Swampy marsh...

After our bird rescue and subsequent drive into the swamplands of New Jersey (it is really beautiful) we decided to take a walk through the wilds of the Great Swamp National Park. OK, so my son and I decided to walk. My husband decided to sit it out in the car because we had forgotten bug spray and it was REALLY hot and muggy: hard to argue with that logic, really.

They have wooden, some faux wooden, walking paths and bird blinds for watchers and want to be watchers. Sometimes you see snakes and other fauna. Lots of flora, too, which you know I like. Two miles and some pesky bug bites later we came back to my comfortable, cool, and unscathed husband with stories of ants building condos in semi-dead trees and a small water snake that was cleverly hidden in the water plants. Actually, if we saw him, maybe he wasn’t so clever. June 26th

'Swamp Creature to Car Daddy, come in Car Daddy.'

Big foot...

This one is so simple. Doesn’t this look like an elephant’s foot? Seriously, look closely… it does, right? I pass this tree so many times a week and my mind conjures up the rest of the elephant and it is pretty big. Tree size, really. I know, too punny, right? June 16th

Night vision...

As I drove into my driveway the other night, I was tired and ready for the day to wind down. It was late and the sun had set hours before but something caught my eye. There had been a light rain that evening and the leaves on my dogwood tree were glistening with tiny raindrops. They were backlit by my lamppost and looked quite surreal, almost Hoqwartian really. (Spell check does not like that word!) Thoughts of bed fled and I had to see if I could capture the moment. How did I do? June 9th

Rough and ready...

This tree caught my eye, with all its rough edges and scruffy greenery. Green is abundant this Spring and I love capturing a little of it to save for colder days. Photoshop and I did enhance Mother Nature’s design just a little. I hope you enjoy it! May 10th

Cherry blossoms, maybe not...

The trees are in bloom everywhere it seems. My allergies think so too. I don’t care how sniffley I get; it is all so beautiful that it is worth the sinus drip. I think these might be cherry trees but I am pretty sure I am wrong. They just caught my imagination this morning and I wanted to take their picture. April 30th