YES!..another Bullwinkle!!

About a month ago,

we headed out for our usual: "what-can-we-find-in-the-woods-that-is-interesting-to-photograph?" trip.

After an uneventful first few hours,

we turned onto a road, went about 1/2 mile and

THIS

stepped out in front of us!:

(The lighting was the absolute worst for shooting him with my camera, but I wasn't ABOUT to take the time to try and adjust my camera settings when we saw him!)

Although I wasn't thrilled about the lighting conditions to get these shots, we were thrilled to see

that he was a BULL:

He seemed unconcerned that we were there. He just sauntered into the woods

and began eating some branch buds:

I was cursing my "auto" setting on my camera because it wanted to focus

on all the branches in front of him (between me and him)

but I finally got the shot!:

Look at that HUMP! I bet his mother told him to sit up straight a million times when he was a mere baby moose. Obviously, he didn't listen!:

He came back out on the road and then went back in the woods....

I wasn't this close to take the shot, it is the wonder of the zoom lens.

Of course, it is a bit blurry because of that:

Ummmm....he saw ME....(gulp!):

But when our eyes met, it was INSTANT love.

And then turned to go back in the woods again (whew!):

(Do you see the hair under his chinee, chin-chin? I think it is TOTALLY HOT!)  

To ME?  They are gorgeous creatures!!:

Bullwinkle and I have a date to meet again. I saw when our eyes met.

He's supposed to call me.

But you know how male bulls are.

I may never hear from him again.

(Sigh)

But I will think of him.

Often.

With longing.

My husband even knows.

And?

 

He encourages this type of thing.

 

He says if Bullwinkle and I get together again,

he will offer to escort me

to our date.

And maybe even watch.

 

What a guy!

No wonder I love him!!

More This and That from the U.P.

Today, I have a collection of photos

taken about a month ago.

 (I know, I am STILL behind..but it was a busy Spring, people!)

As mentioned in a previous post,

we had rosebreasted grosbeaks come to visit us, but only for about three weeks.

We  haven't seen any since then.

I sure think they are pretty.

The red on this one's breast looks like a little heart, doesn't it?:

Remember last month, when I was

ESTATIC

to see a moose????

You guessed it!

Less than ONE WEEK later, we were driving down the highway and up ahead there were about 30 cars pulled over.

I told my hubby, "there is either an accident up ahead or someone has spotted a moose!"...

 Then I yelled..."PULL OVER< PULL OVER...for the LOVE OF GOD...PULL OVER!!"

(Lucky for him, he PULLED OVER!)

(He's a love that man! A LOVE!)

I was blessed...

it WAS a MOOSE!!:

I don't know how long he was out before we got there, and there was a crowd of people by now watching him...I just got myself out of the car with my camera

and he gave one glance, ran behind this bush

and then....

LEFT!:

(They don't call me "quick draw McGraw" on the camera trigger for nothing. ha)

But I was thrilled to have seen another Moose...and thrilled I got a few more pictures of one.

I have lived up here for years and years and never saw a Moose, and now I have seen three

in one year.

I am one happy woman!!

We went in the woods for pictures a few weeks ago.

As I was snapping away at the Marsh Marigolds in one spot, I looked up and

saw THIS:

The license plate was IMBEDDED into the tree!

I wondered how it got there???!!

I mean, a  LONGGGG time ago, was there a car wreck

and the rest of the car rusted away?

Isn't that strange???

Here it is in black and white, which I liked!:

I tried it in Sepia but I didn't like it as much as in black and white.

One of my beloved Trilliums:

Crabapple tree blossoms!:

You can smell the blossoms from far away!!! Scrumptous!!:

Of course,

all the blossoms are gone now...

but they were lovely to see!

Join me again soon for more pictures...

I took a ton within a few weeks

because there was so much Spring beauty around....

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