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The Stories Behind The Photos

  I Flew, I Flew!... 

Me Too, Me Too!

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Perhaps one of the most acrobatic birds that flies in our skies is the barn swallow. They fly at amazing speeds, nearly impossible to photograph...

       Bad Hair Day !

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This little barn swallow had been born on the farm and its first flight was not too successful...

Growing, Glowing, Gone
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While walking I am always looking for interesting photos opportunities. One of the things that make a photo interesting to me... 

Flower Before The Fruit
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Flowers are an interesting event to me. I say event because they truly proceed so many “events” in our lives and they give...

Creek On Fire
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The name this creek is not Fire Creek but Icicle Creek. It is a creek in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. Normally this creek is very blue, to blue-green, however...

Mother's Love, Ahhh Mom!
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I have had some amazing experiences in my life, and one of the greatest experiences was living...

Beauty After The Storm!
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We have all seen it countless times. The calm before the storm, then the dark forbidding clouds, the rain and the wind...

Modern Pterodactyl
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No matter how many times I see the Great Blue Heron I am still reminded of the Jurassic era Pterodactyl...

Blue Reflection
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We don’t need to say much about a reflection of a setting sun and the sky. Sometimes it just..

 There is Always ONE !

   Friends Can Be Different

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Have you ever noticed that within families there seems to be one child who is marching to their own beat... 

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These two equines couldn’t be

more different. Obviously they are completely different in...

Peek-A-Boo, I See You!

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I spotted this doe in a field and wanted to take her picture. She was heading west along the edge of the field behind a...

Mt. Rainier Sleeping Giant
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Mountains are interesting opposites of many things we view. While most things are viewed better the closer we get, a mountain is more beautiful from afar, and ironically...

Graveyard Baby Fox 
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In a small cemetery with grave markers more than two hundred years old life started again for a family of young foxes...

Pretty In Purple
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Flowers are an intricate part of

our world, and with thousands of varieties and colors there is always beauty to...

Coming Home 

While sitting on the shore at a lake in Muskoka I saw this boat returning at sunset and a young girl on the dock...

Majestic Fishing!
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In an area where I photograph there is a big bend in the river and then it flows toward a bridge. As I drove across the bridge...

Hide In Plain Sight!
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At first glance it would appear that this bird is pretty easy to see. And if you are looking at the bird you are right, it is easy to see. But then maybe the photo isn’t about...

Lily Of The Lake
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Sometimes a photo tells a story that is funny, poignant, awe inspiring, and sometimes it tells...

Clear Water
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There are many pictures of ducks in the world, but I especially liked this one because...

Stretched To The Limit!
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In this photo a Robin is obviously trying to get this worm from the ground, and the Worm is obviously trying to stay in the ground. But looking at the photo later...

Winter Barn
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The changing seasons can make things look so different...

Don't Just Smell The Flowers,
                  Roll In Them!
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This beautiful white horse had decided that it wasn’t enough to just smell the flowers...

Natures Bounty
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Throughout nature there are millions of plants that support life in one way or another. As I watched birds and...

Merlin's Magic!
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Friends of mine own this little speedster. His name is Merlin, and he is perhaps one...

So Many Whiskers!
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This little colt belongs to some friends of mine. And from the time he was born he was...

Apache on Patrol
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This cat was given to a friend of mine and not only became the farm cat, but also the farm protector...

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