Friday, January 10, 2014

Winter Snapshots

These pictures are from the last week of December when I went for a walk to the creek:


Curve-billed thrasher




Mockingbird



Cooper's hawk nest
 
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Here are a couple of cats, Sam is our neighbor and Odin lives with us:

Sam

Odin

And this cactus painting by my grand kids who live in Massachusetts, ages 3 1/2 years and 9 months:
H a v e   a  g r e a t   d a y !
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19 comments:

  1. Betty ManousosJanuary 10, 2014 at 10:43 AM

    oh so lovely!
    your little cats are so darn cute!

    happy weekend pal!
    xx

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  2. Roberta WarshawJanuary 10, 2014 at 1:08 PM

    Love the cactus "fingers" LOL so cute!

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  3. cieldequimperJanuary 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM

    The painting is a beauty! So is that stream and everything along it. You are so fortunate!

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  4. DarlaJanuary 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM

    wonderful variety in this collection of photos; I'm partial to the cats, of course, but the cactus fingers are cute, too. :-)))

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  5. GigaJanuary 10, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    Piękny jest widok na pierwszym zdjęciu i zupełnie inny niż u nas. Kotki są podobne :). Pozdrawiam.
    Beautiful is the view of the first picture and completely different than ours. Females are similar :). Yours.

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  6. BarbJanuary 10, 2014 at 5:21 PM

    Diane, What a creative cactus/hand painting! That's a keeper, for sure. I love visiting you because I like to imagine warmth somewhere! Love the light on that last tree shot.

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  7. ThérèseJanuary 11, 2014 at 7:38 AM

    The hand painting is memorable and awesome!

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  8. ProsperoJanuary 11, 2014 at 4:12 PM

    Cactus art. Priceless.

    But I also love your photos of the desert.

    I keep trying to grow my own desert here, slowly, one seed at a time, but it's all so hopeless--as soon as they start growing, a wall of lush, subtropical weeds surround them.

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  9. angryparsnipJanuary 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM

    Wonderful photos.
    I woke-up on Thursday morning to a beautiful Coopers Hawk on my fence just a few feet away. Beautiful.
    Love the hand print cactus. So clever.

    cheers, parsnip

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  10. CandaceJanuary 11, 2014 at 9:39 PM

    Beautiful, I especially love #7 plus the cats, of course.

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  11. rainfield61January 12, 2014 at 7:27 AM

    Your winter scene is nothing different from some other times.

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  12. betchaiJanuary 13, 2014 at 10:36 PM

    beautiful, our winter here is same as yours, looks like fall

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2014 at 4:34 AM

    Beautiful shots of the desert...

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  14. ΕΥΡΥΤΑΝΑΣ ΙΧΝΗΛΑΤΗΣJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    όμορφες φωτογραφίες, ξεχωριστές!

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  15. Snapperoni :: PhotographyJanuary 26, 2014 at 8:21 AM

    What a nice view! I particularly love that photo of the mockingbird -- so postcard perfect. We don't get to see much of these in the city... none at all, actually. XD

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  16. Kat_RNJanuary 26, 2014 at 9:47 AM

    Beautiful place to walk, and lovely cats.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Kat

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  17. UnknownJanuary 30, 2014 at 8:55 PM

    I hope 2014 proves to be a good year for you and yours.

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  18. Teté M. JorgeFebruary 2, 2014 at 4:35 PM

    A beautiful story in pictures.
    What sweetness hands painted!...

    Hugs.

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  19. RamakrishnanFebruary 4, 2014 at 4:01 AM

    Nice post and captivating desert photos !

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