Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Wednesday Potpourri

For my Wednesday Potpourri I am going to offer you three different animals. The first is a group of horses that were feeding in a snow covered field. My daughter loved the trees in the background.
Here is a horse that goes by the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. You can see the fence just above him.
I see Mallard Ducks and a few Mergansers so when I saw this duck I said something strange is migrating through. The best I can tell it is a female Bufflehead Duck that stopped at the pond for one day. It wasn't into smiling for the camera.
I had what was a small four point buck in my back yard so even though it was an ugly day I captured this head on shot. There is obviously a bigger buck in the neighborhood from the broken antler.
I did a little work on the antlers and turned him into a little 6 pointer.
I received an award from another friend.



I received an BFF Award from Kostas of foto seasons and Bee foto Blog. He is an excellent photographer and has so much to offer from Greece.

-Here are the rules for the award:

1. Only five people allowed 2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog. 3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world. 4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award

So here is who I choose:

1. Dot from Georgia for starting SWF and for the interesting posts on her site.
2. Tipper from North Carolina a fine Appalachian site and her neat stories of mountain life.
3. Becky from South Carolina for a great story site. She always has something interesting to say.
4. Klaus from Florida of Virtua Gallery - You can talk about touching your senses with a photo.
5. Ivar from Norway who is another excellent photographer.

19 comments:

Twisted Fencepost said...

Hey, FG, your gonna make my head swell!
Thanks, BBF!!
I love those snow/critter scenes. But they gave me a chill!

Twisted Fencepost said...

Oops, that was supposed to be BFF!!

Tina said...

FG,
Good selection of pics...wow that is one big buck you had in your back yard..he certainly looks healthy!

Jama said...

Just looking at the snow in the background makes me feeling cold, it's too hot over here.

david mcmahon said...

Congratulations on the award. Yep, the tress are beautiful.

Unknown said...

Great post. Know how many hunters would love to create more points on the antlers? LOL. Congrats on your award.

Shelley said...

I love how those horses look in that snow and against the tree - a very beautiful shot!

Eve said...

Great potpourri FG! I've visited a number of times...just no posts. I feel like I know you well. I like what you did with the poor buck! He needed a boost!

Lapa37 said...

Congrats on the award you sure deserve it.I really like the pictures
especially how you gave the deer back his missing antler.

NCmountainwoman said...

I loved the post. How very kind of you to restore the buck's symmetry! Well, in the photo anyhow.

Mary said...

I love the horses in the snow! What lovely shots! It is frustrating when a strange bird or duck comes and you can't get a good shot and you want to identify it! I think water birds are really hard....they just swim further away. Nice deer!

Susie of Arabia said...

These wildlife photos are terrific. I really like the ones of the horses in the snow. Nice job! And thanks for stopping by my blog too!
http://susieofarabia.wordpress.com/

Warren Baker said...

Nice snow pics FG. I hope we get some snow over here, it makes for a great photo - scene. Keep 'em coming!!

Carletta said...

The first one of the horses in the snow is my favorite!
Putting antlers on the deer - aren't you clever.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Mr Fishing Guy! hehe
Your blog deserves awards!!!

Anonymous said...

Amazing job you did on fixing the buck-and the after fix shot looks pretty enough to be a Christmas Card!! But the horse is my favorite-for some reason it almost make me tear up. I think horses are such gentle special animals-I sooo miss the ones we use to have.

Congrats on the award! You so deserve it for your outstanding blog and photos!! And thank you for the shout out to me-truly makes my day to know you like what I do!!

gina said...

wow...that snow is pretty...you are ALMOST making me want some around here. lol

George said...

Congratulations on your award and thanks for sharing your 'critters'!

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