TWO FAVORITES

Here are two of my favorite (and convenient) subjects, both in one photograph -  infrared and cows:

VIEW FROM THE CAR WASH

I was going to just post an abstract and leave the interpretation up to the viewer.   But I have to say this is what it looks like from the driver's seat just coming out of the car wash:

And yes, I do take my camera with me to the car wash, looking for that perfect abstract.   This isn't it;  waiting for the car to get dirty again....

MMMMM.....FARMERS' MARKETS

It's always nice to have fresh, locally-grown vegetables, that haven't been trucked in from more than a half hour away.  It's still a little early here, and there seems to be more flowers and bedding plants for sale than a huge variety of vegetable, but we're rolling. This morning I found some young bok choy:

In addition to some nice green leafies:

 Not all of the produce was organic, but the farmers who were organic proudly displayed the fact:

 This year we have been blessed with an earlier-than-normal growing season, so there are lots of my favorite -  strawberries! They're a little pricey, but if you can find some that are either organic or at the very least, "non-sprayed," they're well worth the cost:

MORE VISITORS

Not just one -

But TWO buzzards! I hope they didn't chase the hawk away....

NEW BABY

Less than 24 hours old, this little girl was wide awake and alert:

This was taken as part of a photography project with the theme "Connections."

FREQUENT VISITOR

I just happened to catch this shot of the one responsible for keeping the pigeons at bay:

He (she?) does the job very well. And very discretely, too.  We never see any carnage........good thing.......

This was just a grab shot (hawks don't take direction well), and it flew off right after I clicked the shutter.   Maybe sometime soon I'll be able to make a good portrait.  I'm not holding my breath!

I DO KNOW WHAT THIS IS !

Yep - they're wild raspberries.   Amazing what you can find right in your own yard:

And how about this?  Buttercups!

"PORTRAIT OF A WEED"

That's the answer I got when I asked someone, who should know, what kind of grass this is.   I do not pretend to be any kind of botanist;  I don't even make a half-decent gardener.   But I do love to photograph all colors and shapes of plants:

THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

The seasons roll on, and it's time to start getting the hay in again. This is a hay rake seen from a different angle:

Against an infrared sky, of course....