It was a dark and stormy night. The moon was beautiful tonight, covered with clouds and majestic looking. Wish I had a good enough camera to have caught what I was seeing in person. 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

The year was 1972. 

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Robert. 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

i found this cardinal in my glove compartment when hubby picked me up from work the other day. isn't it pretty? 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

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red in the morning, sailors take warning. this was the day before it snowed again. 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

from this..... 

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to this.... later that same day after the weight of the snow got to be too much. 

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i thought we might lose this one too, but it hung on. 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

a downy woodpecker 

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this is a male downy woodpecker. the females don't have that red spot on the back of their heads. 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

male downy woodpecker 

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snow at the beach house where we vacation 

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i just don't think of the beach when i think of snow! 

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got a new spotting scope and took some pics of, what else, my birds! 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012

mourning dove 

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downy woodpecker 

Taken: Mar 14, 2012