick out the pan with such enjoyment, lol.  evie&fudge. Watching my girls actually being loving to each other instead of fighting. sass&emmy. Watching the sunset with all its splendor.  Sunset1. Catching the colors of the sunset through thick clouds that are forming. sunset2. Watching god's creations, when out enjoying the beauty of nature.  pug. Catching some awe inspiring sites in the sky with the clouds. powerful. Looking at old things through the fog. such as a barn and tree. barn&tree. Looking out over a calm and peaceful lake and just drinking in the beauty.  WhiskeytownLake. seeing, and smelling our beautiful flowers when they are in bloom, such as our naked ladies and sweetpeas.  nakedladies,  sweetpeas.

The most enjoyable and relaxing thing for me is to watch snow come down and pile up outside. It can change my mood from down to happy in no time. snowbank.  

I thought I would share some of my first shots with my camera when I was given it almost three years ago. This one was taking toward the end of Jan in 2204, I just loved the frost that was on the plants that morning. Here is some on one of our grape leaves, frost on leaves. I had gone out walking around the property here to get pics of the flowers and plants blooming. I found this pretty little flower and didn't know it's name until Javabeanz told me, its a cats ears. cats ears.

In July of 2004 javabeanz and I went to Crescent city for the fouth, then left Brookings and traveled up the coast to Florence, then over to Eugene, then Mt. Hood to camp for two days before we picked up my daughters. This is a pic of Whaleshead there on the coast, it was really windy taking the pic, winds from both angles lol. But a beautiful sight to me. Whaleshead. We spotted these on our way into our camping spot that night, July 6. Bear Grass. I asked the ranger the next day what they were, she told me bear grass. They only bloom every seven years and that was the year for them. We went exploring the next day. Went to Multnomah Falls to get some more pics, here is one of the pics I took. Multnomah Falls. I love trying to catch the power as the water cascades down into the pool below. I couldn't resist getting pics of all the dogs there two. These two are welsch corgies, and they look just like the two my brother has. Welsh corgies. We went a different way on the way back to the campground and got some more pics. Here is one of the columbia river gorge from one of the vista points. I used my zoom to get as close as I could to it from up that high.  Columbiar River Gorge. We got pics of Mt. Hood on the way back up there. It was from a different way than we had gone before. Mt. Hood.

Here is a pic of one of my middle daughter's bed buddies, lol. She was sleeping and I went to go check on her and saw this, so I took pics of him. He finally got tired of it and started moving, so I woke my daughter up to show her. Oh boy! she freaked out, it had been trying to get under the covers with her. He finally got the idea to get totally away from her and me, since she was trying to kill him. It is a woof spider, even though it looks like a brown recluse.
bed buddy.

Howdy all, thought I would share what I have done from friday to today. My girls came down to visit this last week, Friday was my middle daughter's 15 birthday. We took her, my youngest daughter and their friend to Brandy Creek at whiskeytown Lake. Here is a pic of part of Brandy Creek. BrandyCreek. Here is a pic of my daughter's before they went back with their dad on sunday. TroubleXThree. The one on the left is the middle daughter, middle one is youngest and brunette is oldest. Today we had to take a trip to Yreka to meet Javabeanz's sister, so we did a side trip to Mcloud falls. Here is a pic of Mt. Shasta from the ski park hwy leading to the lodge up there. Mt.Shasta1. This was a better view, not as much smoke from all the fires.

Here is a pic of the Lower Mcloud Falls, it is really quiet there, I love hearing the water falling into the river below it. Lower Mcloud Falls. Here is a pic of me standing on some of the rocks next to the lower falls, javabeanz had to take it. Kelatlowerfalls.

Here is a pic of the middle Falls. MiddleMcloudFalls.  I took this pic from way up at one of the obeservation points by the trail. It was pretty frightening look down all that way. Here is a pic of Mt. Shasta that I took from the Middle falls, close to the parking lot.  Mt.Shasta2 .

Here is a pic of the water coming down the upper falls, I just love to watch it. Such strength and power. UpperMcloudFAlls . Here is a pic of a rainbow that is on the water, formed from the mist of water coming down from the upper falls.  
rainbowwater. Here is a pic of one of the purple pansy's I think at the rest area outside of weed, before we headed to Mcloud. OoooPurple . These flowers along with the morning glorys and other flowers smelled heavenly. I am sorry if I used too many pics. Hope you enjoyed them.

Here are some more of the pics that I took on the 6th and 7th of this month while driving up to Crescent and driving home from Crescent. Here is a pic of one of the four kittens my middle daughter's cat patches helped produce. The kitten's name is bugs and she was having fun in the bathroom in the sink watching me. bugsinthesink. Here is another one of the four kittens patches fathered. She sure is a beauty, name is Panda. Pandawatchingus. Here is a pic of the chipmunk at the Grass Lake rest area, in this one he could have  been thinking, maybe if I stand still the nut with the camera wont notice me watching them, lol.  chipmunkclimbing . Then I managed to get either the same one or another one in front of some rocks, maybe an entrance to a cave there. chipmunkinfrontofrocks . Here is a interesting pic I got while taking pics of the spider web on the ponderosa pine bark. See if you can see the face behind the web. It just jumps out at you. facebehindtheweb. The last one in this series is of our beautiful Mt. Shasta, problem is couldn't see it clearly with all the smoke and clouds shrowding it.  Mtshastashrowded.  We had a few fires going around northern California that was making us get the smoke down here in Redding and Anderson also. Shasta is definitely alot more beautiful when not behind smoke and clouds.