Happy First Nature Friday of summer 2019
Sunday Morning, May 19, just after the sun rose over all the tall trees I happened to look
to see Mr. Cardinal's brilliant red head all aglow
Before long his brilliant red will fade.
Of course the original also caught my eye due to the reflections of the dining room
light in the windows.
Late afternoon sun peeping through the trees
Photo taken with my iPad. I did not see the kaleidoscope of colors when I took the
photo. Professional snappers is this tree acting as a filter?
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| Most of May was dry as a bone and my garden boy aka Dad of Madi had a horrible sinus infection.. Thankfully, after 2 bottles of antibiotics, he is well and was able to put some new plants in this pot. We love the iridescent leaves of the Persian Shield (tall purple). White Celosia loves the sun. |
we love sun effects in any way ;O) ...next week? is this month over then? woooah that was fast...
ReplyDeleteWe love our cardinals too and the goldfinches as well. Ya know what we dint see this year? Robins...
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty pics!
ReplyDeleteI don't see cardinals very often - and a female even less. I live in St. Louis and our baseball team is the Cardinals (also was the football team when I was a kid before being sold to Phoenix) so I kind of feel a special attachment if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteMr Cardinal isa strikingly handsome fellow.
ReplyDeleteWe never see his like in the UK.
We see more Cardinals in our yard here that any other kind of bird. They are so gorgeous! Love your kaleidoscope rainbow!
ReplyDeleteThe pots look so nice. Love the picture of the sun. You all have a terrific day and weekend too.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteThe cardinal is one of the most impressive little birds I have ever had the privilege of seeing. As for your sun shot - fabulous!
The trees are not filtering in this case, as the sun is too high - it is actually the glass in the lens itself which is 'fractaling' to create the rainbow rays... and I would warn you that this is not the best thing for any lens to do too regularly, just as it is not good for our eyes to look at the sun. To 'filter' the sun needs to be completely behind the occluding surface.
Did you know that you get lens kits for mobile devices?
YAM xx
Mr. Cardinal is such a handsome bird! Your potted plants are always gorgeous. Glad the Dad of Madi is feeling so much better.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Dad is much better. Us ladies all need a garden boy :)
ReplyDeleteNice pictures. I don't feed the birds because of the bad yard cats.
But, they have plenty of food via our fruit bushes and trees.
Happy weekend.
We glad Dad is feeling better. We have a cardinal family that visits. Yesterday Mom saw a baby lady cardinal....still fuzzy!
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Furkids
the pot by ebu is gorgeous! glad he is feeling better, that is a lot of meds to kick that bad bug... i have seen those sunburst before but don't know what causes them, they come when shooting into the bright sun... i have one as a burst around Bob's head.
ReplyDeleteWe love cardinals here too and have at least a couple pair nesting around our yard. That pot looks so pretty and we're glad to hear the dad of Madi is feeling better too.
ReplyDeleteWe've been so happy that we have a family of cardinals around our end of the neighborhood. We love seeing them, and hearing them sing.
ReplyDeleteEach shot is beautiful. I love that pot of flowers the best. That's most beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and weekend, Cecilia. Big hug. ♥
Love the glorious sun and the beautiful flowers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. We only feed hummingbirds in the summer so we rarely see a cardinal until we put the feeders out in the fall.XO
ReplyDeleteWOW C! Wonderful and colorful shots today! Yamini says so very true...the glass helped your lens create some beautimous sunbeam rainbows!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
Looks like we've been getting all of your wet weather, and all of our own too! The Great Lakes are over three feet higher than average, and lots of lakeside homes are in trouble any time the wind blows...and it's blowing a lot! I'll be happy to send it all towards you.
ReplyDeleteThe cardinal is pretty and very vibrant.
ReplyDeletewe love pretty birds just wish they did not poop all over everything. Glad Dad of Madi is feeling well again
ReplyDeletehugs
Mabel & Hilda
I love it when my camera enhances my rather mundane photos! Looks great. Also love cardinals.
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