April 29, 2018 by drkottaway

dangerous waters

For the Daily Prompt: tantrum.

April 29, 2018 by drkottaway

fury

For the Daily Prompt: tantrum.

Are the sea and sky about to have a tantrum?

April 28, 2018 by drkottaway

daily lines from an expert

For the Photo Prompt: lines.

Think of doing those intricate lines daily.

April 28, 2018 by drkottaway

y for yes

Blogging from A to Z, happy things. Y for yellow, yearn and yes! w

I yearn to get more exercise. Sort of. I’m not making it enough of a priority. I did walk to work about a week ago and lots of trees were topped with birds. First a yellow shafted Northern Flicker. Am I sure it’s yellow shafted and not red shafted? Well, no. I would need a brighter day to see it’s tail that well.

Corvus, the crow. Here. Next a robin:

And who is this? Very upright and about the size of the crow:

The branches made it a tricky focus shot and I zoomed all the way in. There! Yes!

I think this is a juvenile Swainson’s hawk, here. It could be a Cooper’s hawk but doesn’t have a long tail. Correct me, birders, if I am wrong!

Yes, yearn and yellow…. yea for the letter Y.

April 27, 2018 by drkottaway

XOXO earth

Blogging from A to Z, happy things. XOXOXO love and kisses to our beautiful earth!

These were taken in Hawaii, with my cell phone as my big camera ran out of battery power.

And all creatures great and small as well: XOXO.

Blogging from A to Z: the letter X.

April 26, 2018 by drkottaway

water to wash

Happy things from A to Z, the letter W. W for water, wet and wash!

We were very excited about the green turtles in Hawaii. But we photograph birds too:

Down by the water, checking it out. Then the featured post, bathing in the sea. And a clean wet bird:

We think this is a yellow billed cardinal, originally introduced from Brazil, here.

Blogging from A to Z, the letter W.

April 25, 2018 by drkottaway

unfurl

For the Daily Prompt: elaborate.

The ferns in Hawaii are impressive:

April 25, 2018 by drkottaway

veil

Happy things from A to Z: the letter v. V for veil and vulnerable and vamp.

While we were in Hawaii, there was a rain squall that blew up. We went back to the car and as you can see, the other photographer crashed. Really really asleep, veiled by a towel.

We are vulnerable when we are asleep. Relaxed. Out. The rain was ferocious. I felt protective while he slept. I also felt protected by the car…

And then vamp! Our noon Rotary held a fundraiser to update the kitchen of the Boiler Room. We dressed up, went to dinner and contributed money. The Boiler Room is a drug and alcohol free welcoming space in Port Townsend that has given out tons of free meals and soup and employs people as well. We are from the Sunrise Rotary. All the groups help each other. The theme was something about the old west and they had teens from the Interact Club to take pictures with our cell phones:

We were being serious for a moment. I could definitely make up a story about the picture!

And vamp it up! I was trying red lipstick for the concert on Saturday. I am in a small group called the Starlets and we sang Andrews Sisters songs. Red, red, red!