Deer Me

Ever since I took up the

hobby of photography,

I've always wanted to capture

some good shots of deer.

They're fast. You have to have

your camera ready. And you have

no idea when or where you'll see them.

Recently I got lucky.

In one week I saw 24 deer

in about 8 or 10 different places.

I had my camera with me and ready

some of the time.

The shots I'm posting were the best

as the fawns stood still very close to me.



Dragonflies

I love dragonflies.

I was extremely fortunate to

find these beautiful dragonflies

at Ledges State Park.

Look at the coloring

of these dragonflies.

Gorgeous.



Solar Eclipse from Iowa

On May 20, 2012 there was a solar eclipse.

Here in Iowa we had a nice view of it.

It was gorgeous.

Here's a few shots of it

in case you missed it.



Holding the Sun

One evening I took some pictures

of the sun peeking through the flowers.

It was the night of the solar

eclipse in May 2012. I took these

before we could see the eclipse.

I'll be posting some eclipse pictures in the future.

Holding the sun in the palm of your hand.

Memorial Day 2012

Another Memorial Day has come and gone.

Many great men and women are still out there,

protecting our freedoms,

keeping us safe,

sacrificing every day so that we can be free.

Thank you to all who serve

and all who have ever served.

You are the true heroes.



Local Scouts pay tribute to our veterans

by putting up flags at 2 local cemeteries

on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday

of Memorial Day weekend.

Iowa Storm Clouds

My husband's hobby is watching the weather.

I was glad recently when he suggested we go out

and take photos of some storm clouds.

By sheer luck I was able to get a couple of

shots of lightning, as well as

the sunset. Finally we've found

a way to make our hobbies collide.

Such a gorgeous sunset. I'd love to

take credit for creating such vivid colors

and the way they swirled together,

but all the credit goes to God.

No one can create what He does.

Storm clouds off in the distance.

One of the 3 shots in which I got a glimpse

of lightning, and you can also see just a

glimmer of it in the photo below.

 This was my best lightning shot.

I've never tried shooting lightning before

and it was sheer luck to get this shot.

This sunset shot was taken on a different evening.