Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2009October22

A little Black-capped Chickadee doing what (some) Chickadees do! Someimes, all you need to do in certain locations is put your arm out to point something out to a friend, and before you know it, a little bird has landed on your hand : ) LOL, I've had them on my head, my shoulders, arms, hands, clinging to the leg of my jeans, and even perched on top of my camera. Such cute and friendly little guys. There is always a Chickadee around when nothing else seems to be. Thank you, Chickadees, especially in deep mid-winter, when it's -25C outside, and you come and see me in the park and give me something to photograph : ) So much appreciated!

I made the "mistake" of treating myself to a small mixed bunch of Roses from Safeway a few days ago, to photograph them. Our weather has been dull and grey almost ever since, and there isn't any sunlight pouring in through my windows. So, my photos of these gorgeous Roses are not coming out as sharp as I would have liked. Some are still usable, though, including this one. They smell wonderful and look so pretty. For some reason, the tiny fruit flies seem to love them - I wonder if they were sprayed with something or maybe there is something sweet in the packet of "whatever it is" that was included, to supposedly make the flowers last longer. Just love the colours of this Rose! Haven't been on Flickr much today - I have finally just started saving the many, many thousands of photos I've taken in the last 15 months, and which are not saved anywhere except for on my hard drive. Now I've run out of room on my external hard drive, so will have to go and buy another one as soon as possible, before I lose motivation - which was SO hard to find!