a place to be
Click on photo to enlarge - © 2007 jim otterstromLabels: Big Bear, birds, water attraction, wildlife
posted by Jim at 3:27 PM
We are a car-free retired couple living in a small 950 sq ft mountain cabin on less than 1/4 acre at 6,750 ft elevation. The native plant habitat we established on the property now exceeds 100 species and we grow organic vegetables on a small portion of the yard. In our continuing efforts toward simple, sustainable and rewarding lives we bid our last car "Good Riddance" in January of 1997. Earth Home Garden represents what we love in life; our bountiful planet EARTH and all her natural diversity; our cozy little cabin HOME and the family it has sheltered for 29 years; and the GARDEN around us which nurtures so many native creatures and helps feed us as well. It's our PLACE TO BE........... ***NOTICE*** Unless otherwise stated, all photos and text posted here are the copyrighted property of Jim Otterstrom, who hereby grants permission to re-print or re-publish his work, freely, for non-commercial purposes, so long as it is un-altered and credit is given. See the Creative Commons license at bottom of page.
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17 Comments:
Great pictures Jim, love Queenie and the Dove, beautiful.
Lovely photo of a very happy and now clean dove. :-)
Jim, There's magic in seeing the simple in those moments. It's a portal for the imagination and for using what's available.
Jim, me again. The "magic" of the photo came for me when I clicked to enlarge but only with your verbal description added.
A question and a possible request. On my computer when I look at the photo it takes up approximately 1/3 of the screen. When I click to enlarge, the photo is too big for the monitor and I have to scroll the scroll bars to move from one photo section to another. Do you do that on purpose to show the great detail, or do you have a very large screen which shows it all at once? And is there a way that on elargement it only, e.g., doubles?
Tim
Jim, that's really lovely. We're still dealing with snowbanks and run-off, but the geese are making their big comeback.
amazing photograph...you can see the droplets clinging to the feathers!
Jim - This was a sublimely beautiful photo. I loved it. - Kathy in Ky.
ooh thats a beautiful picture Jim.
Jim, I am overeager to see the mourning doves return here. I was sure I saw a pair on Sunday, but then eBird said "You've got to be kidding." I pulled out my bird guide. I clearly remembered a black crescent on the back of the neck on one of them, and that trait seems to indicate a ringed turtle-dove, but I suspect eBird would have howled with laughter at that one. Obviously I am just getting going on this birding thing, since I have no recollection of the shape of the tail on those birds. I may have to tramp all over town and see if I can find them again. Have you ever seen a ringed turtle-dove?
eric-
Thank you, and Queen Trinity has that disgusted look on her face because I won't let her outside where the birds are.
t. beth-
It was pure joy watching that dove have such a nice bath.
simplytim-
Common simple moments in nature are often magic to me. As for the over-enlarging, that started happening back when I switched to Beta Blogger so maybe I'm saving the pics larger than required. I should experiment a bit and see if I can size them just to fill the screen on the enlarged view.
I noticed the Mourning Dove photo loses a bit of its detail at that size.
madcap-
spring is coming dear friend!!!!
melinda-
Those water droplets did it for me too! I got several pictures of that dove but the one I posted shows the droplets best.
Kathy in Kentucky & dragonfly-
I'm so glad you both liked that one too.
The bird seemed to be in such ecstasy while washing the undersides of its wings that I almost felt like a voyeur watching a very intimate moment.
arcolaura-
I'm sure I've seen a Ringed Turtle-Dove but not in the past 28 years since we moved away from the Los Angeles area. If you saw a dove with a black crescent on the back of the neck I'd say that's probably what it was, regardless of eBird's howling.
Nice to see you out and about in blogland, maybe I'll get back to cyber-socializing a bit myself pretty soon. There's so much to do around here right now that I'm simply trying to post a picture every few days so folks don't wonder if I fell off the end of the earth.
That's not a trained bird, is it?
Wonderful shot!
she's smiling. the beauty of that photo makes my heart ache a little, as only the best things can do.
the world would be a much sadder place without birds.
Such great resolution. Looks like you were only a few feet away.
Tabor
Also, in your photo software, if you reduce to about 35% depending on your original megapixel size, that should work on people's monitors. But it DOES degrad the image a little.
Tabor again who is too lazy to login.
So beautiful, Jim! Amazing picture!
Oh no. No word from Jim (or Peg) in two weeks. I hope everything is okay out there in Eart Home Garden. Blessings to you guys. Kathy in Kentucky
Whoops. I meant "Earth." Eart, Yurt, whatever! KinKY
(Oh, I just realized what that spells! I think I'll begin using that more often! ;)
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