Sky Watch Friday # 31

The new Sky Watch Friday is doing really well. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were over 300 people last week with beautiful Sky photos. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post.

Our snow has melted and we are having our January thaw in February. The sky was so variable today with rain storms moving through all day.

There were times of blue cloudy skies so it turned out a neat day. This photo was 10 minutes after the one above. The winds were fast above. We have 50 MPH winds today.

Be sure to visit some great shies from around the world.

Some of My Local Birds

I had a day when the snow stopped and saw 8 different bird types. Here are five of them.

These are the Starlings. They truly are neat birds making a lot of noise.
Here is a House Sparrow sitting on the table I have on end..

This is a pair of Cardinals the red male and brownish red female under an overhang.

Here is a Black Capped Chickadee that was taking off to fly.

This is a Dark Eyed Junco. This is the second one I saw this year.

The other birds I saw were a Grackle, a Blue Jay and an American Robin.

The Snow Is Leaving

This the first thaw since the snow started in December. I thought I would share our snow season from around town. This is a tree behind my neighbors yard that looks like a home for some squirrels.

The snow just kept coming and decorating my back yard along with the pine trees. This is taken during a snow storm. The deck got a really good covering during the month. I liked the way followed the table on railing.

Here is a neat view of the icecles on the side of a building.

What do you do with the snow on the bridge after you decide to open the lanes after repair. Why, place it in front of the resturant that has been closed. The melt had started and snow piles were showing the dirt.

I hope you enjoyed this look at the Winter season up North.

My World #17

This is my posting for the My World meme . It is hosted by Klaus, Tom, Ivar, Sandy, Wren, Louise and myself. Last week there were over 100 people showing their worlds to us. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Here is part of 'My World'.

This is a continuation of my bridge series with the River Bend Bridge. This neighborhood would have never been developed without the bridge. You can see the others post on bridges by clicking on the Bridges of Kent below. This is the newest bridge in Kent and it goes across to the River Bend neighborhood. It is a wonderful structure on a neat stretch of the Cuyahoga River. This is an upstream side of the bridge. These shots were taken at the end of November before the big snows started. This is across the street from Davey Tree building which I showed last week and you pass the Standing Rock Cemetery as you enter the bridge.

This is the downstream side of the bridge.

I took this photo to get an artsy view of the bridge through the dead weed clusters.

I even went on the bridge to show the downstream look of the Cuyahoga River. Standing Rock is in the river just below this area.

Try to visit some of the neat places around the world that are showing you Their Worlds.

Today's Flowers #27

My friends Luiz, Denise and Pupo run the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 7 GMT is the post time.

This is a wild flower that grows in the Spring and Summer at the dock of the lake that I fish. They look like some sort of Daisey. You can see a lot of blooms yet to burst into color.
I used the petal color to crop them out for a closer look.
If you know the name to be different let me know.

There are a lot of neat flowers to go and see throughout the world.

Camera Critters #44

Camera Critters by Misty Dawn, go here to see who's participating.

I was driving a few blocks from home and had to turn around. The top of the telephone pole had a decoration. We actually have had blue skies for a few days. It was still only 20F.

It was one of the famous Black Squirrels of Kent, Ohio.
I got a few shots and it decided enough was enough.

I wanted to show you where the squirrels stay during the Winter. My house is a little ways down the street.

I zoomed in for a close look at the nest of twigs and leaves. It has made it through all of our winter storms.

See what other neat critters you can see at Misty's site.