Los Cumpleaños felices a nosotros...

Stay tuned for the rest of the Story.....Margaritaville here we come!!

Adios Amigos....Buenas noches

A precious day, a moment to remember...

Another digital layout from Easter...how many more years will my son find excitement in the Easter egg hung???? Definitely a precious day and a moment to remember!

(Papers-Jencropable.com, frame-Taylormade-Oscraps, Wordart-kittydesigns-Oscraps)

Confetti Egg Digital Layout ~ Easter 2009

I had to get these photos into a scrapbook layout...They make my heart laugh :o) So much joy and happiness in a small confetti egg!

(Laugh journaling-Taylormade-Oscraps, Bird-WorldofWonder-Oscraps, Template-www.chrissywdigital.blogspot.com - Digitalfreebies, Eggs and paper were from an old easter digital kit that I have no information on..)

Ahh how I love to walk in the wildflowers...

I'm not going to comment but I never made it over to the in-laws ranch Sunday...But I did manage to take a walk on our property and I am glad as there were wildflowers all over....Of course some were quiet small and I really had to pay attention, where others were quiet obvious!

When I got to the back 2 acres of our property the field was covered in White Prickly Poppies...just beautiful!

Every time I see the white prickly poppies I smile...as I remember a time when my Mother was visiting and they were in full bloom...As we were driving she asked me to stop and pick some...I told her I didn't think so...They are called white prickly poppies for a reason...I showed her the flowers and she understood...it would be like picking thistles or thorns...Nope Not me...You have to understand from the time my sister and I were little our Mother was always stopping along side the road to either pick wildflowers or dig them up to transplant into the flower beds at home, this was one time my Mother was NOT going to get her flowers!!

Shrubby Water Primrose

Huisache Daisy (Butterfly Daisy).

White Top Sedge

Scarlet Pimpernel

Phacelia (Blue curls, spiderflower, wild heliotrope)

Spiderwort...

I thought it was a pretty assortment of wildflowers...You honestly never realize how many different wildflowers there are until you get out there and start looking around...some aren't as obvious as others...to me it is like a scavenger hunt with my camera!

I think I am caught up with my photos for the time being...whew! I've downloaded some pretty digital scrap papers from Jen's website and I am looking forward to putting them to good use....if you'd like to take a look at Jen's blog click here...She has a really nice blog with lots of photos and scrap ideas and materials too...

I hope y'all have a great week and thank you for stopping by :o)

Friday, April 17 2009 ~ Wildflowers in the Pasture

It was almost dark Friday evening and I needed some photo therapy...I was headed out the door when I was told we had company coming over, ugh!! So I put the camera down and hurried through the house, picking things up and cleaning...Our company never showed up, sigh and I had a few minutes before dark so I literally ran down the driveway to where I had seen some prickly pear cacti blooming...There was actually a bunch of flowers blooming...I used the Macro lens and the ring flash...

Coral Bean (Cherokee Bean), Perennial Shrub....

it reminds me of little red swords...

The different stages of a bloom on a Prickly Pear Cactus...

Above and Below are Bush Pea (Yellow Wisteria) blooms.

I was playing with the Macro and ring flash as it was pretty darn dark while I was attempting photos and the wind was blowing pretty hard too!

I loved this prickly pair cactus bloom...it looked like a rose...

Critters and Bugs from the Sunday Photo shoot...

I parked at the front of the property and walked to the back and spotted a bunch of does taking a siesta under a tree...By the time I had the camera up there was only two left...I love seeing the deer and watching them...Of course they don't like seeing me, lol...

Bee on a blossom.

Damselfly at the creek.


Hoovering Texas Long-legged fly and Bee Fly on Blossom...I didn't see I had captured the hoovering fly until I brought the photo up on the computer, cool!

Bee fly on blossom.

I found a Hawthorne tree in bloom and it was covered in Bees, Wasps, and Hornets...too Sweet!

A hornet or wasp on Hawthorne bloom.

Honey Bee on Hawthorne bloom.

The wind picked up and I was not having much luck so that is all the bugs and critters I took photos of...

Birds, Birds, Birds....

I've been taking bird photos the past week just haven't had time to edit them...plus I had to look up a few too as I didn't have a clue as to what they were...

Wednesday, April 14 2009

I'm pretty sure this is a female Oriole, now as to what type of Oriole I am not sure....I am thinking maybe a Scotts Oriole female...I was walking in the pasture and saw her in the tippy top of a tree...she was not making a sound but just sitting there....I didn't see the male and she sat there for a bit while I walked around taking photos of her...good bird! Now to bad she didn't fly down and sit a bit closer to the ground, lol....

Buff Bellied Humming bird at one of my feeders...I loved how I captured the wing in mid-beat.

Sunday, April 19, 2009 Coleto Creek

This is a Green Heron. I spotted him down to the creek Sunday. I just took the camera and no tripod or equipment so I could sneak down to the creek and get some photos before the birds flew off...I also saw a Great Horned Owl, he flew off before I could get a photo and I saw a hawk...but he flew off too...

As I was watching the Heron the Green Kingfisher pair came and chewed me out...I was able to get a few photos of the female. She wasn't in my direct line of view and I didn't want to move too much and scare her off...I am thinking they have a nest in that area of the creek. I am hoping it was high enough up on the bank that it did not get flooded out...They burrow in the creek banks and build their nest in the burrows...I wish it wasn't so dark down by the creek so my photos would come out better...I know it would help using the tripod but that also scares the birds off...

Sunday, April 19 2009 at the House.

Sunday evening at the house I sat outside and laughed at the hummingbirds...They are in full migration and the males are fighting....I watched one pair go straight up in the sky battling and then all of a sudden they came right straight down on top of my head...I just about hit the ground...silly birds....They sound like miniature fighter jets the way they whip through the air

This Buff-Bellied Hummer is the one that came in a month or two ago...I can tell as his beak looks as if it was broke...it's healing and looks much better...Do you remember him Mom?

The ruby-throat hummer below has been named Lazy...he likes to sit on the Aloe stems and feed on the Aloe blooms...No flying for this guy, he'd rather sit and eat!

I was trying to catch the throat colors of the ruby throat hummers...not an easy thing to do as these little guys are quick!!

We have the buff-bellied Hummers, Ruby-throat and Black chinned...it's hard to tell the Ruby-throats and Black chinned apart...I'm hoping to get a photo of the Black-chinned Hummers as soon as the hummers settle down a bit...

Thanks for stopping by...stay tuned as I have more wildflower, bugs, and critter photos coming soon....