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The Baby Great Horned Owlets
It was pouring rain today so I put the raincoat on my camera and lens and drove out to Valley Forge. I trudged through a field to where there are a few cabins in the trees. I stood inside the cabin and took shots of little eastern phoebes and bluejays, but nothing National Geographic…
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Hard Questing Tick
Yesterday I had my first foray this spring into Valley Forge Park looking for good insects and spiders to photograph. It was truly amazing just walking a few yards into the grass to find so many different species. At the insistence of my good husband, I was covered from head to toe in protective…
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Hippie Nursery Web Spider
It was a wet cold morning – a great time for spiders in Valley Forge Park. I got there a little before nine and they were EVERYWHERE. It was even a bit too creepy for me, but deep down inside I was thrilled to see all those spider webs lined with thousands of little…
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Interracial Dating
It is spring in the fields and forests of Valley Forge. And I have to tell ya, this little macro lens of mine is finding so much going on out there in bug world. It just amazes me.
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The Hawk and the Snake
It was a rainy day today after a beautiful weekend. I decided to go back to Valley Forge and see if I could find my hawk. And lo and behold, there in the field at the edge of the woods was a lone hawk sitting in the grass waiting for his breakfast to appear.…
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Nobody Liked My Pictures
I went to my second ever Camera Club meeting tonight. The meeting was held in an old Main Line mansion that’s been converted into a night school. I brought a little “jump drive” with a few of my favorite recent photos to show to the class. There were quite a few other budding photographers…
