BIRD AT THE FLOWER SHOW

I didn't quite know what to expect at the flower show, so maybe birds are supposed to be there. After all, most gardens have at least a few bird visitors:

This is s Golden Pheasant, and I was surprised to read that it is native to New England. How many of us have ever seen this bird?

BEAUTIFUL, INEDIBLE CAKE!

A friend and I went to the Boston flower show today. I have vowed to lay off the flowers for a bit for the photo-of-the-day, and it ordinarily would have been very hard to do that after going to the flower show. So here's a compromise: this was a "cake," entered in the category "Dessert Anyone - Taste." Exhibitors must make a cake using all dried plant material with a slice removed for viewing:

This would be a fun piece to use as dining room décor, but they look really difficult to do. I'm convinced the people who entered their creations in this category had WAY too much time on their hands!

WHICH WAY?

I'm getting a lot of mileage out of last weekend's walk in the park. I couldn't decide just which way to crop this image. Does it look better horizontal:

....or vertical?

I love the "milky water" effect. This is possible mainly in the spring, since the stream dries up to a trickle in the summer.

WOODS ABSTRACT

DO - OVER

Yesterday's walk in the park yielded a lot of shots that I liked, but some could have been better. I had to go out again today and do this one over:

It's still not as good as I'd like, but much better than yesterday.

2nd DAY OF SPRING...

...and I went out shooting with my daughter-in-law. We didn't see too many signs of spring, mostly leftovers from fall:





But we did find some activity among the moss:

So here's hoping it all comes with a rush. I'm so ready!

GOTTA LOVE IT!

 

Of course, tomorrow is another day:

 

Living in Maine - never just the same old, same old.....

NIGHTMARE

Some more fun with special effects. (Note: Bo is not nearly as vicious as he looks here!)

STAIRWAY TO.......?

CITY SHAPES

I've always liked the way the roof of the parking garage forms an arrow that points to a car:

A LITTLE LESS ABSTRACT

This is the last flower shot for a while:

They've been around long enough so that they're dying:

Note to self: time to get out more... spring is really coming.....won't have to buy flowers any more!

ABSTRACT

I've been under the weather the past few days, but I'm back at it again. Today's POD is an abstract. I'm sure you can guess what the subject was:

BRAF

That stands for Boothbay Region Arts Foundation, which is again sponsoring an exhibit that I am pleased to be part of. They chose this image of Small's Falls:

The exhibit is going to run from April 17th - May 8th at the gallery at 1 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. Stop in and take a look!

WHERE'S MOM?

This little girl was hoping Mom would suddenly come around the corner: