Category: Photography

Picture Parade Five Hundred and Thirty-One

The second set of cloud photographs.

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As was said a week ago, these photographs were taken on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Picture Parade Five Hundred and Thirty

Just the wonderful clouds above our home.

The eight photographs were taken on the 23rd June; four to be shown today and four in a week’s time.

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The rest of these photographs on Sunday, July 5th.

Strange weather for late June.

Just some photos taken yesterday around the home.

It rained over night, the 24th, and in the morning of the 25th.

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Picture Parade Five Hundred and Twenty-Nine

Fabulous colours at dawn.

Last Thursday, the 18th, I happened to glance out of the kitchen window. It was about 0445 PST and the colours of the sky were magnificent.

I immediatly grabbed my camera and went onto the deck, looking towards Mount Sexton.

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They are all as shot. The only changes made are the size of the photograph and the intensity of the image.

And we should not forget that today is the Summer Solstice.

The June solstice arrives at 8:25 UTC (3:25 a.m. CDT) on June 21, 2026. For the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the longest day and shortest night. For the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the shortest day and longest night. Watch this video with EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd to learn the top 3 sky sights on this June solstice 2026. And what does “sun stands still” really mean? Plus, EarthSky’s Will Triggs joins to tell us about visiting Stonehenge on the solstice!

Picture Parade Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight

The moon and the sun.

The following photographs were taken from our deck, looking Eastwards, yesterday morning.

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Picture Parade Five Hundred and Twenty-Seven

I have been thinkg of Pharaoh, my late German Shepherd, recently. So here are some photos of him.

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Beloved Pharaoh. Born: June 3rd., 2003 – Died: June 19th., 2017.

A very special dog that will never be forgotten.

Picture Parade Five Hundred and Twenty-Six

A few, difficult shots of two deer taken yesterday.

These two, a male and a female, were resting close to the back deck. I had to be extremely careful in taking these five photographs.

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As I have said many times before, I feed the deer every morning. They know, I’m sure, that they are loved by us. Two or three of them are waiting for their feed practically every morning. As soon as I go into the stables, to get the feed, more deer arrive and, typically, I put out the feed for between five and nine deer.

Perfect!