Spring Challenge Day 7

Today is the last day of our Spring Photography Challenge. It has been so much fun for me and I hope you have enjoyed seeing my photos! Here are my last:

 Some more azaleas. I like the lighting in this photo.

The Northern Cardinal, one of my favorite photographic subjects. :)

The last one for the Spring Photography Challenge is.....a frost aster in the sunset. I love the lighting in this one as well.


Okay, so that's it for today. Also I'll be posting a lot more birding posts soon, so look out for them. ;)

Bye for now!

Spring Challnege Day 6

I almost forgot AGAIN! :) Here are my photos:

Tiger swallowtail. Taken with my mom's phone, actually.

A really pretty azalea. The azaleas started blooming unusually early this year. Pretty much everything did.

And that's all for now. Thanks for reading (and looking)!

Spring Challenge Day 5

We're already almost done with the spring photography challenge! It has been so much fun. Here are my photos for day 5:

A cherry tree.

My 8-year-old brother actually took this photo. (I know--I'm surprised too :)

This one I took. It's some azaleas in our backyard.


And I wanted to tell y'all about an amazing nest cam I found at Cornell. It's of a Great Blue Heron nest and it's streaming live 24/7 at http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2433. Go there. It's amazing. There's also a live chat that goes along with the cam. While I was there, Laura Erickson was answering questions on it. It's really cool.

Spring Challenge Day 4

I almost forgot to post today! I've got to do this quick. Here are my photos:

These crocuses are actually blooming right now. I planted them in late December, which was probably a little late.

This is a flower on one of our honey locust trees. The trees are thorny, but the flowers smell like lilac.

Happy spring, everybody!

Spring Challenge Day 3

It's hot outside! Well, as hot as 83 degrees can get, I guess. Maybe I'm just used to the winter. Here are my photos for day 3:

Some of our azaleas in a place in our yard we call 'Azalea Garden'.

A wildflower in our field. Anyone know what it is? Sorry it's upside down... I was trying to be creative. :)

And one more... a cherry blossom. I took a bunch of photos of these. I just can't help it.

Spring Challenge Day 2

It's Monday and it's beautiful outside! We went to see some Indian mounds built by a Mississipian Tribe down by Tupelo, MS today. And we're going to my brother's baseball practice tonight. But in between, I thought I'd post some more photos:

A dogwood bud at sunrise.

One of my dad's cherry trees at a cool angle.

A junco in an unknown kind of bush. Anyone know what kind of bush it is??


Thanks for checking this out!


Happy Trails!

Spring Challenge Day 1

...or two. The Spring Challenge has officially begun! Here are my photos:

Bluets in our field.

A cardinal singing in an unknown species of tree.


More coming tomorrow!