Tag: winter
member name: Vivian P.
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December 14, 2008 02:30 PM EST --
I awoke yesterday morning to our first snow fall. ( that stuck )
All these photos were taken, by me, December 13th, 2008 with My Olympus C2500L in macro.
Mountain ash berries
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January 08, 2009 12:30 PM EST --
I'm enjoying my second cup of morning coffee when I look at my feeders and I see it. The weirdest looking purple finch I have ever seen. I have seen them with their crest up before, but this guy looks . . .
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February 01, 2009 01:02 PM EST --
Slowly changing from Winter in preparation for Spring February is a great month. Here we will look at some of the subtle changes that will happen this month.
All photos taken in February, 2008. . . .
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February 03, 2009 01:31 PM EST --
Photos I took while exploring the Ellensburg in late winter.
I always go to one of the ponds for a nice nature walk. And on this day I was looking for signs of life in preparation of Spring. . . .
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December 20, 2008 12:42 PM EST --
Micro shots of ice crystals on objects.
Olympus C2500L December 19, 2008
A spiders web
Money plant
Grass seed head
The snow glistened in the sunlight which we had for . . .
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December 21, 2008 12:30 PM EST --
Taken December 20th 2008 at my feeder just outside my family room window.
With the Kodak Easy SHare DX7590
I fell in love with these silhouette shots, you can see individual feathers silhouetted . . .
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January 04, 2009 01:09 PM EST --
As most of you know I have a bad cold and haven't been Gathering all that much. I have however gotten some bird photos, most of them through he window. In my backyard in Ellensburg, Kittitas, . . .
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January 15, 2009 02:12 PM EST --
Some photos of winters toll.
The bud on a tree, I know it is hard to think of buds on trees in the dead of winter but here it is.
Dock seeds in the summer the green leaves of this plant calm . . .
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December 19, 2008 01:45 PM EST --
This little guy perchs right outside my backdoor on the trumpet vine branches. It's a sheltered spot under the eaves and out of the weather.
Neither photo was cropped I got that close . . .
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December 23, 2008 04:39 PM EST --
They were back again this morning. They can't wait until the light is better.
This one is straining to get a peanut out of the suet holder where I place them.
The snow is really piled . . .
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December 24, 2008 10:49 AM EST --
The ice on Matoon Pond is now 8 to 10 inches deep and the ice fishermen are out. In the photo below you can see the dock and two hearty souls out on the frozen pond.
Most use a chainsaw . . .
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January 10, 2009 02:21 PM EST --
We just had to go and see how our little pond was doing. The road into and around the pond is dirt. Even in our 3/4 ton 4X4 pickup we slipped a little in all the slush.
Right off . . .
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January 23, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
Wanted to show pictures of the flooded areas in Ellensburg when flooded and after the water receded.
Here's Perkins on 1/ 7/09
And Perkins on 1/8/09
KOA Campgrounds on 1/8/09
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February 06, 2009 03:39 PM EST --
I am surprised I have time to post this today. Yesterday we had company, an old friend. Today my youngest son showed up to visit.
Anyway, I got a few photos of birds in my front yard and cropped the . . .
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February 07, 2009 06:19 PM EST --
We made our usual visits to the ponds today. On our way to Matoon Pond we had a sheriffs car in front of us, then we noticed he sped up. He was going quite fast and to our surprise he pulled into . . .
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February 14, 2009 03:38 PM EST --
The photos here were taken February 7th 2009 to show the beauty of winter and the ice covering the ponds. There is now open water on both ponds.
First Matoon Pond which is smaller than Frito . . .
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February 18, 2009 04:24 PM EST --
Every time I come here it's a little different. Today there was a lot less ice covering the pond. The open water reflected the sky and objects on shore.
The contrast between open water and ice . . .
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January 07, 2009 04:30 PM EST --
Today after the second day of above freezing temperatures, rain and last nights strong winds. There is flooding in areas of the town. The worst seems to be the west interchange at the Perkins Restaurant . . .
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January 09, 2009 02:46 PM EST --
I took these photos yesterday but between shopping, walking around the pond, riding around taking these photos, and Taking graduation photos for a great nephew. I was tired.
I will start with the flooding . . .
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January 19, 2009 02:28 PM EST --
As I sat enjoying the fresh air at Frito Rito Pond near the city of Ellensburg where I live. I heard a commotion , it was the ever argumentative geese. Looking out towards the island . . .
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