Mockingbird with Holly Trees

The Trees



The Bird, on the Power Line

Christmas Colors

Gray skies spitting sleet outdoors can't faze this Christmas cardinal on his indoor wreath.

Iced Leaves

Better Rain than Ice

Thanksgiving Greenery

Back Yard Blue and Gold

November Sky

Late October Mushroom Views

Sombrero



Grassy Forest

A Next-Door Scarecrow

Neighborly Shadows

Safe at Home

Considering the Morning View

Prickly Pear, Ripening

Surprise Lilies

Lycoris squamigera in a neighbor's yard
at sunrise, August 14, 2008



Close up, top view:

Waterless Dawn

Moon with Golden Raintree Branch

July Daisies

Seedpod Lanterns

Historic Farmhouse Adjoining Nashville Zoo

Grassmere Historic Farm





This historic house was built sometime around the year 1810, using handmade bricks and lumber from the surrounding forest. It stands on the Grassmere acreage which has been donated to the zoo and is currently in process of being restored. The zoo itself moved to the Grassmere site at the time the acreage was donated.

There is an interesting quote from John Ruskin on the sign beside the road leading up to the old farmhouse:

"Old buildings are not ours. They belong partly to those who built them, and partly to the generation of mankind who are to follow us."

Zoo Birds, on Their Trainers' Arms

Hyacinth Macaw



Harris's Hawk

Memorial Day, 2008, With the Aid of Masking Tape

On an early morning walk, the day before the postal holiday in honor of Memorial Day, I came upon these crossed flags, secured to a neighbor's mailbox by masking tape.

A hurried improvisation or merely a humble salute to the memory of U.S. military veterans?

Cacti in Spring

Yucca



Prickly Pear

Mid-May Rose

Near a neighbor's walk, a rosebush offered fragrant blooms, alongside buds with their calyxes freshly uncurling.

Childhood Reminder

This scattering of buttercups, sometimes called primroses, near a utility pole that I passed on a morning walk, reminded me strongly of the fields in which they grew wild when I was very young.



The heavy pollen at the heart of this delicate blossom would butter your nose, if you happened to bring the flower close, hoping to catch its faint scent.

Peony with Raindrops

Ducks in the Park

Sunny April Honeysuckle

Seed Time

Sunrise with Dandelions

Dogwood Winter

A Neighbor's White Tree





Sunlit Blossom

On Campus

An Old Farmhouse That Gained a New Setting



University Colors by the Gym

Changeable April

Raindrops on My Crabapple's Lowest Branch




My Sister's April Tulip




Miniature Rose on My Kitchen Counter

Crabapple Blossoms After the Rain

Second Blooming

The miniature rose that arrived in full bloom at Christmas now sits near a kitchen window pane this morning, its single full-blown blossom--no more than a thumbnail wide--coaxed out by the sunny days ahead of this morning's rain.

Tulips Brighten a Rainy Dawn Below the Blossoming Crabapple