244/366 | Paper Clip Dock
August 31, 2020 - Had an early start this morning, so headed back to downtown Baton Rouge specifically to photograph a dock behind the lev...
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243/366 | Unfurling
August 30, 2020 - So much for returning to downtown Baton Rouge for more photos. The heat is way too intense. Since we eat out every Sunda...
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242/366 | Explore
August 29, 2020 - There's so much to photograph in downtown Baton Rouge. Today I chose this iconic sidewalk art which leads to a walkway c...
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241/366 | High Alert
August 28, 2020 - We have the sweetest pair of Downy Woodpeckers who live in our neighbor's Chinese tallow tree. This is the first time I'...
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240/366 | After Laura
August 27, 2020 - When we went to bed last night, I was not sure what we would awaken to. The weather experts predicted possible storm sur...
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239/366 | Happy International Dog Day!
August 26, 2020 - Today's choice for a picture was obvious. Getting Izzy to cooperate was a FIASCO as usual. Sigh. She really hates to pos...
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238/366 | Life Finds a Way
August 26, 2020 - Photo of 8/25. Dealing with some severe neck pain, so behind schedule.
This is one of many sidewalk "potholes" I come a...
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237/366 | Hanging On
August 24, 2020 - This morning I woke up expecting to see wind and rain from tropical storm Marco; however, it was sunny and slightly bree...
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236/366 | Sky Heart
August 23, 2020 - Still trying to recover from yesterday's grueling yard work. I did get all my steps in this morning. After my shower, I...
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235/366 | Heart Head
August 22, 2020 - This morning around 10:30 I decided the azaleas in front of the house had to go. It took 3 hours to uproot 12 of them. T...
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234/366 | Carved in Stone
August 22, 2020 - Photo of 8/21.
Every day I walk over this sidewalk art in an adjacent neighborhood. I've been meaning to include it in...
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233/366 | Locust Breakfast
August 20, 2020 - This morning I awoke early, so I was able to get a head start on my steps by 8:30AM. It was a cool, refreshing 77ºF. Yes...
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232/366 | Jewel of my Kitchen
August 19, 2020 - Finally, finally I convinced the husband to purchase a new refrigerator. The Samsung side-by-side we purchased 8 years a...
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231/366 | 'Purple Pearls'
August 19, 2020 - Photo of 8/18. I was too tired and headache-y to post yesterday. I spent most of the day outdoors at the arboretum and d...
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230/366 | Young'un
August 17, 2020 - Our first known juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker for 2020. They love suet! This little gal/guy seemed unfazed by my prese...
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229/366 | Mississippi Kite
August 16, 2020 - As summer winds down, the Mississippi Kites will be leaving us soon. I have probably taken 2000+ shots of this bird of p...
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228/366 | Bluebird Casulty
August 16, 2020 - Photo of Aug 15, 2020. I'm a little behind! I blame the heat.
Yesterday I was in the backyard watering my poor, parched...
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227/366 | Stumbling Block
August 16, 2020 - Photo for Aug 14, 2020
When I committed to walking 1 mile a day three years ago, there were some issues to overcome. Fi...
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226/366 | Zinnia Field
August 13, 2020 - Revisited Burden Gardens again today. The sun almost burned me to a crisp. Lawdy, the heat is unbelievable. But the zinn...
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225/366 | Gulf Fritillary
August 12, 2020 - Returned to Burden Gardens as soon as they opened at 8AM and it was still hot as blazes. Since I don't have an image of...
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224/366 | Impossible Izzy
August 11, 2020 - Little energy today for photography. Several attempts of various birds and flowers, but nothing special came of it. Izzy...
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223/366 | Scraggly
August 10, 2020 - This young male House Finch looks like he's been in a few fights. Scrappy little fella.
400mm | f/5.6 | ISO 800 | 1/8...
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222/366 | Hint of Fall
August 10, 2020 - My neighbor's maple tree has been dropping colorful leaves the last week. Although we still have another two months of h...
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221/366 | Edna is 90
August 08, 2020 - We had a glorious, heavy rain shower this afternoon. I was so thankful because an hour before, I fertilized my citrus tr...
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220/366 | Busy as a Bee
August 07, 2020 - Sorry for all the cliched titles of my posts this week. I think the heat has melted my brain.
After my 4 mile walk this...
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219/366 | Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut
August 06, 2020 - Anyone remember that jingle for Almond Joy back in the day? Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. It was q...
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218/366 | Between a Rock and a Hard Place
August 05, 2020 - Day two, strike two, trying to find the Painted Bunting.
The silhouette of the plant cast onto the rock caught my atten...
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217/366 | Four Spotted Pennant
August 04, 2020 - Yesterday my aunt sent me a text that her friend from church spotted a Painted Bunting not too far from my house. For 3-...
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216/366 | Vivid
August 03, 2020 - I am one tired puppy. In addition to laundry, I tackled some major areas of my backyard garden: transplanting from pots,...
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215/366 | Parched
August 02, 2020 - Third round of blooms from my mango colored daisies. They may be root-bound in the pot, so I'll probably have to move th...
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214/366 | Bienvenue
August 02, 2020 - August 1. Always look forward to seeing the sign welcoming me back home. It's not a bad drive from MS, just boring. I li...
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213/366 | Sentry
August 02, 2020 - July 31 we watched four Ruby-throated Hummingbirds zoom around the feeder. Their acrobatic flying maneuvers are simply a...
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212/366 | Eastern Kingbird
August 02, 2020 - July 30 daddy and I took a drive to Percy Quin State Park. Every day we took a leisurely country drive for about an hour...
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211/366 | Fungus Among Us
August 02, 2020 - July 29 in Magnolia, MS. It was pretty boring and HOT. Tiny mushrooms popped up in many areas of the yard in the morning...
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210/366 | Oh Deer!
August 02, 2020 - On July 28, my first day in Mississippi, daddy and I took an afternoon drive down Hwy. 48. A few miles down the road we...
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