Photohunters: Miniscule Foods I like

 Miniscule

Foods I like

I went back to my photo archives looking for shots I've taken of foods I like. The first shot is of moravian coffee cake.

 

In order to combine the two themes, I thought I'd show you one food that I can eat as much as I want of and the other shots are of foods I can only eat in miniscule portions due to a digestive condition I have.

The shot above was taken when I used to grow a lot of salad greens and I filled up the colander and put it in the garden box for a photograph. The shot below is of an apricot compote simmering on the stove. 

Can you guess which foods I can only eat miniscule amounts of and which I can eat as much as I like of? For the past few years, I have to limit the amount of fruits and vegetables I eat but I can eat as much cake, ice cream, coffee cake, and bread as I want. Of course that's only in terms of not aggravating my digestive system. There are other reasons for not trying to live on cake. I love fresh produce so it has been a nuisance dealing with limiting the amount of it I eat. Click here for the miniscule photohunt and click here for the Foods You Like photohunt.

Nanture Notes: Moving into mid February

Some birds blend into their surroundings but male cardinals stand out, especially in the winter.

Squirrels blend into the bark of the trees.

We are continuing to have a wide range of temperatures and weather.

The brown thrasher below blends into the leaves.

I am remembering to look out my living room window to catch shots of the birds in my front yard instead of always photographing them through the deck door.

The robins have been very active on the ground during the warmer days but go back to the trees when it turns cold again.

Some days it is hard to remember that its winter but then the next day can be quite cold again.

The female cardinal below was waiting her turn for one of the front yard baths.

 

I love the patterns of the ice I dump out of the bird baths.

I've been catching a lot of reflections in the bird baths.

Sparrows like the one below are another bird that blends into the dried leaves.

The bird below was photographed in full color but it was a black and white day.

The American Robin showed off its red breast.

I love the light in the next shot.

In spite of the sky being partly gray the light bronzes the tree.

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Today's Flowers: Strange February

I thought the early narcissus were frozen and wouldn't open but checked on them and a few did bounce back. However, they only last a few days before it got too cold for them again.

The lenten rose (hellebore) are droopy but still pretty. They are very sturdy having been encased in ice, melted and froze again.

These aren't flowers at all (tree below) but when the light hits them I think they almost look like flowers.

I'm not sure what they are called and its my neighbor's tree.

The camellia froze and turned brown but I think it's still pretty.

We didn't get the storm which hit the northeast this weekend but I saw in the extended forecast that we may get snow next weekend. This back and forth weather in NC continues.

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Photohunters: Promise and landscapes you like

Promise

Landscapes You Like

I promise I won't try to show you more than six different types of landscapes I like.

I also promise that I'm only showing landscapes I photographed in my state of North Carolina.

 

In addition, I promise that most of these landscapes are in different parts of North Carolina.

The first shot was taken in the NC foothills on the way to the mountains. The second shot was taken in the mountains in western NC.

The third shot was taken in eastern NC heading into the coastal planes part of the state. The shot directly above was taken on the NC coast at the beach.

The shot above was taken in front of my house the day after Christmas in 2010. I live in central NC in the piedmont section of the state. The shot below was taken on the highway in central NC heading west.

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Nature Notes: February Begins

I love to photograph the ice I remove from the bird baths.

It's a good way to remember the winter too because during fairly mild winters the ice I remove is mostly thin like the shot above. During colder winters I'll have a bunch of thick ice blocks because they haven't melted during the day.

I shot the American Robins in the tree above from my bedroom window.

I was zooming in on my neighbor's tree so the squirrel and birds were far away from me.

The starlings above were on one side of the tree, the squirrel was in the middle and the American Robins in the second shot were on the other side of the tree.

The American Robin in the shot directly above was in one of my oak trees.

 

One day it warmed up enough for the American Robins to hunt through my neighbor's lawn.

I took the rest of the shots during a walk at the lake on Sunday.

The Canadian Geese couple cracked me up as they crossed in front of me on the path.

The cormorants were at their favorite spots.

It was a beautiful day and the gulls were quite active.

They would land on the bridge railing and then fly off again.

Most of the time I was taking quick shots because they were off so fast I couldn't take the time to focus.

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