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Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Camouflage

 Cedar Waxwings are beautiful birds 

who visit my ancient orchard in every season.  

 They are of such a colour that they are hidden quite well 

even when there are no leaves on the trees.

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: Camouflage!

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – The Forest

Their are many treasures to be found on the forest floor.  

Mushrooms provide food for forest animals and opportunities for photographers.

Many like the seacoast or take their delight in the mountains.

I like those places too but there is no place I would rather be than the forest.

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: The Forest!

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – The Beach

Whether you want to walk along a sandy shore

 Or sit and gaze as it's wonders

A beach to explore is easy to find

 on Prince Edward Island.

 Imagine you're on a desert island

With permission to explore

 You can let yourself go or

Dance like no one is watching.

 

When our ancestors crawled from the ocean 

they happened upon the beach and have since yearned 

to return to this edge of the world.

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: The Beach!

Dusk

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Birds of a Feather

From the family of crows in my back yard 

to the herons that fish in the bay behind my house, 

I see wonderful groups of birds in every season.

 The crows are here all year.  I love them most in summer when I can watch them giving lessons to the new fledgelings.  I have a special tree where many of the lessons take place.  When a session is over, the mother runs over to a nearby strawberry field to get a strawberry for the reward.

These Canada geese in their easily recognizable V formation 

have the last rays of the sunset behind them, turning their backs red.

Beautiful herons gather in the bays, some fishing, 

others standing together in couples.

Spring wouldn't be spring with out gatherings of birds, 

birds of a feather.

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: Birds of a Feather!

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Clouds

Clouds can be  inconsequential or downright dangerous. 

Filling the sky with fluffy floaters and wisps 

or with snow, rain, hail or rainbows, 

the clouds above us, 

along with other factors of course, 

control our days. 

Each of these shots is from the same viewpoint.  

It is right outside my back door.

Each day I open the door and look up at the clouds.

I marvel at their beauty.

My grandmother told me that even as a small child 

I had her look up into the sky while I described the clouds to her.

Clouds have been a life-long fascination.

For a little music to accompany your day, here is Joni Mitchell.  

She looks at clouds too.

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Clouds!

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Overlooked

There is so much to see around us.  The inner workings of an ecosystem that is facing such big challenges as this earth is, is something we need to examine closely.  So many things are overlooked. 

 Look around you

Get down close

 Don't be afraid to get tangled up

Keep your ears open too

Your knees might get dirty but so what.

We see patterns every time we bend down

Leave nothing overlooked.

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Overlooked!

“Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Distant”

 When you live on an island, everything seems distant. 

Here on Prince Edward Island we have two ways to leave the island.  We have a year round bridge that connects us to New Brunswick.  In the summer there is a ferry service that takes us to Nova Scotia, seen in the distance in all these photos. The trip takes an hour and a half including the loading and unloading time.

 

The ferry ride can be part of the adventure coming to and fro, and is the way of life for an Islander.

I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and outdoor photography magazineLetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Distant!

“Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Reflections”

Living on an island like I do, you are never far from water

 and water is a vital part of having reflections.

Water and sunshine combine to create doubles in our natural world, 

doubling our opportunities for enjoyment.

I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and photography magazineLetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Reflections!

“Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Spring!”

 The first thing that comes to mind when I think of spring is the land.

  I can dig in my gardens and farmers can at last,  get out to their fields.

 The bright colours of dandelions, daffodils and tulips are so cherished 

after the dull tones of the recently passed winter.

 Bees are as happy as we are to feel the warmth of the sun. 

We all get down to business!

Spring is a busy time for everyone but it is enjoyed universally for it's promise of new life and growth.  

We feel spring's warmth and moisture and with certain joy, watch everything come alive again.

Come on, Spring.  Unfurl!

 

I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and photography magazineLetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Spring!

Splash

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Black and White

Whether wandering upriver

 Along a pond, 

Or on the seashore

 form is that part of Mother Earth

that calls to me.

I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Black and White!