Animals: Black & White

Posted on June 7, 2015 by treshabarger

At the Houston Zoo

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Animals

A Visit

Posted on June 4, 2015 by treshabarger

Winged visitor
Seeking shelter from the storm
Waiting for sunshine

A butterfly on my boot as I sat on the front porch

Throw The Ball: Fiction Friday

Posted on May 29, 2015 by treshabarger

Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Throw The Ball

Kneeling, Andy jimmied open the back door. As he turned the doorknob, he felt a nudge in his back. He froze. Slowly, he turned around.

The scrap metal dog greeted him, eyes glowing red, tail wagging. It dropped a ball at Andy’s feet, nudging it towards him. He picked it up and threw it. With lightning speed, the dog retrieved it. Andy threw the ball again, again, and again. Each time Andy ran for the fence to flee, the dog knocked him down.

As the scrap metal dog brought him the ball yet again, Andy realized he would never escape.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

Baby Bird Watch, Days 9 & 1

Posted on May 28, 2015 by treshabarger

The Mockingbird nest is empty. I can hear the shrill call of the baby birds; they are hidden somewhere in the Mesquite trees or in the knee-high grass.

Empty Mockingbird nest

Now we have a Mallard hen hanging out underneath a larger Italian Stone Pine tree. Maybe she is nesting. Today is Day 1 on her watch, so we’ll see.

Mallard hen (looking at her back), maybe on a nest of eggs

Baby Bird Watch: Days 9 & 1

Baby Bird Watch, Days 7 & 8

Posted on May 27, 2015 by treshabarger

Day 7 Afternoon

Third baby bird

I decided to photograph the empty Mockingbird nest but found it occupied! That made three baby birds, again. I could see two in the Mesquite tree and one in the Italian Stone Pine tree.