Sky Watch - Carolina sunset

and moon

Header Chalenge - Silver and gold

The only gold I regularly have with me is my white  gold wedding ring. Below is a silver coin from the  past it's value as currency is down since the date, but as metal it has increased.

Header Challenge - Waves of the flag

 

 

On July fourth, waves of kids came to Baker Park to celebrate the country's anniversary and the flag hanging high waved its approval.

Sky Watch - Blue above

 the house,

 the clouds,

and the sunset.

Header Challenge - Cell phone pics

 

My old cell phone did not have a camera feature. When it died last December, the replacement had a camera (and other features which I haven't used. In my world, phones are for talking; cameras are for taking pictures. I have now taken a grand total of 20 pictures with the phone, most this week for the header challenge.

Original image size of the phone camera is 1600x1200 pixels. I tried zooming and got the result in my header. I am not giving up my Nikon!
 

A reflected selfie

 



My header - normal mode

Our World - Falling leaves

 The maple tree turned a beautiful yellow and orange,

 and dropped the leaves to the ground,

 and I will be raking a while longer.

 A last blossum peaks through

and the mums catch the suns last rays.

Sky Watch - Evening skies

 A little fluff on Nov 6

 and sunset on Nov. 4

Header Challenge - Unexpected result

 

 

When I saw this leaf on the window, the sun was peaking through the clouds and it shined orange. The sun quickly disappeared and when I looked at the result - OOPS - camera was on manual focus - not the image I expected.

You might get unexpected results buying a cake here.

The first time we saw this scene, we got unexpected results. We were eating a restaurant across the street one night. Marianne had a good view of the face, but the wings were hidden in the shadows. She finally said "why is that man not moving?". Finally we decided it was a painting. And indeed it is one of several "trompe l'oeil" paintings by William Cochran in Frederick. Another one is below.

Our World - Farmer squirrel

This squirrel got tired of a diet of acorns and grabbed an ear of corn from the Farmer's field. It started up the tree, but settle down for a crunchy meal.