Foto Funday {week 41 | 2011}

Watching to see when the first snows will show up on Schweitzer Ski Mountain … still nothing visible from here.

I didn’t take a lot of photos this past week, as I have been terribly sick with a miserable head & chest cold. I did, however, pop outside this morning to snap a few photos as the sun was peeking through the clouds just a bit and the autumn colors are becoming more evident – beautiful!

After snapping pics this morning, I came in and imported all the pics from my camera, and then noticed a little “friend” in one of the pics, so I went back out to snap a closer pic of her. Can you spot her in the first photo?

We had other visitors … the morning regulars stopping by their cracked corn breakfast.

Our poor hot pepper plant took a beating out in the garden this year from nibbling critters, plus it is producing peppers very late in the season due to the cool, wet June and July we had, so we moved it inside to see if we can get a few peppers out of it. Looking yummy!

This fella is “hanging around” on our front porch … I’m hoping to get the rest of my Halloween décor up this afternoon.

Do you have your Halloween décor up yet? Do you have a *favorite* item for this holiday that you always look forward to displaying?

Blessings to you!

`·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· Cari `·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·

 

Foto Funday {week 38 | 2011}

It’s time for another Foto Funday, and I’m leading off with a few photos from the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony we attended in Sandpoint last Sunday.

Our friend, Mike, from New York, proudly carries the American flag amongst the fine-looking color guard.

As always, I delighted in the magnificent sound of Albeni Pipes and Drums!

While at the city beach for the ceremony, I got a shot of our own miniature Lady Liberty on the pier.

Our happy little dog!

I’ve been trying to learn a little each day about my new Canon Rebel, & had an opportunity to learn to photograph one of my fav subjects, the moon, this past week when the full Harvest Moon made her appearance. My first shot was using settings approximately the same as what had worked on my old Sony camera. I quickly found these settings were not going to work for me – no details of the moon and a reflected image in each shot as well.

After trying several different settings with no better results, I came inside and googled “photographing the moon”. This gave me some recommended settings and I got some much better shots.

I even caught the moon as she was setting over the Selkirk Mountains the *next morning* out front.

Out our back door I enjoyed watching some beautiful whitetail does enjoying the rosehips off our wild rose bushes.

Our wild turkeys have been showing up daily, sometimes more than once, and enjoying the cracked corn Jim throws out the back door for them. I even caught one of the youths lying down to eat!

Then this tom decided to hop up on the porch to munch some sunflower seeds, and when he saw his reflection in the patio door, he decided to strut his stuff and intimidate that “other” tom in the reflection! It was hilariously fun to watch!

Have a really wonderful Sunday afternoon, and be sure to always smile at your own reflection!

Blessings to you!

`·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· Cari `·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·

 

Foto Funday {week 37 | 2011}

Before I get into this week’s photos, I have to take a moment to acknowledge the deep, deep meaning of today, September 11th … Ten years ago this morning I got a call from my brother on the East Coast – something “strange” was going on with planes crashing into buildings & I should turn on my news. Not long after, my husband came rushing home from his job at the highway department and grabbed his reserve deputy equipment, then he rushed off to the Sheriff’s Office to stand by in case this crisis spread to our side of the nation. I cancelled my sons’ homeschooling classes for the day, and we spent the day learning history as it unfolded on our television. My sons were 13 and 15 at the time. We prayed mightily that day for our nation, and for Dad as he went to report for duty. We cried. We wondered. We swelled with even more love and patriotism for our nation than we’d already had.

Now, ten years later, we still pray, we shed tears, we still wonder at the terribleness of it. And still we hold our heads high and proclaim our love for this nation of ours, this United States of America. May God bless America!

:: FOTO FUNDAY ::

A solitary dandelion stands resolutely in the front yard.

My little smiling scarecrow, all bundled up for autumn.

Lots of turkeys hanging around this week – here’s a crowd at the back feeder, scratching cracked corn from the ground.

Jim got this shot of a garter snake sliding off the waterfall in our pond – love how he caught the water pouring down the snake & running off its chin!

Bumblebees and sunflowers, ahh how I love thee!

The pasture out front is golden and beautiful.

All in one morning this week we had two different friends drop by with pickups full of firewood for us, and one of them brought these lovely treats from their garden.

I love woodpeckers and enjoyed listening to this fellow peck out a beat on the electric pole in the yard.

May you have a marvelous day!

Blessings to you!

`·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· Cari `·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·