Narnia eat your heart out!

The above picture I took right after our first real snow. This is the trail leading away from Monson in Milford. I had gone there early in the morning so that I could take pictures of snow on the branches in the forest. By mid morning, the branches were bare from the sun's heat. For a much much much much better quality image, click on it to enlarge it. I kept it large as it makes a nice background for my desktop!

This picture of "Cold Brook Cutoff" in Beaver Brook is one of my favorites despite the lack of quality because of what it seems to represent. (and yes, this is another that expands if you click on it) Doesn't it look like autumn up front and winter in the back? On a tree to the left you'll see the fitting sign "Cold Brook Cutoff". :)

Back in November, I took a picture of 2 of my favorite oak trees in the Monson fields. The first picture is that very one. The morning I came after the first snow, I tried to take the same picture again. I was only slightly off. :) I have pictures of these trees in all the seasons now. I just have to put them all together!

The Hummingbird

You may need to click on these photos I took to see the little guy properly. I went out to the historical conservation land of Monson yesterday and found a small tree behind the flower gardens. Near this tree was a hummingbird feeder; he who owns the tree shalt own the nectar. :)




This one hummingbird fought valiantly to defend the nectar against a formidable gang of three other hummingbirds. It was amusing to watch these tiny birds, no more than 2 inches long, in an epic battle over sugar water! In between bouts of high pitched squeals and fencing matches with teensy beaks, my little hero rested in the tree I sat near and I was able to get these cool photos. Never before have I watched a hummingbird resting in a tree in the wild.




So that's pretty much the whole story here. I hope you like them anyway. The photo of him flying is very blurry, but I thought it was interesting enough to put up here anyway. :)