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Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-6004865140552634402017-04-06T22:54:00.000-05:002017-04-06T22:55:30.815-05:00The fun and games of getting something to work after not being on here for a few years. I have not had the time or inclination to work with my cameras for awhile. Hopefully, this summer will be different. Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-61768128448583929482012-09-24T23:44:00.001-05:002012-09-24T23:45:03.720-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdOFKMfCcyNtnha9IzCMlqyylCZUpPLWEaFbXTg7X9At-0TODz9Lpf0ZnVJGn693Irj8kbnQpyIrO5PJKJEfiI53aZykenrtAanI6-jpjChctUjE0cf6G1uqYTmg0n8FGyXvGsdYQAfMu/s1600/DSC00350.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdOFKMfCcyNtnha9IzCMlqyylCZUpPLWEaFbXTg7X9At-0TODz9Lpf0ZnVJGn693Irj8kbnQpyIrO5PJKJEfiI53aZykenrtAanI6-jpjChctUjE0cf6G1uqYTmg0n8FGyXvGsdYQAfMu/s320/DSC00350.JPG" /></a> Photos taken with new camera! I haven't done much photography these last two years, but now that I've got a new camera I just may have to make it a point to get out and start taking pictures again.<br />
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<br />Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-29395605838267622852011-06-23T13:38:00.000-05:002011-06-23T13:38:15.246-05:00Pictures from Montauk State Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFizfixlWqJlrA4WKpgfL5oVrGdOtfaC-bcaRlki2Bur17dP3VyZp6vbawtGzbXi-iJnc6Bqk1mwxlw0FJ54zThnm8orXObxnzueHeTPipMT9cBql9AIjEsmDHxyD7s_BaT0t_H8p-AdK/s1600/IMG_4267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFizfixlWqJlrA4WKpgfL5oVrGdOtfaC-bcaRlki2Bur17dP3VyZp6vbawtGzbXi-iJnc6Bqk1mwxlw0FJ54zThnm8orXObxnzueHeTPipMT9cBql9AIjEsmDHxyD7s_BaT0t_H8p-AdK/s320/IMG_4267.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JeIolJdRPWGGN1z2HO8JtowrcVTrH0xukv9wp2K-Bo9VPwDfR3oTLmVoUZkLM2TjQ9duY7PsWQt22PEl3zyfdG81ozmHxrUShIH1_3zDGlPX_lKzAOcquAXvvEt03sjFhkc-PMX2D4Iw/s1600/DSC00381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JeIolJdRPWGGN1z2HO8JtowrcVTrH0xukv9wp2K-Bo9VPwDfR3oTLmVoUZkLM2TjQ9duY7PsWQt22PEl3zyfdG81ozmHxrUShIH1_3zDGlPX_lKzAOcquAXvvEt03sjFhkc-PMX2D4Iw/s320/DSC00381.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><u></u><div style="text-align: center;">Montauk State Park is one of the premier trout fishing spots in the Midwest.</div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-66461777794542137432011-06-23T13:20:00.000-05:002011-06-23T13:20:28.661-05:00Hawk in neighbors tree!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q3SeBbOmlo/TZ_3iGxTVPI/AAAAAAAAWfY/eIVHXDCv9fs/s1600/IMG_4173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q3SeBbOmlo/TZ_3iGxTVPI/AAAAAAAAWfY/eIVHXDCv9fs/s320/IMG_4173.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Larry called me out to the backyard because he had spotted a hawk feeding in the neighbors tree. I managed to get a picture!Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-7248909206320251042010-04-03T22:30:00.001-05:002010-04-03T22:33:34.227-05:00Spring Is Here<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"></div><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; cssfloat: left" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URUv-jWAI/AAAAAAAATCM/yRvNCTnAFf0/s1600-h/IMG_3699.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URUv-jWAI/AAAAAAAATCM/yRvNCTnAFf0/s320/IMG_3699.JPG" width="320" height="213" nt="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Spring Is Here! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; cssfloat: left" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URZPh0zNI/AAAAAAAATCM/AZwfW1C__2g/s1600-h/IMG_3701.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URZPh0zNI/AAAAAAAATCM/AZwfW1C__2g/s320/IMG_3701.JPG" width="320" height="213" nt="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Our Forsythia is in bloom.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; cssfloat: left" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URfPEDINI/AAAAAAAATCM/kJGovVR2U3s/s1600-h/IMG_3705.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7URfPEDINI/AAAAAAAATCM/kJGovVR2U3s/s320/IMG_3705.JPG" width="320" height="213" nt="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Our Lilac's are budding out.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; cssfloat: left" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7UR2uhHZlI/AAAAAAAATCM/RD2n206HerQ/s1600-h/IMG_3710.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7UR2uhHZlI/AAAAAAAATCM/RD2n206HerQ/s320/IMG_3710.JPG" width="320" height="213" nt="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">The Peony has a good start.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; cssfloat: left" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7USaOmiY3I/AAAAAAAATCM/GkhvmOQbbQw/s1600-h/IMG_3718.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VozhJ3kJY3k/S7USaOmiY3I/AAAAAAAATCM/GkhvmOQbbQw/s320/IMG_3718.JPG" width="320" height="213" nt="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Along with the Iris's<br /><br />We've had a couple of beautiful 80 degree days (in April??) although today it was a bit chillier (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">relatively</span>) at 70 degrees, which is to say it was more April like weather. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0St. Charles, MO, USA38.7833333 -90.516666738.7164268 -90.6333962 38.850239800000004 -90.3999372tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-41528148278538776032009-08-15T13:55:00.001-05:002009-08-15T13:55:49.562-05:00Hummingbird photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwt3ndP-G-T0yj5LcysvkSoTuyUYBvCIim1dV2Idp1g6FX-b5uBGHcK7k6Uc6YD8ijNng9QUn8pmem44w_34MufQlJ11FsaUdtW1oum7f8mVSEjuni46Dui_G4bOoUZfvnhLoPcalFBai2/s1600-h/IMG_3684.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwt3ndP-G-T0yj5LcysvkSoTuyUYBvCIim1dV2Idp1g6FX-b5uBGHcK7k6Uc6YD8ijNng9QUn8pmem44w_34MufQlJ11FsaUdtW1oum7f8mVSEjuni46Dui_G4bOoUZfvnhLoPcalFBai2/s320/IMG_3684.JPG" /></a> I played Nature Photographer the other day... set up the camera on a tripod got a chair and waited and waited and waited ... SUCCESS<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lh4MJskcMUYVpVa15xloAKxUDNqJzCa6yreEybfI_xI4e7WLYbHgbiPLDBhQ58h68Lqs-CmR67eqkGIIvBHZW2P2kXRNOVNBWOge4p6UICuydPtxDB6dfF4JT5I3aGbV7ZJswszKCkrQ/s1600-h/IMG_3683.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lh4MJskcMUYVpVa15xloAKxUDNqJzCa6yreEybfI_xI4e7WLYbHgbiPLDBhQ58h68Lqs-CmR67eqkGIIvBHZW2P2kXRNOVNBWOge4p6UICuydPtxDB6dfF4JT5I3aGbV7ZJswszKCkrQ/s320/IMG_3683.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGpwnvXErMjhpvUdGnRs1PknhB9WxiT7zPqocPBSIR5gZiy1FLgCUtmwnck1jonc9EsS9VucevM5lLUASVBLwHs6CHyIjb5eaD16GEz-USsOeyvDihV_jYPqTfrwI8x_4BysPVskZyxdJ/s1600-h/IMG_3680.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGpwnvXErMjhpvUdGnRs1PknhB9WxiT7zPqocPBSIR5gZiy1FLgCUtmwnck1jonc9EsS9VucevM5lLUASVBLwHs6CHyIjb5eaD16GEz-USsOeyvDihV_jYPqTfrwI8x_4BysPVskZyxdJ/s320/IMG_3680.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaQcnR-aHoWgDhBWngxujcTqnz7lNF3f4gIZME55SqIJdFcTGG868nvQJQsSlQK-3bl3-5ze5MlIclV6Vuw06nVLUp1GQtYgn2AehL-aqHE0zSBq8LPVkFHTNK0YhN0HAtZC9E29se6g9/s1600-h/IMG_3681.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaQcnR-aHoWgDhBWngxujcTqnz7lNF3f4gIZME55SqIJdFcTGG868nvQJQsSlQK-3bl3-5ze5MlIclV6Vuw06nVLUp1GQtYgn2AehL-aqHE0zSBq8LPVkFHTNK0YhN0HAtZC9E29se6g9/s320/IMG_3681.JPG" /></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-29393178779772049042009-05-30T21:33:00.000-05:002009-05-30T21:34:12.209-05:00San Xavier MissionSan Xavier Mission ... the mission is being rehabed ... the inside is finished and they are now working on the outside. Very beautiful.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YuzEHf8RNKYaveIXS7FrX3ja7ghl36-IYXKqsCGsnCGVEz9Zgft3vJkcgdffL00UlBSU4UW_32TAN-vVT_guZVTFXNEMUiPvfrjhYLKXW3MCeCtSGto3QM0kscz8W0MRkeBS0lr66-Da/s1600-h/DSC06031.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YuzEHf8RNKYaveIXS7FrX3ja7ghl36-IYXKqsCGsnCGVEz9Zgft3vJkcgdffL00UlBSU4UW_32TAN-vVT_guZVTFXNEMUiPvfrjhYLKXW3MCeCtSGto3QM0kscz8W0MRkeBS0lr66-Da/s320/DSC06031.JPG" /></a> I especially love the courtyard.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMnIEB4EiUNL_wlVMSPkxFDbrVjgK3M3W1i2KNtyiXRrQ5td4gJsqnYNm9Xe4OA-FGdIplPklzjzqULonC-nkFI0hbZvqXsTADh5DduyMTyW60u9B7O4xfuoYy1UJHklgkgU-GabpnTFK/s1600-h/DSC06037.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMnIEB4EiUNL_wlVMSPkxFDbrVjgK3M3W1i2KNtyiXRrQ5td4gJsqnYNm9Xe4OA-FGdIplPklzjzqULonC-nkFI0hbZvqXsTADh5DduyMTyW60u9B7O4xfuoYy1UJHklgkgU-GabpnTFK/s320/DSC06037.JPG" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7s03MhccPgjoskvh1P0t4nq4LouCmCUcOkE6ovz0AR8HpLcuk0nqcHdgRtJQpJPZORPxYEE81eAWTN-JWrtnLguGeH1KNfGAUxJ8sFB9PWBEM2TqzULbCqJ25l3GMNum99rFZ28pWeQNM/s1600-h/DSC06048.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7s03MhccPgjoskvh1P0t4nq4LouCmCUcOkE6ovz0AR8HpLcuk0nqcHdgRtJQpJPZORPxYEE81eAWTN-JWrtnLguGeH1KNfGAUxJ8sFB9PWBEM2TqzULbCqJ25l3GMNum99rFZ28pWeQNM/s320/DSC06048.JPG" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZWwTsgoKj7sKp-wRlxzmbpZ3x3SFmPzv9s-KCFke-Y8qligXy9Pd9T-beupRjq5Gm2yZA6kzc-6NvoyJML36eZS8ROSD5Q_K0ig3193uiKRu8Zpv1i-Y6VlOcWK_eusUcevkDzgNiF6m/s1600-h/DSC06058.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZWwTsgoKj7sKp-wRlxzmbpZ3x3SFmPzv9s-KCFke-Y8qligXy9Pd9T-beupRjq5Gm2yZA6kzc-6NvoyJML36eZS8ROSD5Q_K0ig3193uiKRu8Zpv1i-Y6VlOcWK_eusUcevkDzgNiF6m/s320/DSC06058.JPG" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-69414407553804943982009-05-30T21:17:00.001-05:002012-05-09T21:48:05.048-05:00More wildlife at the Desert MuseumIt was a sucessful photography day at the Desert Museum with only two exceptions. The big horn sheep were all taking it easy in the shade. Of course, after we had left their site they apparently decided to get up and pose for the cameras. The other disappointment was that the cougers were nowhere to be seen in their incloser. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ3BuVV9wzlNthvoIwYnL9dVc-CNAJvOwAzv3_zRvpBVcYD0Hp_ZNJdt_ZH-LYv1v7oaW2en9jq1ldyLP4ahHa8XDUP-RQBGBCutfpTqMSclyoHwS49OV8mM6Xegws6SoziEhLyKl5L3F/s1600-h/DSC05880.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ3BuVV9wzlNthvoIwYnL9dVc-CNAJvOwAzv3_zRvpBVcYD0Hp_ZNJdt_ZH-LYv1v7oaW2en9jq1ldyLP4ahHa8XDUP-RQBGBCutfpTqMSclyoHwS49OV8mM6Xegws6SoziEhLyKl5L3F/s320/DSC05880.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-82218011923423534402009-05-26T23:02:00.000-05:002009-05-26T23:02:34.760-05:00Wild life at the Desert Museum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopRgTk9tNAt079Qg5Pp-A0MBXKjGJVF3HLn22oqYLNoQhqz7vN1Xopn79-uNsPRWhlP4WJWEnZIUcrkeTVOrFTYnDfCprbkukx8TDs97DWKw5wFWyzfKGtTDfMl-q-KF42gE6bCeyzC63/s1600-h/DSC05806.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopRgTk9tNAt079Qg5Pp-A0MBXKjGJVF3HLn22oqYLNoQhqz7vN1Xopn79-uNsPRWhlP4WJWEnZIUcrkeTVOrFTYnDfCprbkukx8TDs97DWKw5wFWyzfKGtTDfMl-q-KF42gE6bCeyzC63/s320/DSC05806.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDZHcq0cfzxRTOkMDbOUJ8z04iRtbjn2sLV5fg_6aNQp56SSjxdex5QIgph_cdKf8jFkCLhhENttUiHne3zpZcj_To_ZcZscdFGYRBpLpjRmZYcwQdeTzRw54z4B3BpOo0L1Qw8OqbLes/s1600-h/DSC05822.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDZHcq0cfzxRTOkMDbOUJ8z04iRtbjn2sLV5fg_6aNQp56SSjxdex5QIgph_cdKf8jFkCLhhENttUiHne3zpZcj_To_ZcZscdFGYRBpLpjRmZYcwQdeTzRw54z4B3BpOo0L1Qw8OqbLes/s320/DSC05822.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2ybfAQpMM04NMBLOxQ46WsuS9u2X74QaGMJb9LzzHbCOElDu-Uz5g4s1mSZslbmeGzQwacNLpU-4edNLp2sSD3X35eSZiR8Qo-I6RYQQA4CVudZrpmBWxxuS9ys2LH59QgTVhfdekxjD/s1600-h/DSC05852.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2ybfAQpMM04NMBLOxQ46WsuS9u2X74QaGMJb9LzzHbCOElDu-Uz5g4s1mSZslbmeGzQwacNLpU-4edNLp2sSD3X35eSZiR8Qo-I6RYQQA4CVudZrpmBWxxuS9ys2LH59QgTVhfdekxjD/s320/DSC05852.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn76V4BbXcISW0HACM3IYGHGMIgnswO7sJiE-mVsvGl-wHP4QxWIQaInHOUbT1aG4bfBSyqyV66UUshZz0WEtx8ruZSk5FzQAcWAIYWJkyF92aaCT2tc65Vst-WLjKwHP678bhWQ4Jnyo3/s1600-h/DSC05868.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn76V4BbXcISW0HACM3IYGHGMIgnswO7sJiE-mVsvGl-wHP4QxWIQaInHOUbT1aG4bfBSyqyV66UUshZz0WEtx8ruZSk5FzQAcWAIYWJkyF92aaCT2tc65Vst-WLjKwHP678bhWQ4Jnyo3/s320/DSC05868.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Some shots of the wild life at the Desert Museum ... too tired to write more!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-73516017278352131092009-05-25T16:34:00.000-05:002009-05-25T16:34:36.301-05:00Saguaro National Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiEjVxirPZ4Jbbi0TsVTD6zW2qecQLZ9zCOKdiaBZxCXPUHkIHo1Q05lzQCjYdGsVXzuej5e-GW7ZuPHPifoRlST8jdD3l3tKsUQm0xFKkww5KIOxi_0p-Q9sHPntFn2z5g8zV8EGEjXo/s1600-h/DSC05662.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiEjVxirPZ4Jbbi0TsVTD6zW2qecQLZ9zCOKdiaBZxCXPUHkIHo1Q05lzQCjYdGsVXzuej5e-GW7ZuPHPifoRlST8jdD3l3tKsUQm0xFKkww5KIOxi_0p-Q9sHPntFn2z5g8zV8EGEjXo/s320/DSC05662.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br />We are at Saguaro National Park in Tucson Arizona. The Saguaro Cactus were in bloom. We had a beautiful day ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEeWZLe5nx_q45GfgJ2kTuW2ZibXB-4rzVFpd_QDvW7N3DRb0J9Vfv4uu5Dhnd0RpWLRPXpAUOPMVB87LYeZS7yZsOXuy4f8KE8abRiPwXmNIP1eMhi1WOgbfg9stjO_TIswGUknKriD6/s1600-h/DSC05660.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEeWZLe5nx_q45GfgJ2kTuW2ZibXB-4rzVFpd_QDvW7N3DRb0J9Vfv4uu5Dhnd0RpWLRPXpAUOPMVB87LYeZS7yZsOXuy4f8KE8abRiPwXmNIP1eMhi1WOgbfg9stjO_TIswGUknKriD6/s320/DSC05660.JPG" border="0" /></a> I was lucky enough to be able to get a close up of a saguaro flower. Then while we were enjoying our picnic we had a small guest come to the table ... again, I was lucky as I managed to get several shots of the little fellow.<img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU04SZoifK8ThwWppRMQHR50lMqjeRif36grMQWuDckB1hRMmm289BY0W_Pkru_rXIqoWNko5VlQ6315_qmIXowRb3Pc9KHmhqGxNqUCXcyiiJfOl6T2AVToeX9WfiGmAw5AJ7Lwznpb3h/s320/DSC05659.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHlK9QLPE0unuJpdlG793QfqDCvFvc-krJ2cvueuyEDwXZGz5nRLjSc1FHIFrWFyMrZun6t1oJwqsD55FnLUJOTUVP3xal9iijonxlD0hQqTtt0eeTyCEzF2kWl4ahyPKgXUZpmKD1tDN/s1600-h/DSC05687.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHlK9QLPE0unuJpdlG793QfqDCvFvc-krJ2cvueuyEDwXZGz5nRLjSc1FHIFrWFyMrZun6t1oJwqsD55FnLUJOTUVP3xal9iijonxlD0hQqTtt0eeTyCEzF2kWl4ahyPKgXUZpmKD1tDN/s320/DSC05687.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-91910519150494611452009-04-18T15:23:00.000-05:002009-04-18T15:24:17.999-05:00Our Lilac's are blooming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEGNItydlencOQyYU0fpFD8YxPWGaGdHwyj7X3pZopu1uh0wUPFVUhr9JHggjAoUoCfIbOj_4tSyaicIH3MRtiUYc8LjyVzmMKp2sj82o93vpQ5H9HgKflMDIOwpWWI9TMrMIdPXwymni/s1600-h/DSC04610.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEGNItydlencOQyYU0fpFD8YxPWGaGdHwyj7X3pZopu1uh0wUPFVUhr9JHggjAoUoCfIbOj_4tSyaicIH3MRtiUYc8LjyVzmMKp2sj82o93vpQ5H9HgKflMDIOwpWWI9TMrMIdPXwymni/s320/DSC04610.JPG" /></a> Our lilac's are blooming and the perfume is heavenly. The cold snap we had a few days ago didn't hurt them, thank goodness. Today is overcast and we are having rain showers off and on. Basically a pretty yucky day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN228sUMdYNn4O8JhrRfsrVCT4aCocnIaBnkKCnoRvX080Zs0UFqxa_6Zbo66QOM216OWt9f51_1fXTpZaCikCAJoDauGmgPLJh5VGtSCskwYumbH5gW9n1EWYQOJKmHV-KiEW24L1lNx/s1600-h/DSC04611.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN228sUMdYNn4O8JhrRfsrVCT4aCocnIaBnkKCnoRvX080Zs0UFqxa_6Zbo66QOM216OWt9f51_1fXTpZaCikCAJoDauGmgPLJh5VGtSCskwYumbH5gW9n1EWYQOJKmHV-KiEW24L1lNx/s320/DSC04611.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2QzFNE9Y4qeo1OX38DuNGJqEd7AU623MA7Acbg2rhGa4fcnvBkYWQPsL3A52oRSdmY7b5U7Fym798Fl2mSc3NuxedxSOobjIN0HMyLH_d5ffctjN_VC9C_BGQGBx84HEasaq1z6Snrt3/s1600-h/DSC04614.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2QzFNE9Y4qeo1OX38DuNGJqEd7AU623MA7Acbg2rhGa4fcnvBkYWQPsL3A52oRSdmY7b5U7Fym798Fl2mSc3NuxedxSOobjIN0HMyLH_d5ffctjN_VC9C_BGQGBx84HEasaq1z6Snrt3/s320/DSC04614.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the Peony's is lush and full of buds....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNqtGyKtc0nR9ov9LPsbyW3qF0mxk7KwWYM74TtXnoDhzUII0gcQUEvmbopAynInP4Bjgyluzn2ZA8CznovN7DFAv2CwbKsvZI0g0VNgdFOdiMQ3PBl6nBzdaXo17eb7oqdqSt4E9cJg_/s1600-h/DSC04615.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNqtGyKtc0nR9ov9LPsbyW3qF0mxk7KwWYM74TtXnoDhzUII0gcQUEvmbopAynInP4Bjgyluzn2ZA8CznovN7DFAv2CwbKsvZI0g0VNgdFOdiMQ3PBl6nBzdaXo17eb7oqdqSt4E9cJg_/s320/DSC04615.JPG" /></a> ummm, don't know if you can tell or not.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And I have no clue what kind of bush this is ... my husband stuck a limb from a neighbor's bush in the ground and this is what we now have blooming in the yard. My husband does fairly well with this type of gardening. He says it's all in the attitude ... he looks at the plant and tells it "If you live I'll water and feed you ... if you die you go on the compost pile" They tend to live which is why we do not have a "curb appeal" type lawn. ::sigh::<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-30434019490685355142009-01-28T14:36:00.004-06:002009-01-28T14:50:34.206-06:00More Snow Pics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LXJQ0smk47Jm_Jmq2MBpvgzBpis9KVYaNZ5v1oBATHutYr6WPag_aw4R0_-UPNdldkv0pX9bJRcA6zDu_162g4tg1o7QTFo0PbsqNAlMdiJwCi35KcktkDYBvLhY6D2Px1a2e3MlzYB9/s1600-h/DSC04464.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LXJQ0smk47Jm_Jmq2MBpvgzBpis9KVYaNZ5v1oBATHutYr6WPag_aw4R0_-UPNdldkv0pX9bJRcA6zDu_162g4tg1o7QTFo0PbsqNAlMdiJwCi35KcktkDYBvLhY6D2Px1a2e3MlzYB9/s320/DSC04464.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296449725728052546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDsnKyAD7mrmDrr9MkyzRWWA4_yiRsh4bYQX4ceJHqM-D8ZSPkJU7Bb2a8TzfcbfQu7HCZNOTdDGZ7MmygwB1hRYq92FpYFdJS2yvstzdAbLGq3PPX3i6mZCY6pX6NfH-LB221TYbCQKd/s1600-h/DSC04448.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDsnKyAD7mrmDrr9MkyzRWWA4_yiRsh4bYQX4ceJHqM-D8ZSPkJU7Bb2a8TzfcbfQu7HCZNOTdDGZ7MmygwB1hRYq92FpYFdJS2yvstzdAbLGq3PPX3i6mZCY6pX6NfH-LB221TYbCQKd/s320/DSC04448.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296447545798914354" /></a><div>A very large flock of Geese wintering in Frontier Park<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmft4Dp8365p4OF9wmyprbgEk2suX2TRE8tbhNWpe1WvbLoWTGfABpWKxd8nEOjaVdbKIdLNCcE8txqXmPaPbJ7yjcS61Mq2sgjomeAR_n7UzViUqxDgxn8Z_iZC-Vk657Mgtk5ykzmgm/s1600-h/DSC04447.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmft4Dp8365p4OF9wmyprbgEk2suX2TRE8tbhNWpe1WvbLoWTGfABpWKxd8nEOjaVdbKIdLNCcE8txqXmPaPbJ7yjcS61Mq2sgjomeAR_n7UzViUqxDgxn8Z_iZC-Vk657Mgtk5ykzmgm/s320/DSC04447.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296446660231075522" /></a><br /><div>View of the Missouri River from Frontier Park</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a gorgous morning to be out taking photo's although I do need to invest in a pair of boots! You would think that after a few years walking around in the snow while shooting pictures I'd already have some decent boots. Unfortunately, I only think of that AFTER I'm out sloging around in the muck. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-79643511060409172522009-01-28T14:31:00.000-06:002009-01-28T14:31:44.323-06:00First snow 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLuAnG9sHz0e9qjOZ0im0nVy13FC1e1z2hD5cd5-H1M4_o2-xzjmrwTf7MeL0tYVQ4iUKdJyesZcEGt30bG0EMivpI4X0Ijs_oVzeXZVbFQr2mZWuetee-AQiIMS1QlUbHwWMq_HMIgrc/s1600-h/DSC04413.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLuAnG9sHz0e9qjOZ0im0nVy13FC1e1z2hD5cd5-H1M4_o2-xzjmrwTf7MeL0tYVQ4iUKdJyesZcEGt30bG0EMivpI4X0Ijs_oVzeXZVbFQr2mZWuetee-AQiIMS1QlUbHwWMq_HMIgrc/s320/DSC04413.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Taking advantage of a day off from school to go sledding in Bum's Hollow<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPtKMuBD_MtfJRQbQeYR6BafmAysFODMzQaZ3-JLZZxZkCSkYohGUIRl9dPXNliFTUM2nrFmH8gX-ekU0446GEXPpXBp24cD8u0X8y6yMpNKnwCwJTb7ZLfM8RdTcDh3M6Os8vCL2QH5P/s1600-h/DSC04473.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPtKMuBD_MtfJRQbQeYR6BafmAysFODMzQaZ3-JLZZxZkCSkYohGUIRl9dPXNliFTUM2nrFmH8gX-ekU0446GEXPpXBp24cD8u0X8y6yMpNKnwCwJTb7ZLfM8RdTcDh3M6Os8vCL2QH5P/s320/DSC04473.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A view of Frontier Park<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-31255729592797080672008-11-15T14:33:00.001-06:002009-01-28T14:34:22.284-06:00Sea Gull take off<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn1xZ4TS4F0TpgjrE0jzPn3e76s0iEmSixEMbycvkbyVBEnRiwfNLAoPo9XX_Kznp25hgowccdUJeX_-z5ICF5oFVwI6uts6IwRgjKddW-5kCc_tLwA9D6Yn2zG5xn3cmzMZthr1UW16D/s1600-h/IMG_3360.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn1xZ4TS4F0TpgjrE0jzPn3e76s0iEmSixEMbycvkbyVBEnRiwfNLAoPo9XX_Kznp25hgowccdUJeX_-z5ICF5oFVwI6uts6IwRgjKddW-5kCc_tLwA9D6Yn2zG5xn3cmzMZthr1UW16D/s320/IMG_3360.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Not quite as in focus as I would like, but not as bad as I was afraid it was going to be. Thought I had missed him altogether.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCV0s01jyA54R8ayROh_vVfDCVj0e51tZnYLQRre9Isf4V64uPBOCwgH4z1ndTj6yJDTMUBQJxlGMhga8b_LKXHP86WtjTCGI9q18WWxK2cEw1dMVCYnGfUCQr75jG5abw0OjJZzdGK8f/s1600-h/IMG_3361.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCV0s01jyA54R8ayROh_vVfDCVj0e51tZnYLQRre9Isf4V64uPBOCwgH4z1ndTj6yJDTMUBQJxlGMhga8b_LKXHP86WtjTCGI9q18WWxK2cEw1dMVCYnGfUCQr75jG5abw0OjJZzdGK8f/s320/IMG_3361.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:LEFT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-8915678016615744122008-11-15T14:28:00.001-06:002008-11-15T14:31:08.552-06:00Evening on the beach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2LZ2TjwtJez4nzh0rgg4JzBPooBwAo5G8CkumZAjtZvV9Yp3fkMQOOyLl_cnxFi2J_R2L30Z2ak9OmOlig4EI0Sq6w13b_Yd4o4Q2T81XNa0c5hb6SVV2zaIgPjXqWrMyCopwX-YY82v/s1600-h/IMG_3271.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2LZ2TjwtJez4nzh0rgg4JzBPooBwAo5G8CkumZAjtZvV9Yp3fkMQOOyLl_cnxFi2J_R2L30Z2ak9OmOlig4EI0Sq6w13b_Yd4o4Q2T81XNa0c5hb6SVV2zaIgPjXqWrMyCopwX-YY82v/s320/IMG_3271.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrykKC4rSIVHM8ZI4Acv_DbquHraW16iP7IbjJFXLmiaDank2IUAp8PG4x5BAmDoY-g-cmHbnxf3Rl5nuf6ywUUB6zrZZnqXdf7VG6Mf77SwIFE2mNR0pxl3hltCnbk46Q2UPI0YuS1JT/s1600-h/IMG_3296.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrykKC4rSIVHM8ZI4Acv_DbquHraW16iP7IbjJFXLmiaDank2IUAp8PG4x5BAmDoY-g-cmHbnxf3Rl5nuf6ywUUB6zrZZnqXdf7VG6Mf77SwIFE2mNR0pxl3hltCnbk46Q2UPI0YuS1JT/s320/IMG_3296.jpg" border="0" /></a>The view from our hotel balcony<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Feeding the Gulls ... She was actually baiting the gulls so her husband could take pictures. I took advantage and started snapping shots as well.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhznpMZ6hpx-oQ8BnZ-obhbz9f4Gu6w_jgOMgAt_xKqJTqgqnyHXBXRIAYxLIEHM7E8vO6FP9rHVHJCjKv9EXK3SSP-XcfuE06qHsD0wUKE7jMVG66tvgdcLPQNM1uPlHZBdYnp5TXm0Mm/s1600-h/IMG_3300.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhznpMZ6hpx-oQ8BnZ-obhbz9f4Gu6w_jgOMgAt_xKqJTqgqnyHXBXRIAYxLIEHM7E8vO6FP9rHVHJCjKv9EXK3SSP-XcfuE06qHsD0wUKE7jMVG66tvgdcLPQNM1uPlHZBdYnp5TXm0Mm/s320/IMG_3300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJerqnLjs140J666xfZB81JqLThXMQakjVfS-pQtO44dxKIFHu995Wvv03HWjJYAVLhwdm6fYwVOWumAJcLo4klQHrq_GxZiQwnGOpSR3MtFgCjeSYk_OhhCMViHCPdMmnFx8k5uRSsj5/s1600-h/IMG_3306.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJerqnLjs140J666xfZB81JqLThXMQakjVfS-pQtO44dxKIFHu995Wvv03HWjJYAVLhwdm6fYwVOWumAJcLo4klQHrq_GxZiQwnGOpSR3MtFgCjeSYk_OhhCMViHCPdMmnFx8k5uRSsj5/s320/IMG_3306.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-58848145930316238122008-11-06T01:04:00.001-06:002008-11-06T01:06:11.819-06:00Flowers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHOfsX06-IUwVAHgdXTnMip343AoVnpOeBmPCvTvNFjXhyJdGb1abz6LnxtPKfpDkNbygBcOOm61w7a8mlME0XOoCTBCDJXBvQwhMWKllZuz3I5qArLs1muCV-qWkJqtgTIZSr_z_LoNQ/s1600-h/Flora.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHOfsX06-IUwVAHgdXTnMip343AoVnpOeBmPCvTvNFjXhyJdGb1abz6LnxtPKfpDkNbygBcOOm61w7a8mlME0XOoCTBCDJXBvQwhMWKllZuz3I5qArLs1muCV-qWkJqtgTIZSr_z_LoNQ/s320/Flora.jpg" border="0" /></a> I've downloaded the new beta Picasa 3 ... and I've been playing! This was my first try at a collage. <div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-6622969504128938542008-09-06T01:32:00.000-05:002008-09-06T01:33:08.353-05:00Hummingbird --- aka Greedy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvbYHND7eUb-5A684DZE902i6OsOKlb_Gc22REOwu6m3v6mnldSfi9Cxu5Mkzzb29O1-7oTsjUqHTp8KKUBYs7aq_5OmFUnTQ8h6nW1cWvRuWrMs6M93fnlEgu99AVVfuV_GgLZEg2V1A/s1600-h/IMG_3236.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvbYHND7eUb-5A684DZE902i6OsOKlb_Gc22REOwu6m3v6mnldSfi9Cxu5Mkzzb29O1-7oTsjUqHTp8KKUBYs7aq_5OmFUnTQ8h6nW1cWvRuWrMs6M93fnlEgu99AVVfuV_GgLZEg2V1A/s320/IMG_3236.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />First shot through a screen, second shot through clear glass.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohvZeFKlVDhPx5GzfhBUkWlKb3mPYaYmJ4rFQQb8jwumS37PidLJ7cxrucuxgIyBi71EfPuLb8fRSY2tsYWXg1e36B9mlVi9EEjdeuopSS6RfQNr4WWo2BBXrRTcJMcFx73D6yE8e0yaQ/s1600-h/DSC03257.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohvZeFKlVDhPx5GzfhBUkWlKb3mPYaYmJ4rFQQb8jwumS37PidLJ7cxrucuxgIyBi71EfPuLb8fRSY2tsYWXg1e36B9mlVi9EEjdeuopSS6RfQNr4WWo2BBXrRTcJMcFx73D6yE8e0yaQ/s320/DSC03257.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIvbpmqbh2Xwjcte1rpxXBmq7SrVlfmzB2UeOsZQr_aypufHwdqx3hH3MrxFI5TFDoivmK3AcsnA2jpUG6lihmBYxDbrIh-CmJRPRSVaE_e43Zb3M2QMeXwEDxUJYWDFa548Vs892uU2E/s1600-h/DSC03260.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIvbpmqbh2Xwjcte1rpxXBmq7SrVlfmzB2UeOsZQr_aypufHwdqx3hH3MrxFI5TFDoivmK3AcsnA2jpUG6lihmBYxDbrIh-CmJRPRSVaE_e43Zb3M2QMeXwEDxUJYWDFa548Vs892uU2E/s320/DSC03260.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On stake out, protecting her territory. It's amazing she finds time to eat she's so busy running everyone else off.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdgZVkfqeqheZyIw_1qMFyNfFJZqYBFGkNcpyR6ptfJcdA1ke0aF-choKrNE0FtOSxOLYopCygBvVVV8jU3g2AUJU76IcwEZshurwVKtToqu2zKKEbBvXz7xf7dXBb32O67rZs1-gEwT-/s1600-h/DSC03262.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdgZVkfqeqheZyIw_1qMFyNfFJZqYBFGkNcpyR6ptfJcdA1ke0aF-choKrNE0FtOSxOLYopCygBvVVV8jU3g2AUJU76IcwEZshurwVKtToqu2zKKEbBvXz7xf7dXBb32O67rZs1-gEwT-/s320/DSC03262.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is what she is protecting ... she is up there but hard to see at this distance.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-49979499921686183612008-08-12T10:52:00.000-05:002008-08-12T10:54:34.552-05:00Not my usual backyard birds ... more from the zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztnLjtAkHA25U1dv7Fhpup0tQh8L3b33DqQKfD7RnB1x1irb-PVoa_6R67PhCkUFl2K94OGwlAyvjsrE2_8oOfBS7zC8Oa7S-8zcRldAd-Ag0AZ1oWFM31Ss1Ud-CGM3u2RmStXU1LkWk/s1600-h/DSC03068.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztnLjtAkHA25U1dv7Fhpup0tQh8L3b33DqQKfD7RnB1x1irb-PVoa_6R67PhCkUFl2K94OGwlAyvjsrE2_8oOfBS7zC8Oa7S-8zcRldAd-Ag0AZ1oWFM31Ss1Ud-CGM3u2RmStXU1LkWk/s320/DSC03068.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe13oHBZ6f0HtS6xzQSOCOAjrssb6YOHmMwZ2z8hygXgf8ExRLr2Ln9P6klHXEJlluBNFD3ElyLzaEHwU9e4V0-sOCW5nzDohOWxQWySzrUY0OMxKtTlBE2nDJl_bUVxQNUM6x12N8IMY/s1600-h/DSC02947.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe13oHBZ6f0HtS6xzQSOCOAjrssb6YOHmMwZ2z8hygXgf8ExRLr2Ln9P6klHXEJlluBNFD3ElyLzaEHwU9e4V0-sOCW5nzDohOWxQWySzrUY0OMxKtTlBE2nDJl_bUVxQNUM6x12N8IMY/s320/DSC02947.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycSiX2c8OUDJYsJ7VVcnOd1tZ37DMxnWP55ejHnAtlLlMxi4XxbSFAAbNdKMnB63pVIQbDloDkg54FYJGi3knKzD3Fd2MiuYg324u1KqnfrypUA4D6tFcsTuZSXe4QRDYfYNrGorj9TxM/s1600-h/DSC03155.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycSiX2c8OUDJYsJ7VVcnOd1tZ37DMxnWP55ejHnAtlLlMxi4XxbSFAAbNdKMnB63pVIQbDloDkg54FYJGi3knKzD3Fd2MiuYg324u1KqnfrypUA4D6tFcsTuZSXe4QRDYfYNrGorj9TxM/s320/DSC03155.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-10645641864020740732008-08-09T15:30:00.001-05:002008-08-09T15:33:06.942-05:00At the St. Louis Zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gUp21PjJU3g8ZznwGpnBwKGsqwWA0Ia_-8G7J_i5rAwCV5LVXJXx3UHxO04IwgFLPxMApBd29UbJ1y98Hr6MYi20CfzVlzNdWJTn_MhoALAhOqLomgtUO-0PdAweiefc_AIuM4S_IaRl/s1600-h/DSC02994.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gUp21PjJU3g8ZznwGpnBwKGsqwWA0Ia_-8G7J_i5rAwCV5LVXJXx3UHxO04IwgFLPxMApBd29UbJ1y98Hr6MYi20CfzVlzNdWJTn_MhoALAhOqLomgtUO-0PdAweiefc_AIuM4S_IaRl/s320/DSC02994.jpg" border="0" /></a> Rajah ... The first baby elephant born at the St. Louis Zoo. He will be 16 in December<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tMcF_cdpjF2c8qeyyTiGgOw-q0pHnKoTRT_oDksKFHc-AXf8E4i9bbPygfZqVNIATsiXjaT-WMHNKP53Uzfe0mF-cUfKy4NmvGVKBDjoN23oJ7aAJgsTWBPvvuOzdYua8Y9AP1onAdQ1/s1600-h/DSC03161.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tMcF_cdpjF2c8qeyyTiGgOw-q0pHnKoTRT_oDksKFHc-AXf8E4i9bbPygfZqVNIATsiXjaT-WMHNKP53Uzfe0mF-cUfKy4NmvGVKBDjoN23oJ7aAJgsTWBPvvuOzdYua8Y9AP1onAdQ1/s320/DSC03161.jpg" border="0" /></a> The polar bear was putting on quite a show for us ...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcA0WeLKtMeFKkofmbgxn3xBa2dUXPLh1YPoKeFr3M5eUkFWlx8gW-lKFwImU_rQL5kewc0GjNS2FqaycI_Hm0tUXvJhGJ-DtpkMDO8-pcGBXVK9mkE71Ocmhu_bHrgGfiBsiyM1Ep7lz/s1600-h/DSC03029.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcA0WeLKtMeFKkofmbgxn3xBa2dUXPLh1YPoKeFr3M5eUkFWlx8gW-lKFwImU_rQL5kewc0GjNS2FqaycI_Hm0tUXvJhGJ-DtpkMDO8-pcGBXVK9mkE71Ocmhu_bHrgGfiBsiyM1Ep7lz/s320/DSC03029.jpg" border="0" /></a> This lioness looked up from her nap long enough for me to get this shot ..... <div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-83146020410124343762008-07-29T00:29:00.001-05:002008-12-08T18:52:33.176-06:00Another bird picture.... Sparrow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuZ3K-us9XyG6NxEFIyAMdkhe4lb9NCadswStuFUT7BXprPeyoJbzM5Kgm_YNQ3iSArg5Bdoa7NgNo3e-5er-wIrPny4cGFzBR77ry7Zj47ao5oPciXiHUtS9J49KAUgHhJeBYzrzzXPa/s1600-h/DSC02874.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuZ3K-us9XyG6NxEFIyAMdkhe4lb9NCadswStuFUT7BXprPeyoJbzM5Kgm_YNQ3iSArg5Bdoa7NgNo3e-5er-wIrPny4cGFzBR77ry7Zj47ao5oPciXiHUtS9J49KAUgHhJeBYzrzzXPa/s320/DSC02874.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I finally got a little sparrow facing me! I must admit I was surprised at how well the picture turned out. <div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-1040269448711413322008-07-23T11:52:00.002-05:002008-12-08T18:52:33.250-06:00Success.... a hummingbird<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKcTK-l9dVtf7xhvfWtTomAV4_XcJDA1diyRbY-JqnSbpUWqj0W0vFB-nKy5LCIrB1AtwGlEK508r63k-b9uISwbnabIL51KfGBv0Jbo6TTfVUo8h0igZYeoJDdTjopF7mvqX8UtGO7cO/s1600-h/DSC02851.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKcTK-l9dVtf7xhvfWtTomAV4_XcJDA1diyRbY-JqnSbpUWqj0W0vFB-nKy5LCIrB1AtwGlEK508r63k-b9uISwbnabIL51KfGBv0Jbo6TTfVUo8h0igZYeoJDdTjopF7mvqX8UtGO7cO/s320/DSC02851.jpg" border="0" /></a> Well, this picture may never win any prizes, but I'm a happy camper! My first successful shot of a humming bird that's fairly clear. The only other shot I even came close to getting was really, really blurry! Okay, there are a lot of large bees also buzzing aroung the flowers and while I respect them they don't really scare me. However, shortly after I took this shot and she had taken off to parts unknown, or so I thought, I was trying to get a shot of one of the blooms. I was focused on the flower when all of a sudden there is this loud, and I do mean loud, buzzing near my ear. I had visions of this huge, really huge, bee right by my ear! Scared the living daylights out of me ... until I realised what I was hearing was the humming bird getting up close and personal for a few minuets! I never did see her ... but I bet if I had turned my head instead of ducking down we would have been eye to eye! <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682614522484352573.post-60374431187434301852008-07-16T14:33:00.005-05:002008-12-08T18:52:33.623-06:00Let's not forget our veggie'sBack to summer ... my husband is growing gourds in a pot. I was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sceptical</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvxeeCYZjw3vpWLSMtApRzE-ZJBZ1XwrAqCqGZ6r8eYDKu3QeoK1jVLpq8VIYr8qmwS6HBPT1vxBQ-1v9Eq-jyJb2izY1C5TD0adaKXOjfJpdiHp3_xIGvyXQAihVVNRsnsosdZcJZmec/s1600-h/DSC02795.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvxeeCYZjw3vpWLSMtApRzE-ZJBZ1XwrAqCqGZ6r8eYDKu3QeoK1jVLpq8VIYr8qmwS6HBPT1vxBQ-1v9Eq-jyJb2izY1C5TD0adaKXOjfJpdiHp3_xIGvyXQAihVVNRsnsosdZcJZmec/s320/DSC02795.jpg" border="0" /></a> ... but it seems to be working...so far. Now it's starting to head out on my clothesline which will be interesting. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ujitqrVeQFV1jKo7mwQjosIiiyuu2e6qWC99QxYQRPXdHJk-jSG1Bw9eEiFK4jwV2IDOhu9qPTUtVkQIKjgKhTaTJ-rliedR26chvu3Z9vzcbqTbauDJKz_8KjTn5yP8pQMGlJ0g6P51/s1600-h/DSC02793.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ujitqrVeQFV1jKo7mwQjosIiiyuu2e6qWC99QxYQRPXdHJk-jSG1Bw9eEiFK4jwV2IDOhu9qPTUtVkQIKjgKhTaTJ-rliedR26chvu3Z9vzcbqTbauDJKz_8KjTn5yP8pQMGlJ0g6P51/s320/DSC02793.jpg" border="0" /></a> There are about 5 or 6 baby gourds so far. Are gourds a veggie or a fruit? Hmmmm....<br /><br />and don't forget the tomatoes. Now there are only two of us living in this household, so why do we need 17 tomatoe plants? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z6Yv1BD0MGKW8X1ivEG2Nm6gWawpUud_uYy7hcdEqeSm5Xob0KfBjSu5xgu69vcS3pd51ff26u01pAk8eQkq6xgdTLzBG3qiJGTeTUFC5VcugK2VicoafikWqpX3WurGzaTS0Dpm06sV/s1600-h/DSC02794.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z6Yv1BD0MGKW8X1ivEG2Nm6gWawpUud_uYy7hcdEqeSm5Xob0KfBjSu5xgu69vcS3pd51ff26u01pAk8eQkq6xgdTLzBG3qiJGTeTUFC5VcugK2VicoafikWqpX3WurGzaTS0Dpm06sV/s320/DSC02794.jpg" border="0" /></a> They are sure looking gorgeous right now. Of course, the squirrls haven't bothered them yet either. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Dragon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544494520482515514noreply@blogger.com2