I always hear orioles before I see them. This guy was in the yard yesterday morning, so I quickly sliced a tangerine and put it out on the garden stand. In about two minutes he was there. He spent day making trips back and forth to the garden stand from the apple tree. I spent a lot of the day trying to get a good shot of him from behind a large pine tree just this side of the garden.

The photo below was taken this morning, he was back and brought a friend this time. I thought it was a female until I checked my Audubon bird book. You can’t tell so much from this shot, but another photo I took at the same time showed the one on the right holding down the tangerine  with one foot.

Don’t laugh, there isn’t much blooming yet. For more haiku about color visit One Single Impression.

I have posted this before, but since I have joined this group of folks who are really interested in the sky, I am doing it again! This was the first rainbow cloud I had ever seen, but since have seen minor color in a few other clouds. When I took this shot, early morning snow had just ended, and the clouds were just clearing out. I had just taken a break from shoveling snow when I spotted this cloud.

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The bushes along the fence overlooking Casco Bay at Portland’s east end are full of birds. Sparrows darted in and out of the rose bushes as I walked along the shore on Saturday. They are almost invisible against the bramble until you see them move. Do you notice that the grass here is finally beginning to turn green?

But that is a good thing! My next project will be a basket pattern using a collection of “blues” for the baskets. I took this shot today to use on a birthday card for my sister. A photo enhanced with the watercolor filter in the Corel program, then printed on matte paper makes a really neat looking card.
By the way, I made those baskets several years ago. The small one is the shape of heart.