Foto Friday challenge - "Sky/Clouds"

Many days of grey skies this past week made it difficult to take photos I really liked.  These were all taken on the same day.  Here are a few...enjoy!  

A crow sitting on a line across the road from the YMCA....

Looking across the small lake here in town....I love clouds like this!

Just a cool shot...I enjoyed watching the seagulls antics!  

Such a pretty blue sky...

Gorgeous clouds!

This made me chuckle!

Love this pavilion...and so does Caitlin!  We often stop for a few minutes after picking her up from pre-k.

Foto Friday challenge - "Still Life"

A stuffed whippoorwill at Beaver Lake Nature Center. I am still figuring out all my options and the flash on my new Fujifilm Finepix S1500 camera!

This table was full of cool things from nature for us to touch and see...dry fungus, bones, a turtle shell, etc....

A stuffed Great Blue Heron hanging from the ceiling.

I focused on LIFE that was still for this challenge...or things that were previously alive.

This is the inside of a gorgeous tulip.

A beautiful water plant....

A huge rock in the woods...love the shadows from the trees.

Fallen trees...resting peacefully.

New growth out of a seemingly dead stump.

A lone branch sticking out of the pond.

New ferns opening...

Caitlin took this photo...

This coming week's Foto challenge is SKY/CLOUDS.

New camera...here I come!!

First off....I took this pic this afternoon in my backyard.  I discovered it is a Red Admiral butterfly.  Simply beautiful!

Sean gave me my birthday present early...a Fujifilm Finepix S1500 camera with a 4GB memory card.  Didn't cost him a thing other than his time working at NAPA for the past 15 years!!  :)  Thank you so much....I love you!!

I LOVE this camera...love what amazing closeup photos it takes most of all!!!  I also love the panoramic setting...that is fun to play with....

I've been following a young woman's blog for some time now and I've decided to join in her Foto Friday challenge....'Still Life" is this past week's challenge.