Wednesday, February 23, 2011

CANADA GEESE - WINTER GUESTS

A very familiar and welcome winter scene in our neighborhood, Canada Geese on the sod farm.

BITS & PIECES OF NEW ORLEANS

Thursday, February 10, 2011

BALCONIES OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS

A great trip to New Orleans, vibrant, colorful, alive and buzzing again after the disaster of Katrina five years ago.  What a come-back.  Fantastic restaurants, crawfish gumbo and shrimp etoufee, street music and Hurricane cocktails, pre Mardi Gras beads and festivities.  A few photos of the balconies, some brightly bedecked with beads and potplants, masks and flags.









NEW ORLEANS - FRENCH QUARTER SIGNS











Monday, February 7, 2011

THE BEAUTY OF THE OUTDOORS IN WINTERTIME

Having grown up in a sub-tripical climate, and planting through four seasons, I battle with the winter - not being able to dig in the dirt, plant and pick vegetables, watch buds bloom, vines entwine and climb.  But when I stop and look around, the beauty of the winter grasses, grasslands, small miracles surviving and showing themselves through the snow, how can I not look around, endure the cold, breath in the chilly air and enjoy the beauty that is winter.  I am.................. 
On the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland



Out in the country, near Old Appleton, Missouri






Holly Berries, up close and personal



Icy beaches along the South River, Annapolis, Maryland


Looking across Spa Creek, Annapolis - St. Mary's steeple, Annapolis Yacht Club in the foreground, the beautiful old wooden domed Capitol building, standing proud in the background.  With a thin layer of ice on the water, an ice breaker discreetly and silently cuts a path



A stunning country scene along Route 66, Missouri