J-land Photo Shoot

  Krissys photo shoot is say it with color.
  The new shots of my coleus definitely says it with color

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purple in nature

   And green and brown

E entr

  Here are a couple for the photo challenge

E  Emerging, spring growth.



E..... Eye..Zoey's eye to be Exact



E.... Ebony

flowers

   I usually put all these into my Flower Garden journal but these are kind of pretty....don't ya think?

The answer

  Its no secret, its on the photobucket editing program.  I think it is a cool feature and flowers look great.

Cool

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A few I like

Just because the blossom is off the plant doesn't make it unworthy of a beautiful photo



     I think this Robin stands on its own without framing.  The shot just turned out.  That is one of the Robins that keeps pecking me.



  I walked around the tree shooting from different angles and light, behind the blossoms, in front of, to the side.  I like the way the light played on this.



   I liked the very subtle pink in this next picture.  Pear blossom.  They smell great

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ABC Challenge

  I am starting this late, hope its OK.  I am now at the point where I can start entering these again.  So I'll play catch up.   This is from Martha's site

A... Apple in my MIL's art work


B.... My Boy


C....Clock



D.... Daisy


    Now I can start where everyone else is.

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Life around The Pear tree

  As you can tell by the lack of grass we feed the birds and critters under the pear tree.  I would much rather see them then the grass anyway.  We get a wide variety of birds.  From a female oriole, the male wouldn't come down from the tree to a pair of cardinals, blackbirds and jays.  I think we get around 30 or more species throughout the year.  Plus finally flowers.

















The plum tree's blooms.  Will they be the last ones?







 I love the female cardinal with her bright orange beak.  She gets along well with the jay.















  So How many bunnies do you see?

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And I got flowers

  Because......well just because I deserve them

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Spring......Finally

  Every year this female robin builds her nest.  This is on my porch.  So the entire time I am working on my flowers her and the male dive at me pecking at my head.  Completely unnecessary as I wouldn't bother them and it is after all....my porch.



         And finally my pear tree is blooming.  So sad it last such a short time.



        From my pear tree I have some of my bird feeders hangings.  I always liked this little sparrow with its red cap.



           This year I hope to get something new.  The death of my old plum tree.  A woodpecker was pecking on it the other day.  I didn't think much of it until later I noticed how much wood chips were on the ground.



    Now woodpeckers don't usually pick a tree that is healthy to start a nest in.  We have known this old tree was on its last legs.  Fitting it will now be a home for these beautiful birds.  Within 2 days the hole is so deep I can't see the bottom.



       Of course I hope to get pictures of the babies.  I will miss my old plum tree though.  Time to plant some new ones.  For now I will enjoy the smell of the fresh blossoms.

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