Squirrels at Home

 Squirrels can be fun to watch.  They can be very busy and move very quickly.  They can be amusing if they can't figure out how to get into your bird feeder too!

Recent Local Animal Visitors in St. Mary's County

Bald Eagle

Great Blue Heron Scratching

Red Fox from a great distance

Squirrel

 

Squirrel eating

January winning pictures at Camera Club

I forgot to post last month's St.Mary's County Camera Club Winners.  

Longwood Gazebo 1st Advanced

Itch 3rd Advanced

Congratulations to Sandy Robbins for winning 1st Advanced and 1st Theme for February.  

Flowers and Such

We visited the Holiday Displays at Longwood Gardens while the temperatures were still comfortable.  Here are some highlights.

From the Greenhouses...

      Hibiscus

      Anthurium

      Orchids

      Holly

     From the grounds....

      Bold squirrel

      Reflections

      Curves

For the holidays....

    Holiday Displays

See Calm Reflections Photography Facebook for more fountains and holiday displays.

I've been very busy lately.

I finally posted a little album of photos of the Cherry Blossoms in April 2013 in Washington DC on my Calm Reflections Photography Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/CalmReflectionsPhotography.  Please check it out!  I was practicing some unique techniques, panoramas and focus stacking in Photoshop.

I want to share two of my recent favorite photos.  Neither of them won the April competition at our local camera club, but I liked them.  Maybe you will too!

The pier photo was taken on an early special morning in February when the mist was lovely and the sky became pink.

The squirrel was outside my window.  He/She was running up and down a maple tree looking for nuts.  He almost looks like he is smiling.