These are from a trip up to Shenandoah National Park/Skyline Drive back in June. I wanted to go on a hike up there and this one was supposed to be “easy”. Ha! Well, to be fair, hiking down to the falls was pretty easy, but then of course we had to hike back up and I am not good with inclines. At all. It was pretty awful on the way back.

And sadly, we hiked all the way down to the falls and I couldn’t even get a good photo because so many people were standing right in front of it. The picture I did get of the falls is just a very small section at the top, it was definitely a very large waterfall once you got all the way down there. It was pretty, but I’m not sure it was worth it. I did get that photo of the adorable chipmunk on the way, so that’s something.

Sunset at two of the lakes in my neighborhood.

I love how still and clear the water was that it reflected the sky so perfectly, you can hardly tell it’s reflection.

Day 6 word prompt for Creativity Boot Camp.

I love kittens and puppies, but there’s something about baby birds that make them the cutest of all. Maybe it’s the fluffy baby fuzz? This is just one of families of geese that I’ve found around here. I’ve seen at least one other family of geese and a family of ducks (who only seem to come out when it’s too dark to get pictures!). Have I mentioned how much I love this neighborhood?

109/365 - April 19, 2010

Ok, the turtles aren’t technically in my backyard, but they are still pretty close. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of them, but I was out with my 50mm prime lens not my 50-200mm lens, so that’s as close as I could get. Oh well. My next lens purchase is going to be an 18-200mm, so I’ll have more range options when I’m out walking around.

That cardinal visits all the time. I wound up having to get a new birdfeeder because the squirrels broke that one; you’ll notice in the picture that I had to partially tape the holes shut as they had ripped out the stoppers so all the seed would fall out. My new birdfeeder is supposed to be squirrel-proof, so that should leave more food for the birds this time. I like squirrels, but they are greedy little things!

101/365 - April 11, 2010