White tulip in your face

Macro photo of a white tulip. 

Apple Blossoms

Beautiful colors, beautiful bokeh. (And I don't mean bouqet), huh Ron?

Another Tulip

Can you tell I'm enjoying Spring?

Orange tulips in the morning sun

I was taken by the lovely texture of these tulips with the morning sun shining through the blossoms. 

Red Wing Blackbird

The red wing blackbird is very skittish and it's hard to get close enough to photograph one. The yellow head version is less fearful and I have several good shots of them, but this is finally a good photo of the red wing. 

The Charles Marchant boys

This photo is the only time that I recall that all of us were together at one time. Front row, left to right: Kenneth, David, Dad, Ronald. Back row, left to right:
Richard, and Lewis.

I estimate this is about 1955. 

Yellow Jacket wasp on Yellow Flower

I think this wasp is confused and thinks that it's a honey bee. It was flying from flower to flower, apparently dining on polen, or maybe just attracted to the bright yellow flowers.

Little Robin Redbreast

The presence of robins in the area is confirmation that spring has arrived. Hurray! (Canon EOS 20D, 100-400mm Canon lens at 640mm equivalent.) 

Red flower buds

These are the buds of a flowering bush that is in back of my condo. The signs of Spring are everwhere and they are sure welcome. This has been a trying winter for me. 

Your getting too close!

A mallard drake gets upset when I get too close to him and his mate. Taken April 4, 2006. 

Best of Friends

Usually a mallard drake will be with a female, but these two stayed t ogether for the thirty minutes or so that I observed them. Maybe they're siblings, or maybe.....