The last few days of sunshine finally coaxed my Weeping Cheery trees into cascades of blooms. The wasps and bees are out in full fource, filling the branches with a low electric hum. The arched branches bow gracefully, swaying prettily in the wind, which might snatch a few delicate petals and swirl them magically around […]
This is the male that kept teasing me like some elusive geisha girl. I’m still working on getting good shots of the females. The male cardinal fiercely defends its breeding territory from other males. When a male sees its reflection in glass surfaces, it frequently will spend hours fighting the imaginary intruder.
The strange, relentless winter seems to finally be departing. I can spot small bits of evidence that the world is waking up from its fitfully long slumber. Much like Rip Van Winkle, nature has grown a little shaggy, a bit bedraggled and worn down from an overlong forced dormancy. Yet I can see the glow […]