Our Mountain View

Mayberry.... Mount Airy, NC
Old Squad Car

My nephew and sister-in-law went skydiving last weekend.
I've wondered if I could do this, too....

Balsam Inn Front Porch
Midnight Sepia Effect

Welcome Fall!

Our Neighbor's New Puppy!
Isn't she cute??
Charcoal Sketch from Photo

Has anyone else had problems getting on Google lately?? Everytime I tried to post something, it was so slow I just gave up.

I saw this Red-Tailed Hawk swoop down in the trees by our house.
I had no idea he had gotten a squirrel.

American Bald Eagle

A Young American Bald Eagle

Young Quaker Parrots

Meet one of our new neighbors.
Oliver says... "Look out for the cat"!

Jigsaw Puzzle... Enjoy!

Very Young African Grey Parrot

Here's my little genius, Oliver.
More of Oliver

Monarch Butterfly on Zinnia
Color Pencil

Meet Zazu!
Male Eclectus Parrot

Hurricane Dean

Cool Loop of the Hurricane

Young Blue & Gold Macaw, Samson

Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight!
Sky and Telescope

Aren't these baby lovebirds cute??!!

Goldfinches Still Enjoying My Zinnias!

Swallowtail Butterfly Hanging Around This Week

Garden Gate in New Bern, North Carolina

Lake Lure, North Carolina

Need Help Identifying This Flower
Thanks!

Pale Tiger Swallowtail
(Texture Effect Added)
Enjoying my White Butterfly Bush Today!

Female American Goldfinch
Caught her munching on my zinnias this afternoon!

One of Oliver's new "friends" at the motel.

Destination

Columbine
One of my First "Photo Paintings" from the new version of Painter

Uncle Sam

Bottlebrush Flower
One Cool Looking Bloom

Horse and Cattle Egret
Outer Banks

These little baby geese would hide under the mother's wings.
There are 2 up on the left, poking their heads up and
2 on the right. They were so cute!

Bodie Island Lighthouse at Sunset

Bodie Island Lighthouse
Outer Banks, North Carolina

Herring Seagull

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the Beach

Outer Banks, North Carolina
Nags Head

Goldfinch Eating My Flowers

Outer Banks
Ocracoke Beach voted Best Beach in 2007!

Happy Flag Day!

Another one of her laying eggs...

He was flying over the house this week.
Wish I could have had more time to get a better shot.

Caught this Variegated Fritillary laying her eggs in the pansies.