Gene and I went out for a ride to the local Audobon sanctuary for a plant sale and saw this lovely site at the North River in Marshfield. Very neat to see two different types of Egrets together and so many too! I am hoping the stoopid rain will go away this weekend because I want and need to satisfy my photo urges.




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Finally a sunny day so I could take some nice shots of the tulips and just in time because all the wind we got the next day blew most of the petals off them.





Even though I was tired after working and then grocery shopping today I still planted my seeds in my own little garden tonite. It's not a very big garden but it is all mine and I love it! I planted tons of nasturtiums, morning glories and moon flowers! I have some more seeds to plant but they can wait until the weekend. I soooo love to dig in the dirt!
Gene and I went to the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary for a walk and to enjoy the lovely weather that has finally arrived. Lots of bird life around. We saw barn swallows and purple martins and canada geese.... lots and lots of canada geese! oh and turtles too!!

Beautiful yellow flowers!






all those brown blobs are geese! there were soooo many! Click on the photo to see the big size.


I took this photo this morning from inside the cafeteria at work. It's nice to see the wildlife around us.
I took a really fun class on Saturday at the Stamp Act store in Marshfield. Stacey Rich from StaceyStamps was the instructor. She taught us 5 different techniques for using colored pencils. It was so nice to go to the class and just be there to create. Here are photos of the cards I made.












Stacey had the stamped images ready for us. The images are from her line of stamps.
The weather was just fantastic this weekend. Such a nice break from all the snow and ice we have had this winter. We actually sat out in the lawn chairs in the sun for a bit on Saturday. Since I have been helping my sister move the last few Saturday's, Gene kidnapped me today and we went out for a nice ride and to do some photography. I haven't had much play time with the new camera so it was a great treat today. I got some great shots at the grist mill pond.


Canada Goose


Wood Duck

Then we went out to Middleboro so I could practice with shutter speeds and iso levels by taking photos of moving water.


Slow Shutter Speed


Fast Shutter Speed



I was surprised how much of my SLR skills I have lost using point and shoot digital for the last few years... I am going to have to practice more and do some reading.
Was able to go out for a nice ride yesterday and enjoy the sunshine and bright blue sky. It was really pleasant out. A little cold, but nice to see the snow going away.

Got some good photos while out and about.

We saw three red tail hawks soaring togehter. One flew right over my head.



Got some good shots of some Eiders in the Cape Cod Canal too.