Maple Skyline

Speak of the devil...

Not one hour after posting the tree picture below, we looked out to find a Pileated Woodpecker making a new hole in the very same tree! We looked it up and it was almost exactly a year ago that he (or one of his brothers) first visited us.

This picture was taken with a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second - his head is moving!

Tree

I love this old maple tree behind our house. It's gracefully reaching the end of it's long life. A pileated woodpecker has gone to town on it in a couple spots making small (actually some are quite large) homes for other smaller creatures. If we are very very lucky we'll get a family of flickers to nest in it.

Morning Barn...

Morning shot of one of my favorite barns with the moon about to call it a night...

Cardinal Zin...

Another spotting of a cardinal in the area... Hope to see more of them through the summer.

Snow Rider...

A cyclist taking on yesterday's snowstorm...

Spring water...

The Union Village covered bridge on a cool March morning...

Snow Fence, Interstate, and Sky...

Deva and Buddha...

She is a most amazing cat...

Happy Birthday Patrick...

My nephew Patrick would be 28 tomorrow were it not for the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000. I wonder what he would be up to on his birthday; I bet it would be fun and probably a bit of trouble! I miss you Pat.

Take Off...

Another shot that didn't get to the photo contest - I love this picture of the cargo plane lifting off the flower...

Spring? Baseball?

A shot from last Spring in South Royalton showing a small part of the beauty of Spring baseball in New England...

Cat in a Winter Window...