Skipper Butterfly
Radial Blur in Photoshop

Red Gerber Daisy
Photoshop Filters Applied

Chipmunk, one of our "Outdoor Pets"
We feed them Oliver's leftovers. They love it!

Solomon's Seal - One of my favorite perrenials
Can't wait 'til spring!
Gaussian Blur B & W

OK....This is one of the squirrels that keeps getting thrown off my Yankee Flipper Bird Feeder. He's sitting there eyeing the seed he can't get.
(The Yankee Flipper is the only real squirrel proof bird feeder, that I know about.)

Yellow Daisy-Like Flower
Playing around with one of my plug-ins

This is what's left of the toy. The little gold ball that was inside is under the couch somewhere.

Bought Oliver a new toy today!
A plastic ball with one of those little balls on the inside. He keeps trying to get to it from the bottom...turning it over and over. He's played with it for over an hour and just now busted the plastic and got the little ball out.
Mission accomplished!

Continuing the Robber Fly Theme...
Caught him eating this bug

Robber Fly
From one of my Bug Hunts Last Summer

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
Late Summer 2005

One of my Tea Roses from last summer
Coral in color, bleached with a black edged frame

Grasshopper

Eastern Blue Bird
Shot taken this afternoon
Applied Gaussian Blur

North Carolina Mountains
View from our home

Horses in a pasture in the mountains of North Carolina.
Blacky was the only one paying attention to me.

North Carolina Mountains
This creek runs right in front of our home.

Jackson & Perkins "Hollywood" Rose
Summer 2005
I have a few rose bushes and this one was new last year. It's a good thing a got a picture of it because it died. hahaha

This little horse lives in the mountains of North Carolina.
The neighbor always has horses on his land.

Hummingbird Moth Feeding on Verbena
Summer of 2005
I've got a ton of these from last summer. I love these little creatures.

Blue & Tan Bird
Don't know the name of this bird...if you know, please comment.
Another shot from my new lens. I like this one much better.
This lens is sweet!

Female Cardinal
First shot with my new lens, Canon 70-300mm IS USM
I'm going to love this lens, especially since it has the Image Stabilization feature. I'll be using this lens a lot. Hope to get some better bird shots.
This bird sat on the tree branch for about an hour. Taking a nap, I guess.

Petunias

Yellow Sulphur Butterfly
Shot taken in the North Carolina Mountains, October 2005

Hummingbird Moth feeding on Verbena

This is what's left of Oliver's rubber ducky. He chewed the head off, now he's got his own beak stuck in the middle of it.

Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillars
These 2 were eating my flowers like crazy. I didn't want to kill them so I picked them off and threw them in the woods. BUT, before I did that, I just had to take a picture. The 2 big spots on the front look so much like eyes.

Swallowtail Butterfly - I just love taking photos of them

Swallowtail Butterfly in Sepia

Honey Bee

Can you find the Hummingbird Moth??
From last summer, Hummingbird Moth and Swallowtail Butterfly
They both enjoy the Butterfly Bush

Green Anole showing off his dewlap

This was a patch of wildflowers at a rest stop in
North Carolina last summer

We love to have hummingbird feeders out in the summer. We watch these little creatures buzz around, dive bomb one another, fight over the food and eat. This is the best shot I got last year. Next summer I'm going to work with a tripod and my new long lens.

Tiger Swallowtail, shot I took last summer

Some more of Oliver taking a shower...
This bird is a trip! His new phrases are "Oliver's getting famous, Oliver's on the internet." Now I just need to get it on video!
Click Here to see videos of him talking.

I just got an external hard drive! Seagate 160g's

I work on a Dell Inspirion 9100 and the hard drive is a little over 55g. Well... I have quickly filled this drive and was constantly having to burn cd's just to have room to work. (My camera takes rather large files, especially the raw files and adding the digital camcorder files has really pushed it to the limits. I'm sure many of you can relate!)

Anyway... the reason I started this post is that I'm asking for any tips you can give through your experiences using external drives. I know there's bound to be many.

Thanks!! I'll keep you posted in case anyone is looking at the same thing.

North Carolina Mountains
Area where my Dad grew up - We have a "get away" home here that our family enjoys

Geese on a small pond in our neighborhood

Dragonfly I shot last summer - He's got a pretty teal color...

Flowers at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens this past November
I've used a painting effect to this photograph

Hummingbird Moth Resting
A few days earlier, I had just gotten my macro lens. It's not as clear as I would like. I'll blame it on having to squat down to get to this angle without disturbing him. I love these little creatures!
Edit 1/9/06 - Shot was taken this past summer - I've got tons of pictures that I haven't even be able to process until now. I think that's what winters are for...

Lily - I darkened the darks - A lot of times, I like dark photos

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly - Painting Effect from my Picture
North Carolina

Red Bell Pepper from my Brother's Garden - Slight Antique Sepia Tone

Swallowtail Butterfly - We had a ton of Swallowtails this past summer; so you'll be seeing more of these.

Which one do you like the best and why?? Or if you have any suggestions (thanks Wildpic).

The Sepia Tone or the Black & White

Gardenias, one of my favorite flowers. I actually have pretty good luck growing these. I'll cut a bloom and put it in a shot glass filled with water, set it on the kitchen table and enjoy it for several days.

I took Oliver to work with me the Friday before Christmas. He's normally shy in front of strangers but was excited when he started talking about 15 minutes after we got there. Update 1/2/06, Oliver now says "Oliver went to work with Mama". Now, if he could just help me with my job!