Woods Poppy

One of my favorite little flowers.. the shade loving "Woods Poppy" self-seeding and quietly spreading around our front porch (stoop , actually)

Spring Croccci

P3111386 Half a herd

Calvert Cliffs

The 'cliffs' of Calvert. Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame)likened these to the White Cliffs of Dover.(Quite obviously, he was homesick.) Canon G5

P8311022 First Bfly

First B'fly shot this year.Inspired by Jim to try an old favorite - my OMZ 2.8/100on the E-1. Sorry, I can't nail the focus like he did ;-(

Lil Blue guys

Tiny little perennials... only about an inch across.(I'll have to look up the name.)

Not snow_1

So nice to see something other than white on our bushes.

Dogwood Flowers

Friendship II

Another blast from the past - in a much simpler time. A gun show in Southern Indiana in the mid-50's. No paperwork, no restrictions, cash or trade was accepted. Scanned from a very faded Kodachrome slide. Probably shot with a Contax II.

Red Belly

Red Bellied Woodpecker. Grab shot with a P$S.(severe cropped !)

Daffy III

Just walking around this morning. All with the E-1 at max zoom 60 mm. ISO 100, minor cropping

IMG_5532 Siberian Squill

Tough little (They're dime-sized blossoms) buggers that handled our recent cold spat without a problem. Canon G5