More U.P. This and That

I have so many pictures yet to share with you that I have taken over the last month or so.

So, today, we will start with a collection

without a theme.

What the heck...

we don't always need a theme, do we??

Our apple blossoms

were lovely this year.

I wait every spring for them to blossom.

And to hear the buzzing of the bees in them,

pollenating away:

Someone once left a comment

that they had

never seen a

beaver hut.

So, here you are:

We had spied that huge one on a pond in the woods.

I think this is a female redwinged blackbird...but I am not sure. Does anyone know?:

When we were walking in the woods, trying to find Trilliums, we saw a tree that had "hung on" to its red leaves since last autumn! It was so pretty...just like it did last fall!:

Lovely, dreamy white Trilliums:

One trillium in the dappled sun on the forest floor:

We went to visit my brother

and saw this swan beside a mallard

at the head of the bay

on Lake Superior!:

She was so pretty.

But she was pretty far off shore for me to get clear closeups.

But I love swans so much...I was just happy to see her!:

I hope you enjoyed my "no theme" collection

of photos today!

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Today is the 28th of June, folks!!!

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS

to

enter your

FLOWER photo

for

my June 2010 FREE PHOTO CONTEST following the rules!!

Just don't sit there....get busy!!

More Autumn This and That...

Although we have already lost a lot of the colored leaves here in the U.P. of Michigan, I still have some pictures to share with you all of how glorious our season was, even if it was short.

This was a river in the middle of the woods, all ablaze with color:

And one of my favorite things to photograph.

A desolate road in the fall, just waiting for you to go down it to explore:

Another bend in a colorful stream:

Rocky bluffs full of color:

We stumbled upon this abandoned cabin stuck amongst the leaves.

It made me wonder who used it.

Maybe a deer camp for all those hopeful hunters.

If only it could talk!:

Many of the days we went exploring, we had autumn showers.

But not to mind.

I still got out and found something to photograph of interest!:

Another road to explore!:





And more streams to dream by:

And colorful lakeshores to look for ducks.

On this day, we didn't find any ducks on the lake.

But we were blessed with color!:

One last shot of the abandoned cabin in the colorful forest:

You know me.

I would have gone inside the cabin to explore.

But, my law-abiding husband (dang him!) wouldn't let me.

Thank Goodness ONE of us is thinking clearly.

Otherwise, I might be posting this from jail.

:-}