Pine Barren Man

One of the photos I entered in the competition. I recently entered a few photos into a local juried competition. It was my first time doing so. At first, I didn’t think much about my participation, but I’d be lying if I said I didn't feel the anticipation start to grow as the announcement date for the winners approached. Then the winners were announced. I scrolled through the list of winners and honorable mentions. It suddenly became apparent that I wasn’t on that list. The feeling of rejection…

American Goldfinch I caught this American goldfinch eating some seeds from the echinacea in our pollinator garden during a short summer rainstorm. I'm so used to seeing these birds at the feeders in our garden, so it was a nice surprise to see one eating directly from the flowers.

Kayaking Timber Lakes on a Saturday evening. Heading back out into open water. Tonight, Victoria and I took the kayaks out and toured Spruce and Timber Lakes. We traveled upstream to inspect the beaver dams that were cleared by the TLCA. Our first stop was the lily pads and island at the top of the lake. An egret was fishing in the shallow water. I had noticed there were four of them flying in the lakes earlier in the day, so I was quite happy to photograph one of them this evening.