Tuesday

Here it is Tuesday morning, and as I post this on my blog today the temperature is 52ºF - 12 C
The skies are clearing after some rain last night. The grass is actually getting greener too. This is June like weather and we're technically still in winter! My chickens are loving it because they can scratch in the dirt and pull up worms since the ground never did freeze very deep this year. But the rough part for us humans is that it might be a bad year for all insects including mosquitoes and ticks since there wasn't enough cold weather to kill the eggs.
Now on to the above picture. We were on our way to watch trains when I spotted this young Amish man driving his team of draft horses down the road. I was quite far away when I took this, so I'm sure he didn't notice.

At our train watching spot the Bluebirds are still there and this time I saw 2 females and one male.

Looking around for something to photograph while waiting for trains, I spotted this squirrels nest across the tracks next to a large grape field.

I watched for a long time while this big gray squirrel ran up and down the tree each time going to it's nest leaving off something, and then back down the trunk.

In the nearby town there is a large population of black squirrels, and I would like to photograph them sometime, but I never can be there at just the right time, and most of them live in some one's yard.
Well, the sun is out in all it's glory, so I'd better get a load of wash out on the clothes line, then we have to go to the transfer station to recycle all our plastic and glass.
Have a wonderful day all.

CATCH-UP

I am getting so far behind with my pictures, and I just keep taking more. What ever will I do? LOL
Anyway here are a few from the past 2 weeks. Nothing special, just a mix.
This shadow reminded me of a deer antler. Actually it is the shadow from a hanging limb from another tree. A big old Sycamore tree leaning toward the creek. The high water did some damage to the trees near the creek this winter.

Here are the roots from that tree, more exposed than last year.

There are signs here of Spring after all. This is a Aspen tree in bud.

More early signs. Daffodils...

Grackles are everywhere, but I love the iridescent colors

The "eyes" have it !

Just a pretty spring day in the country.

Still some water in the fields where the Sea Gulls find a good place to catch a nap. PS, this is the same water where I first photographed the Tundra swans a couple weeks ago.

Plenty of male American Robins defending their territories. I haven't seen any females yet.

Mrs. Red Bellied woodpecker is still with us, but no Mr. seen yet. This old snag was the home to a family of House Wrens last summer, but the top of the snag fell off during one of our high wind storms. Guess they'll have to find a new home.

Last week-end we were surprised by a ride in this wagon pulled by a pair of Belgian horses. They came right in our driveway to pick us up.

Enough for today. Hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe week-end. Take care.

The End.

Camera Critters

These shots were taken just about 1 year ago. On a very, very snowy Sunday afternoon we all bundled up and drove ( it was way too cold and snowy to walk) 1/4 mile to catch a ride on this bob sled. The 2 Belgian horses and sled belong to a guy that lives not far from us. He brought them up the road to a field across from the local general store. We all piled in the sled and even though we nearly froze we had a wonderful ride.

Don't forget to click on the Camera Critters side bar to see lots more neat critters. Thanks to all responsible for hosting this really fun meme.