# 358 Wings

I love the wings on this Ruby-throated Hummingbird!

# 365 Zany

Our very own "Pushmi-pullu".

# 83 Dusk

It was just about dusk when my husband glanced out the window and got excited.  A Bobcat was running across our front yard!  I grabbed my camera, but stayed back from the window, so as not to scare it.  It paused for a minute or so, allowing me to get several pictures, then ran off.  First time in the 13 years we've lived here that we've seen a bobcat on our property--first time we'd ever seen one in the wild!

# 149 How I See Myself

Taken while looking in a mirror a couple weeks ago.

# 61 Critters

These critter pictures were taken in my front yard during the last week or so.

# 248 Rare

A short while after I took the picture of the fawn, I looked out the window again and got the rare opportunity to see the fawn nursing.

# 156 Innocence

When I first looked out the window, all I saw was a pair of ears sticking up.  I thought it was a rabbit.  Then it raised its head up and I could see it was a fawn.  I grabbed my camera and when I got about 30 feet away, zoomed in and got this picture of the fawn in my front yard.

#3 Abstract

City lights in Louisville, KY taken from a moving car.

# 51 Clouds

Clouds, somewhere in Indiana.

#101 Family

This family of Canadian Geese were walking along the road as I drove into town today.

# 318 The City

A drive-by shooting of Louisville, Ky.

# 262 Rural

Rural Indiana, somewhere along I-65.

# 237 Power

The windmills on the windfarm generate a lot of power.

# 185 Massive

Compared to the cars on the highway, these windmills are massive.

#199 Multiples

Driving along I-65 in Indiana, north of Indianapolis, we passed these huge wind farms with multiple windmills.

# 65 Damaged

My car was damaged when someone backed into it while it was parked in front of the house where I work.  The driver's door only opens as far as the picture shows.

# 153 Immature

An immature Ring-billed Gull.

The immature bird is recognizable by the brown feathers on it's wing--compared with the adult gulls pictured below.

# 136 Glow

The sky just seems to glow in this sunset.

# 86 Edible

A new vegetarian, gluten-free restaurant opened recently near us.  I went one day for lunch and had the kale, white bean, and sweet potato soup and the Herb Roasted Crimini Mushroom, Yellow Pepper, Fresh Mozzarella, and Roasted Garlic Aioli panini.  They were both very edible!

# 301 Station

Imagine my surprise when I got off a five day shift at work and arrived back in my little town and saw this sign at a local gas station!  I'd heard that gas had gone up while I was at work....but I had no idea!!

(Actually, this station regularly runs out of gas--the sign was dark with no numbers lit up a few hours later when my husband passed it on his way home.)

# 113 Flight

 I looked out the window this morning and saw this Pileated Woodpecker in the Sumac trees by our driveway.  I had to shoot through the blinds (so I wouldn't scare him by raising them) and toward the sky, so the quality isn't that great (plus it was at the edge of my lens range), but I did catch him in flight.  The Pileated is our largest woodpecker at 16-19.5 inches (40-49cm)--about the size of a crow.

#130 Gathering

A gathering of gulls at Drakes Creek Park in Hendersonville, TN.
(looks better if you click on the picture for a larger view)

# 194 Monochrome

This picture is almost monochrome--there's the faint tinge of pink as the sun tries to break through the mist and a hint of green in the pine tree.

# 228 Perspective

Daffodils, from a different perspective.

# 106 Fashion

These Cedar Waxwings make a fashion statement with their black face masks and the bright yellow stripe at the end of their tails.

# 329 Transportation

These little three-wheeled vehicles are actually considered motorcycles.  According to the info I found, they  have a 26 horsepower engine, can go 65 mph, and get 60-70 mpg.  Not bad for zipping around in the city, but I wouldn't want to drive one on the interstate.

# 325 Tiny

The moon was just a tiny sliver in the sky this morning on my way to work.

# 251 Reflections

These Ring-billed Gulls seem to be unaware of their reflections in the puddle they are standing in.

# 132 Girl

My great-niece, Abigail, and her great-grandmother's dog, Brownie.

# 131 Ghostly

I was trying to get a picture of a nearly full moon the other night--I think there was a mist or fog rising from the backyard pool--I didn't realize it until I downloaded the picture.  It gave the picture a ghostly feel, I think.

# 140 Hands

I passed the Brentwood United Methodist Church while doing errands the other day and noticed this sculpture by the side entrance.  I parked and took pictures from several angles.

# 201 My Little Secret

This Snowy Egret has a secret.  Can you guess what it is?

# 259 Ride

We had to ride a four story escalator to start our tour through the River Journey building at the Tennessee Aquarium.

# 247 Rails

This sculpture, called "Rail Wave" is located outside the Tennessee Aquarium.

# 232 Playground

When I was a kid, we called these playground objects "see-saws" or "teeter-totters".  Not sure what these are called now, but they look harder to fall off of than the ones I grew up playing on--no more of the person on the other end jumping off and leaving you to land with a thud!

# 207 New York

This is probably as close to New York as I'll get this year.  I was taking a GPS detour through a section of Nashville that I'd never been through and saw this New York Deli called "Noshville".

# 127 Fuzzy

This tarantula at the Tennessee Aquarium is fuzzy. 

# 138 Groups

Other penguins gathered in groups on nearby rocks at the Tennessee Aquarium.

# 10 Alone

This Macaroni Penguin was all alone on the rocks at the Tennessee Aquarium.

# 304 Stop Sign

A Stop Sign in the neighborhood where I work.

# 16 Art

These artsy guitars are on display throughout the Nashville West Shopping Center.

# 191 Misty

It was a misty morning at Cub Lake at Natchez Trace State Park.

# 69 Debris

Debris left behind after this area near the Natchez Trace State Park was logged.

# 352 Welcome

Sign at the trail head of the Fern Loop Trail at Natchez Trace State Park.

#332 Trees

A beaver gnawed on these trees at Natchez Trace State Park.

# 47 Circular

And a gentle rain began to fall...making circular ripples in the pool at the house where I work.

# 67 Daybreak

The sun was rising when I went out to get the paper this morning.  I took several pictures outside but I noticed after I came back in that  the colors just got brighter.  I took some from inside the storm door, then thought of going to the top of the stairs and shooting through the windows above the door.  I liked how the windows framed the sunrise.

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# 188 Mechanism

This is the mechanism inside the Grandfather clock that I posted on January 1.

# 172 Lines

Someone hung their bird collection out on the line to dry.