Spring Green

The green of the hillside is stunningly green to me. And no, I didn't edit this photo or have the camera on colour enhancing settings. I think it's the effect of grey, overcast skies above the grass. This is a hill outside College Place in a quiet piece of country.

The Road

It looks like this road leads right to the tree behind the hill in the countryside just west of College Place. The clouds look foreboding, don't they?

Skywatch Friday

A sparrowhawk perches on a power line above an open field, watching for lunch on a sunny Sunday morning.

Goodbye Daytime

Another view from my friends' house out in the country just past the state line in Oregon. They own 20 acres and grow alfalfa, corn, and other things, as well as sheep, goats, cows, cats, chickens and dogs.

Trampoline Time

Here's a photo of Little Miss; I don't think I've shared one with you in a while. Just to see how big she's grown, here's a photo of her as a newborn, and one of her at 8 months. She is now just about 22 months and I treasure every minute I spend with this sweet girl. Here she is enjoying a trampoline in the backyard of some friends of ours. They live in the country just across the Washington border in Oregon and have a fantastic view of fields (mostly theirs because they own 20 acres), the hills, and both sunsets and sunrises. They own goats, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and cats.

Summer Puffball

This is commonly known as a weed, though its flower is quite attractive. It's a dandelion and blooms bright yellow in yards across America in the spring and summer. When the flower dies, it turns into this puffball of seeds, which scatter and create new little yellow flower plants in yards across America. This is my first attempt at a super macro shot.

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It may surprise you to know that this picture was not edited. I actually shot it just like this...unfortunately I cannot tell you how! Again, it is not my camera, it was a borrowed camera I was experimenting with, and I bumped some buttons and when I looked at the pictures on the computer (not in the bright sun on the small camera screen) I realized the colour was funny. I like it, but I wish I knew how I did it! On the other side of this tree is a small piece of grassy hillside (bordered by a creek) that someone could potentially walk on to get into our neighbour's backyard, but it is highly unlikely. I guess someone felt the need to demand solitude here. The sign is broken, but its message is still clear.