The Lonely Buck

I have been fairly busy lately with the Christmas rush, so I thought I would make a few posts about interesting sights that I somehow didn't have time to post earlier.  One day in mid November, I looked out the kitchen window and a single buck was passing by close to the house, enjoying the view.  I raced to grab a camera and find an angle through a window that wasn't already too far away.  The camera had a long lens on it, so I couldn't get pictures of the whole deer until he walked away.  I wish he had turned to face me, but maybe he would have run then.  I grabbed a few quick photos of him, before he wandered off.  I rarely see a buck that close, except at dusk when they are hard to see.  

Checking out the View!

St Cecilia Catholic Church Gardens

I drove into the parking lot of St. Cecilia Catholic Church looking for a few trees with Autumn leaves still attached in late November.  I was surprised to find quite a few flowers blooming and a beautiful red maple.

Autumn Azalea

eriocapitella hupehensis, related to the buttercup

Holiday Flower Bouquet

I played with some pretty flowers I got from the grocery store called Pretty in Pink.  I used a technique called focus stacking to make it sharper.