Sample #1 Done for the May Collaboration Challenge #6 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/may-challenge-6-collaborations.42027/ It is hard to believe that this picture was taken 20 years ago! Vacation in Hawaii was always just a dream, but it happen in 2005. Such a beautiful...

This tree has been dead for a couple of years. Mark decided it needed to come down before the winds blew it down on top of my she shed. The problem was that one of the branches hung over the shed and the tree is pretty close to the shed. Mark tied chain and rope to the tree and pulled it taut in...

Done for the Rearrange A Template Challenge #6 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/april-challenge-6-rearrange-a-template.41831/ Mark encountered the first black snake of the year when he went to the woods. Mark said, “He is feisty!” I told Mark he is probably hungry after his...

Done for the Big Photo Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/april-challenge-5-big-photo.41861/ Canola is a crop with plants from three to five feet tall that produce pods from which seeds are harvested and crushed to create canola oil and meal. These plants also produce...

I thought I was taking pictures of cherry blossoms but Google Lens identified it as Rubus pensilvanicus, known commonly as Pennsylvania blackberry, is a prickly bramble native to eastern and central North America from Newfoundland south to Georgia, west as far as Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska...

Left It's that time of the year...the weather is warmer and so it's time for the bike riding to begin! Get the helmets and the camera! Get your gloves and your bike legs, Mark! It's time to ride!! 3/11/25 "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." Unknown...

Left It's that time of the year...the weather is warmer and so it's time for the bike riding to begin! Get the helmets and the camera! Get your gloves and your bike legs, Mark! It's time to ride!! 3/11/25 "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." Unknown...

Right There was not a cloud in the sky! The temperature was around 70 degrees. With the sun shining brightly, it was perfect weather! According to the GPS, it is 9.7 miles from our driveway to Ruby Tuesday...15 min, depending on the traffic! A good thing when you are hungry! After we got our...

Spring awakens the world with warmth, color, and new beginnings. A season of fresh air, blooming flowers, and moments filled with light and hope. Ilene discovered this bird nest on the wire shelving on her deck right outside her back door. She didn’t know what bird had built it. I told her it...

Family: Lamiaceae Subfamily: Lamioideae Tribe: Stachydeae Genus: Stachys Species: Stachys fontqueri I really couldn’t find out much about this plant that grows in our yard and all around in our region, at least. It is in the mint family and goes by several different names, one being...

Done for the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #6 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/march-challenge-6-tic-tac-toe.41662/ I love to see the daffodils when they appear at our church…it means Spring is close at hand!

Done for the Letter Art Challenge #5 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/march-challenge-5-letter-art-challenge.41687/

Done for the Border Challenge #3 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/march-challenge-3-border-only.41708/ A surprise catch photo 3/25 This bluebird was trying to get inside the tree birdhouse but failed because the hole is too small for him. I snapped this photo just as he...

All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils From the poem, “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, 1804

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. –John Muir (1838–1914)

My son goes on a fishing trip to Florida in February of each year with some of his friends. Looks like he caught some nice-sized fish this year! Feb. 2025

My son goes on a fishing trip to Florida in February of each year with some of his friends. Looks like he caught some nice-sized fish this year! Feb. 2025

My son goes on a fishing trip to Florida in February of each year with some of his friends. Looks like he caught some nice-sized fish this year! Feb. 2025

Done for the Anna Lift Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/annalift-challenge-01-17-25-01-31-25.41478/ Journaling reads: This white- throated sparrow is new to my feeders this year. But he mostly gleans the seeds that have fallen to the ground rather than the...

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past. And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last. –Robert Frost (1874–1963), American poet