More This and That from the U.P.

Today, I have a collection of photos

taken about a month ago.

 (I know, I am STILL behind..but it was a busy Spring, people!)

As mentioned in a previous post,

we had rosebreasted grosbeaks come to visit us, but only for about three weeks.

We  haven't seen any since then.

I sure think they are pretty.

The red on this one's breast looks like a little heart, doesn't it?:

Remember last month, when I was

ESTATIC

to see a moose????

You guessed it!

Less than ONE WEEK later, we were driving down the highway and up ahead there were about 30 cars pulled over.

I told my hubby, "there is either an accident up ahead or someone has spotted a moose!"...

 Then I yelled..."PULL OVER< PULL OVER...for the LOVE OF GOD...PULL OVER!!"

(Lucky for him, he PULLED OVER!)

(He's a love that man! A LOVE!)

I was blessed...

it WAS a MOOSE!!:

I don't know how long he was out before we got there, and there was a crowd of people by now watching him...I just got myself out of the car with my camera

and he gave one glance, ran behind this bush

and then....

LEFT!:

(They don't call me "quick draw McGraw" on the camera trigger for nothing. ha)

But I was thrilled to have seen another Moose...and thrilled I got a few more pictures of one.

I have lived up here for years and years and never saw a Moose, and now I have seen three

in one year.

I am one happy woman!!

We went in the woods for pictures a few weeks ago.

As I was snapping away at the Marsh Marigolds in one spot, I looked up and

saw THIS:

The license plate was IMBEDDED into the tree!

I wondered how it got there???!!

I mean, a  LONGGGG time ago, was there a car wreck

and the rest of the car rusted away?

Isn't that strange???

Here it is in black and white, which I liked!:

I tried it in Sepia but I didn't like it as much as in black and white.

One of my beloved Trilliums:

Crabapple tree blossoms!:

You can smell the blossoms from far away!!! Scrumptous!!:

Of course,

all the blossoms are gone now...

but they were lovely to see!

Join me again soon for more pictures...

I took a ton within a few weeks

because there was so much Spring beauty around....

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