Puchinpappy's photos

Saturday Self-challenge: Guilty Pleasures I have two guilty pleasures to reference this week. TV and food. I have to confess that one of our guilty pleasures is watching the Great British Bake Off. We have followed a few seasons since discovering it on TV. We even have a Canadian version of the show. www.cbc.ca/life/greatcanadianbakingshow These cupcakes are made by a friend in Calgary and she drops some off when she comes up for a visit. She is particularly skilled at homemade gluten-free items. These are the cupcakes she makes for me, as my wife gets all the gluten-free stuff, which is excellent. These cupcakes have cream cheese, chocolate chunks, and pieces of Carmine Jewel cherries she harvests from her friend's yard. We always feel special which overcomes the guilt.

Same bird as my last photo.

It is always exciting to make the acquaintance of a new bird. Here is a White-throated Sparrow. Notice the yellow over its eyes.

Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area, Alberta, Canada.

This tiny frog was keeping an eye on me.

Saturday Self-challenge: Take a picture in which something is obviously missing. So it is a picture of a certain thing that is not pictured. It must be obvious that something is missing. Sight and Sound: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miserable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=POvsvbc1yC8 Francais: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SGKFuOP1NQ German: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOP_sPpi3ps Dutch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPJJId8gSnU

These two Pine Siskins were fluttering for position at the free buffet at the window feeder. In the past few days we have been inundated with dozens of these birds at a time. All the feeders are full of these birds.

This little Caterpillar was about an inch long fully extended. In time, it will fly away.

Macro Mondays: Petals

Saturday Self-challenge: Flowers in B&W

A Cedar Waxwing making a tight maneuver between an alive and a dead Swedish Aspen.

While a Cedar Waxwing pushes off we get to see its undercarriage.

This Cedar Waxwing is guarding its nest in our backyard. The tree is a Japanese Maple.

Macro Monday: Something made of rubber. This is an old rubber hose. It is so old that all the hoses made at that time looked the same. You could have it in any colour so long as it was black. This one was cut and spliced together. It harkens back to a time when things were not so expendable.

High diving Pine Siskin performs a perfect landing in the birdbath. Saturday Self-challenge: Collage story.