Sallyacious: The Arboretum Project, Week 18, Part Two

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May 09, 2006

The Arboretum Project, Week 18, Part Two

Panorama 5-7-06

It was windy and rainy when I got to the arboretum. The camera was in a "waterproof" casing created by Dave from a ziploc bag. It worked really well. The sun came out eventually, and with it, the people. But for a good chunk of my time, I was alone with the birds and animals and trees and flowers and raindrops.

Appleblossoms

I was so inspired by the weather and the quiet and the beauty that I took an outrageous number of photographs and I am insisting on using many of them. So I've divided the pics into two sections. This contains the first 25 (not including the goose photos I posted yesterday). I'll post the next 25 tomorrow.

Cinnamon Teal Pair

It took me a minute to realize that my eyes weren't deceiving me, that I really was looking at a rust-colored duck. They were really nervous. Wouldn't let me get anywhere near. Across the lake was the closest I was able to come. If I encroached too much, they would fly to the other lake. That happened twice. Both times by accident because I hadn't realized where they were.

Bedewed

Boquet

Pink Raindrops II

Bathing Mallard

I took this picture just before the first splash picture in the "Bathing Goose" series I posted yesterday. The difference in the size of the splash is pretty extraordinary.

Bridge

Yellow

Anonybuds

Poplar Quartet

Contrast

Knothole

Critter

A generic name, but the most accurate I can come up with, since I don't know if it's a gopher or a ground squirrel. It's certainly proof of the benefits of patience and persistence and rainy, spring days. I knew they hung out under the evergreens, but I'd never been fast enough to photograph one. The blustery weather on Sunday kept lots of people indoors, so this one wasn't feeling threatened by runners and bikers and random loudly-yammering beauty-seekers.

Distant Hills