Images

Autumn at Silver Lake

looking across silver lake in autumn
Had some fun taking photos at Silver Lake one afternoon while Meghan performed a very low-key wedding on the dock

Sevierville, Tennessee

flowering tree
Taken along the Sevierville Greenway

Bird Among Bleachers

bird sitting among the bleachers
Birds were taking refuge from the rain in a quiet section

I took this at Jack’s graduation, which was held at a covered pavilion during a nor’easter.

A portion of the seating was on the windy side, so people were sitting away from it to avoid spray.  That gave a small number of birds a chance to come in and wait out the storm.

Silver Lake in Autumn

clouds over silver lake
The reflections of color caught my eye, but I really liked how the sky was split by clouds.

Sleepy Gerbils

Just a couple of happy gerbils in their little hut.

gerbils snuggling in gerbil house
They’re just a couple of dudes that like to snuggle

They generally head below to the main part of the enclosure to nap, but this time they decided to stay up above, and have a siesta together in the remains of their “house”.

Their eyes may be open, but they were definitely in low power mode.

Beta child had just cleaned their enclosure an hour before.  It’s amazing how fast they can litter up the place. It must be tiring.

Sleepy Bee

bumble bee sleeping in flower
We came outside one morning to find a bumble bee sleeping in a flower by the back deck

Walk-About on a Foggy Christmas Night

Playscape and trees at the shore of Silver Lake, backlit by a street lamp, on a foggy night
I thought the street lamp was a nuisance, casting too much glow on everything else, until I realized that it was backlighting the playscape and trees in a peculiar, almost spooky way
Playscape and trees at the shore of Silver Lake, backlit by a street lamp, on a foggy night
After playing with the light levels of the raw photo, I got a much more dramatic image.

Narragansett Beach

waves rolling into Narragansett beach
The day after some pretty heavy storms, the surf was high at Narragansett Beach. The black dots are people trying to surf.

Bird-watching at Wildwood Cemetery

Our local library sponsored a guided bird-watching walk through the cemetery across the street.  Most people brought binoculars.  I brought my camera and a zoom lens.  Here are the highlights:

robin in the grass
This robin was bouncing between tree and grass
red-tailed hawk preening
Red-tailed hawk preening in a precarious situation
unbalanced red-tailed hawk with wings spread
A red-tailed hawk finding it’s balance in a precarious situation. A moment before, it was preening it’s feathers.