Another Photo Tag

Sherri of Sherri K Photography has tagged me on her blog. In turn, I have to post the 4th photo from the 4th folder in my computer and tag others to do the same.

Here is my photo: It is a photo from my bird folder of a Common Grackle. This photo was taken in late April in the back yard and even if it is not perfect focus I love the eye and the colors in the bird.
I do hope Darla, Salty, Willard and Warren will play.

Tricia had wonder what Brady Lake looked like in the Winter. I tried to get this same view as last Fridays post. The fence along with the sunken tree must be there in the water as a fish attractant because they haven't moved all Summer.

My World #14

This is my posting for the My World meme . It is hosted by Klaus, Ivar,Sandy, Wren, Louise and myself. Last week there were 102 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'.

I started a series of bridges in My World # 8. Last week was the second in the series and this week I give you the Haymaker Parkway Bridge. It was named after John Haymaker who came from Pittsburgh, PA to the banks of the Cuyahoga River in 1805 the year when Ohio became a state. In 1807 he built a grist mill on the river. This is the only bridge in town that crosses both the Cuyahoga River and the railroad tracks that split the city of Kent into two parts. This is at the crossing of State Routes 59 and 43 in Kent. You can see it is well lit and has protection from anyone jumping off the bridge.
This is a view from the river of the bridge from river level. You can see it is a high level bridge.

This is a view from under the bridge showing the structure of the bridge and the graffiti that people have left on the span.

You can go around the world by visiting the sites shared on My World.

Today's Flowers # 23

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.

I am going to share some small Spring flowers today. We just went through a period of extreme cold with the temps reaching -12F. I can see snow outside and that is all. It is beautiful today but flowers are far from my view when I look outside. I know the dawn will break and these beautiful flowers from the Spring will come again.

I cropped this one with the main flower color. I love this little purple flower and the Spring show they put on.

They will fight their way through snow and also will force there way around a large garden stone to show their beauty.

Go to my link to see some other great flower sites.

Camera Critters # 41

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

The temperature was 4F yesterday, after -10F overnight, and I saw these two American Crows sitting in a tree with a blue sky background. The blue skies have come with the freezing temperature. Today it is snowing and will go to 21F, a real heat wave. I parked the car and got as close as I could to them.

I did get one fair shot in the tree.

I had captured this one in the Fall in amongst the tree branches.

Check out Michele's American Crows for a real photography treat. She got fluffy crows.

I've Been Tagged By Tricia

Ms. Hays of Bluff Area Daily tagged me for this game, I guess is what it's called. Here are the instructions: The rules are to open a document or file picture folder. Then click on the 5th folder and then the 5th photo. Post the photo and describe it. Then tag 5 other bloggers.

Here is a picture from my Brady Lake folder. Boy, was I lucky. This is a photo I never have shown but was really nice. I visited the lake on a beautiful Spring morning it was very calm and reflective. The element seen in the lake, beside the reflections, are a fence in the water with a fallen tree. There are also two submerged docks. I didn't crop the shot and it is as taken. Here is who I will tag.

1. Ivar of Ivar Ivrig photos What great photos he has.

2. Louise of Potted Frog New Mexico's friendliest person.

3. Becky of Twisted Fence Posts What special stories she will tell.

4. Carolyn of NC Mountain Women Her post are always Golden on Fridays.

5. Tina of Bird Yarns Special photos of birds from my home state, PA.

I do hope you play.

Sky Watch Friday #27

The new Sky Watch Friday is doing really well. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were 361 people last week with beautiful Sky photos. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post.

We have had gloomy skies lately and a little blue is really nice. We are at 1F this morning with a cold night coming tonight. I am staying with some shots along the Cuyahoga River for Sky Watch. You can see Winter in the sky. I'm posting the street light photos for Dot the originator of Sky Watching.
There was this small blue patch with the sun fighting to get out. The old train station, Pufferbelly Restaurant, is in relief in the shot.

The lamp posts always make a good sky foreground.

You can see a portion of the Cuyahoga River in this photo.

I added this one to show how much brighter it looked if you used the blue section of the sky. That wasn't the true sky I was seeing.

There will be brighter skies through the world but I feel my skies show the time of the year in North East Ohio. It has been a tough Winter so far.