Oh Azalea…

April 11th, 2007
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
Since there’s no news anyway, it’s time to stop and smell the azaleas in Alabamaland. If you look long and hard enough, you might just see the abyss in this close-up, turned into art by a little reflective water and a touch of late afternoon spring light.

Dogwoods In Early Bloom in Alabamaland

March 25th, 2007
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
It’s an unseasonably warm, dry beginning to spring in Alabamaland, and the dogwoods are in full bloom early, strangely, after a long, relatively cold winter. They will be gone before Easter. A sign of global warming? You decide…

A Red-Shouldered Hawk Circles Overhead

March 11th, 2007

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Photo by Glynn Wilson
A family of red-shouldered hawks make their home in the neighborhood by Jefferson State Community College. They hunt in the backyard every day, but usually elude close enough human contact for a sharp, clear photograph. We managed to snap this one the other day as it circled overhead on one of the first spring-like days of 2007.

A Goose Fight…

January 26th, 2007
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
A goose fight in East Lake Park. Looks like domestic geese, maybe graylag geese? I got several shots of this scene, but I like this one - mainly because of the facial expression of the brown character with the orange beak and eyes. The fighting brown and white goose won. I never saw the defeated white one surface. Hope he wasn’t dead. But if so, maybe it’s a “goose eat goose” world afterall?