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A Moment in my Day : A gallery of daily photos. Some may be good, some may be not so good, but each photo represents something I did, or something that caught my eye, that day.

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A gallery of daily photos. Some may be good, some may be not so good, ...

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Welcome. My name is Kathy and these are my photos. I'm definitely an amateur photographer and I take pictures because I enjoy it. Animals, wildlife and nature are my favorite subjects, but I'll pretty much shoot pictures of anything. I'm always learning and striving for that perfect shot.

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Most Popular Photos

Happy Easter
(4-8-07)

I found the bird that lays the easter eggs ;).
It's a Lilac-breasted Roller.

Who goes there.
(8-11-07)

This is a first for me. My first wild owl. When I saw this bird, it was flying off in the distance with a smaller bird harassing it. I thought it might be a Red Tailed Hawk. I made my way over to where it had landed in a tree, and as I got closer, I realized it was a big owl. I'm pretty sure it's a Great Horned Owl.

Pink flower.
(7-31-08)

I'm so excited...I got a water drop reflection. I watered these flowers tonight, and then decided to take a few shots since I didn't have a potd yet. And to my amazement, I saw some reflections.

This certainly isn't as good as I've seen from other people, but it's my first!! So of course I had to post one of the shots I got. I might have to play around with this indoors out of the wind some day.

One year old.
(7-12-08)

Today was Photo Club at the zoo. Remember the little Malayan Tiger cub from last year. Well, he was a year old on Thursday, and this is what he looks like now.

Into the night.
(12-12-08)

A friend and I went downtown last night to take pictures of the Christmas lights, and we ended at the pedestrian bridge. It was getting colder, windier and drizzly by the time we got there, so the evening ended there. I haven't had time yet to really go through all my pics, but I did like this one.

A frosty morning.
(12-22-08)

It's only -7F this morning, not as cold as they thought it might get, and the wind isn't blowing, so it doesn't feel too bad, as long as you don't stay out long. This is frost on my window. The patterns fascinate me.

Contemplating...
(2-7-09)

Went to the zoo this morning. I find these gorillas to be the most fascinating creatures. And the exhibit allows you to be right there next to them. Only a 6 inch thick piece of glass separates the public from this guy,and his buddy. And this one is always right there by the glass. He seems to enjoy watching the people as much as they enjoy watching him. It is something to stand there eye to eye with with this huge, and beautiful gorilla.

He was just lounging by the glass watching all of the kids when I took this shot.

SNAKE!!!
(5-26-08)

This little guy was lucky that I almost stepped on him BEFORE I started mowing the yard. But then he had to suffer the humiliation of being trapped in a bucket while I mowed. I couldn't let him go without taking a few pictures. And he was the perfect little snake and cooperated wonderfully while I posed him for photos. He is now happily slithering away back in the alley.

"Look out below, I'm coming down."
(12-10-08)

Refreshing, hot water.
(7-16-08)

Why drink fresh, clean, cool water, when you can have hot rain water that has been sitting on a dirty bucket all day? Mike prefers any water other that what is in his bowl.

Forest, River, and Brier.
(9-30-08)

This is about the only way I could get a shot of all three of them, all in the same shot. Unfortunately, the focus isn't great on all of them, but I was doing good just getting them all together.

Brier had to have a bath tonight. She really needs to learn not to walk underneath Forest when he's peeing.

Sunset on Standing Bear Lake
(7-29-07)

My turn for a squirrel.
(7-25-08)

I have a hard time getting shots of squirrels in the back yard, because Forest always chases them off. He thinks that is loads of fun. But I saw this guy back on the fence, so I left Forest in the house while I slowly crept up on him. I was amazed at how close I got before Mike, the cat, came running up and scared him off.

My boat at DeSoto Lake.
(8-1-08)

I skipped out of work a little early this afternoon and went up to DeSoto to float my boat. It was a little toasty out there this afternoon, and there wasn't a lot of activity. I had the whole lake to myself.

The last time I was up there, that dock was about 2 feet under water. The lake is still higher that it was last year, but it has definitely gone down.

Fire.
(6-21-08)

I went over to a friend's tonight to take some pictures of her boys and niece. And then I had dinner with them and enjoyed a couple of beverages. After the storms rolled through, we started this fire and roasted some marshmallows. I had a very enjoyable evening and I sure hope I got at least one or two shots that she'll like.

Decisions, decisions...
(9-22-08)

I can't believe I'm even considering this, but...

I have no idea what she is, Boston terrier/Jack Russell mix perhaps?? She and her sister were left in the drop box at the Humane Society several weeks ago. They are currently being fostered by a friend of mine, and should be ready for adoption by the end of the week.

I wonder if she would enjoy riding in a kayak...

Edit: LOL, Sparky. I did take Forest and River over to meet the puppies tonight, as I definitely needed to see how they would react. Forest wasn't too thrilled with them at first, but by the time we were getting ready to leave, he was starting to run around with this one. So as long as he wouldn't have to give up his spot on my lap, I think he'd be OK. And River was totally fine with them.

Chilly dog.
(12-23-08)

Brier would much rather be a hot dog, than a chilly dog. She is miserable out there in the bitter cold. It's just too much for her. And housebreaking has taking a few steps backwards since she doesn't want to go out there.

The good news is that it has finally warmed up, and we're starting today at 20F. A heat wave.

There is actually about 3-4 inches of snow on the ground, but it is so hard and crusty that the dogs can walk on top of it. It is not nice snow.

Stretch,2,3,4...
(2-9-09)

Even though you might not like it, stretching out is an important part of the morning workout. And I don't know anything about that :p.

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