Hummingbirds Playing in Valley Forge Today

The Orchard Orioles in the Poke Weed

The Blue Dasher in Valley Forge this Morning

The little dragonfly stood still on his little perch and let me get closer and closer until I was just directly in front of his face.  What a thrill!

The Grasshopper and the Indigo Bunting

I was taking a picture of an Indigo Bunting when all of a sudden a little yellow grasshopper jumped onto my 600 mm lens.  I had my macro lens over my shoulder and was able to grab a shot of him too.  Oh technology!

Love My New Antennae

The Fabulous Sharpshooter Leafhopper

The Least Bitterns at John Heinz

This little baby Least Bittern will soon look like his mother or father.  Both were on view at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge yesterday.

Red Tail and the Vole

The Elegant and Great Crested Fly Catcher in Valley Forge Today

Peeking Bunting (Click to see that Peek)

Great Legs

Yumiko with Degas Dancers at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris Today

Yumiko Dancing on the River Seine

Yumiko and Me in the Versailles Gardens in Paris

We are having the time of our lives in Paris.  Today we spent the WHOLE day at Versailles.  In the morning we spent a long, long, long, long, long, long time in line waiting to get through security, but finally we pushed through and it was all glory from then on in.  The beautiful rooms of the palace, Marie Antoinette's bed, the Hall of Mirrors, etc., and then in the afternoon, the even more beautiful gardens and canals and lakes and forests.  We are pinching ourselves.  It began to rain late in the day, so we left and went to a grocery store, bought cheese and wine and tomatoes and fruit and coffee and came on home on the train and had a feast in our little air b and b.  Oh life and luck and love.

Back to John Heinz

I went back to John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge this morning.  It was the first time in a long time and oh it was rewarding.  Everybody and their cousin was there.  Here's just a little sampling:

Cedar Wax Wings

Baby Cottontail Rabbit

Yellow Warbler Greeting Hello

The Marsh Wren in the Marsh

Prothonotary Warbler

Crayfish crossing the road.

Turtle Checking out Photographer

Momma Catbird with Wild Raspberry

Art Morris Photographing the Oakum Boys on St. Andrews Bay, South George - Just North of Antarctica

Just a little cool red, white, blue and green for a warm 4th of July.

Getting Ready for the 4th

Valley Forge National Park this very morning.