THROUGH MY WINDOWS

Wow, was there ever  a sig ht so beautiful  when only a month ago we were looking at this? What a difference a mo nth can make. We missed the last 2 east coast storms, had some very mild weather, lots of rain, some sunshine here and there, and voila! The robin's arrived, the juncos are migrating, the grass is greening, the flowers are blooming and the groundhog is awake,  looking for something to eat. As I write this the Cardinals are waking up with their morning's not so melodious warm up. The Robin is singing backup and doing a much better job.  I can hear a phoebe bird repeating it's name over and over. Later.... Today is turning out to be so warm and lovely.  I am stuck in the house because I have lots to do to get ready for a grandson's birthday. We are not eating here though just having cake and gifts here. The whole gang will be meeting at Golden Corral. I hope I spelled that right. As many times as I've been there I should

QUESS WHO CAME TO DINNER? Elijah or Mavis? Our neighbor's pet turkey, that's who. Man, is she a corker!! We heard some gobbling outside while we were eating breakfast. We looked out and this huge turkey was checking out the vehicles in our driveway. She decided Roger's truck looked tasty. She pecked away at it like it was a hard boiled egg. Roger went out to see if he could shoo her away but she just ran around the other side and started to peck on it. Then he took off his hat and waved it in the air. It all happened so fast that by the time I went in the house to get my camera I only managed to snap this picture before she was off and running, a blurry apparition, across the neighbor's field. I took a bunch of pics but they all came out blurry.  It didn't take long for her to disappear. I'm not sure where she lives. Roger knew of her owner and said she escapes over the fence occasionally. Hmmm, she better not get loose during turkey hunting season!

"Sunsets are the opening music of the night."  "Sunsets are so marvelous that even the sun itself watches them in the reflection of the infinite ocean." "When the sun is setting leave whatever you are doing and watch it." Quotes by Mehmet Murat ildan I love photographing sunsets on the Island of my childhood, Deer Isle, Maine. Particularly in the village of Sunset! My dad was born and brought up in that village and lived a stone's throw from Sylvester's Cove where I take most of my sunset pictures because it's wide open ocean there. Nothing between me and my subject. The first photo was taken just at dusk while driving and stopping to capture what the inhabitants of this house in Pressey Village enjoy routinely in the Summer months. I am looking forward to capturing more sunsets in and around the small seaside hamlets, coves and villages and photographing them when I return to my beloved Islan

THE NEW JERSEY SHORE Roger and I live about 2 hours from Sandy Hook, N.J. in the northern tip and about 3 hours or less from Cape May, N.J., on the southern tip. We almost never visit anything in between. We try and go in the Spring and in the Fall. That way we pretty much have the beach to ourselves.  The park (GATEWAY NATIONAL PARK) doesn't officially open until Memorial Day and closes Labor Day. There's a $15 fee when the park is open to cover parking. Believe me when I say that the park is filled to capacity in season.  However, we go on a warm April day-we do have them in April!-and just soak all that beauty and try to absorb as much as possible ocean goodness before we have to head back inland to Pennsylvania. We usually go for just the day. We leave home early and load up the car with chairs, jackets, a cooler and my camera. Roger likes to sit on the beach and gaze out to sea. There's the skyline of Manhattan in the distance to the left and barges