thumbnail thursday??!!!

in case you hadn't noticed

I got a new camera

(the old one froze in zoom mode, so it was returned!!)

I put my right hand up and swore I would "case" the thing 

when it's not being used...

:p

so....

it rained   it snowed   it blew a gale 

and

 I was forced to take shots from behind glass 

and hanging out the door

with the zoom lens fully extended

 once again...

(so far   so good)

and instead of making you scroll down the page 

I collage-d  some for you

the birds on the feeder

(do not judge us by our feeder

it is very very old

but it still serves them well

and with all the squirrels around we have yet to find a better one

it is cleaned and stocked regularly!!!!!)

they could hear the camera clicking but they could not see me for the reflection on the window

and I hope by now they know we will not harm them

so they flew in and snacked

and I got tired of clicking!!!!!

I'll figure some other better way of shooting them I hope

double glazed windows

suck

for taking pictures!!!!

(sorry)

the violet buds caught my eye

so I shot them too

always nice to see the proper blue violets begin to sprout

and of course

the 

choice

de

jour

the swan

and for an added bonus today

the baffle head duck

taken very quickly before he dove and went

POOF

!!!!

which is what I will now do......

POOF!!!