Sunday Stills: The letter “B”

I can do the Sunday Stills Challenge this week!

Meet Odda..she is a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is big and beautiful and she lives nearby.

Bee on a Blue flower ( Globe Thistle)

Bye..have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Macro

 

This weeks Sunday Stills Challenge was Macro. 

This is a Armenian Basket Flower or Centaurea macrocephala.

  From start to finish.

See it looks like a basket.

Then the basket blooms. 

This plant is a hardy perennial in Minnesota.  It thrives in my wild gardens:)

Sunday Stills: The letter F

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was the letter F..no archives.

We went out for a ride last evening after supper.  We were searching for some F’s.

Wait just a minute..we have a Ferris Wheel Seat right outside the door.  Chance graciously sat for a photo.   My husband bought a number of these seats in Wisconsin and restored this one..it is a great place to sit and read a book..or just relax. 

We headed for the fields.

The crop sprayer was flying over the potato fields.  These potato's are made into French Fries the ones that stand up straight in the box.

On our way back home we saw a far away fawn and her mother.

Field, forest and a fawn ..have a great week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Sepia or Black and White

This weeks challenge was sepia or black and white.  Here are my best shots!

One of my “wild” gardens near the house.  That is an old windmill frame in the distance. The cedar fence post is covered in lichens.

Here is Chance in sepia..my husband was playing ball with him.

Have a good week everyone:)

Here is the “wild” garden in color! :)

Sunday Stills: Birds and Bees

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was Birds and Bees.

I found some bees…

Flying near the Lupine.

Then one evening after a rain I caught this one with his wings folded over whilst he was sucking the nectar out of a Centaurea montana ‘Blue’ ( A perennial Bachelors Button). 

Since we got leaves on the trees the birds in the yard are harder to photograph.

I did manage a photograph of some Canada Geese with their babies.  They are such good parents.

Have a good week everyone!

Summer officially starts this next week and the days get shorter.  Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! :)

Sunday Stills: Yellow

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was yellow.  Now yellow is one of my favorite flower colors.  But other than dandelions..and a water lily about to bloom..yellow was scarce this week.

I tried to catch the triple reflection in the watery ripples..this was my best shot.

My Grandson was fishing.

His fishing rod was yellow.  I took this photo this afternoon, it was a cool day to be out on the lake:)

Sunday Stills: Potluck

Hello everyone!  I have really missed the Sunday Stills Challenges.  I am going to try harder to make time for them.  I am working almost full time, and my “fun” time is limited to late nights and early mornings.  Thanks goodness it is seasonal and come October 01 I will be footloose and fancy free again.  I accepted a position as Executive Director at a local Historical Museum. 

The Museum May 18, 2011

Now on to the potluck challenge!

Chance and I were stalking a chipmunk, of course he wanted to kill it, I just wanted to get some great shots..I liked this one.

And now for some real potluck..

 

Have a great week everyone, I will try to get around and see some of your photos this week! :)