I took some more pictures of our pond, now that it's spring...

Cactus Flowers

Jonathan's cactus flowered a week or so ago.
the blossoms are only 1/4" across

Pond's Beauty

Here are a couple more pictures of the pond expansion project-it's getting quite full after all this rain and warm weather. Can you say...Hockey?

Ponds - definitely not beauty cream

They are finally expanding our pond.
I don't think it will be usable for a month or so...
but it will definitely be big enough for hockey.

Panorama

Is that a kind of hat? Sorry, couldn't resist. I have been putting some of my panoramas together in the past month or so. (I have more!) These are some of my favorites. This requires either a very good sense of balance, or a good tripod. Maybe I should try a tripod...

The beautiful, the sublime,the grand,
the one and only Metalak Island!
Pardon my poetic lapse there...
make sure you zoom in on the right hand side, on the beach.

One of the most spectacularly strange sunsets I have ever seen. It was during the end of a thunderstorm. Also at Metalak Island.

Curtis Cove from Losey's front yard... what a sad life they lead (NOT!)Curtis Cove a bit later...
good things come to those who wait.
Panther Pond from the top of Tarkiln Hill

Misty, foggy sunset
Near the intersection of Greenwood Rd and Pleasant Hill Rd

Phang Nha Bay, Krabi, Thailand
Several of these are much wider, and some are a complete circle. I haven't figured out how to import that yet.

Against the Grain

A friend of mine gave me this intriguing idea - finding shapes in woodgrain, and super-imposing a picture over it... here are my first attempts

Knot Eye

Whale Wood

Woody Merganser

Woody Gators

It's Spring 2

More Flowers

Lombard's Bleeding Hearts

Crown Vetch (and unexpected visitor)

Hasta la Vista

Lily

Flowering Crab in front of our greenhouse

Crabby Flowers

Lilacs

Another Lombardi Flower

Promise of Blue

Dandy Maine
Violet
White
Valley Lily
Lilius Tigris Annius Lacius
Mossiest
Woodsy Pine

Sunrise, Sunset 2

Actually, it's all sunsets... Sunrise is too early this time of year.

Sunset on Woodside

Panther Pond in the Marsh
Moon and Planet On the way home from Panther Pond