Around the yard_Jan 5

Linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences  

For my Good Fence post and Skywatch Friday I am sharing some of my backyard skies, fence scenes and I always throw in some birds..

A threesome sitting in my weeping cherry tree. Included are the Mr & Mrs House Finch and a Mourning Dove.

A sunrise seen from my driveway, I like the trees, clouds and little bits of blue sky.

My deck is usually covered with Mourning Doves in the early morning.. A fence shot with the deck railing and link fence showing behind and blue tarp covering our wood pile..

The sky looking over our roof ..

The squirrels can always be found eating my bird's seed and lately a raccoon has been making a mess with the bird feeders too.  Can you find the Junco in the shot above?

This is a Junco, just in case you do not know what they look like.  Do you see one in the photo above?

For another fence scene, my deck railing loaded with bird food..I hope this counts as a fence.. A piggie squirrel and a couple of Mourning Doves looking like they would rather be on that feeder.

The almost full moon, I took this shot of the moon from my driveway one evening..One tree limb sticking out over the right side of the moon.


Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments..I hope you enjoyed your visit.
To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.   I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..

Blue Moon

I am linking up with NF Winged   and  Skywatch Friday

Aug 22, 2013


It's time for Skywatch and my birds for NF Winged, I hope to see everyone sharing their skies and birds. On August 20 there was a rare full moon. The full moon this August is known as the Blue Moon or the Full Sturgeon Moon. It is the third of four full moon in a season, most seasons only have 3 full moons. My shot was actually the full moon setting on the morning of August 21.

I just love zooming in on the moon, it is so beautiful.

The shadow in the bottom right is part of our pine tree. The moon was starting to set behind the tree.

Skywatching from our deck...watching the contrail.

Another one of hubby's sunset shots at our lake.

And now for the NF Winged part of my post I am sharing one of my juvenile Cardinals, Turkeys and a couple butteflies.

One of the neighbors is raising turkeys..you can reserve one for Thanksgiving Day dinner.

A Fritillary Butterfly on our Buddleia butterfly bush.

A Tiger Swallowtail on our pretty butterfly bush.


  Happy Skywatching everyone!

Thanks for visiting my post and  blog and I always appreciate your comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged

Thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of NF Winged.   I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.