The House Wren pair nesting in a ornamental metal leaf box, are super busy trying to keep their brood fed. Lucky for them, the metal box is in continuous...
After all the other Iris are gone for so long there's nothing left but huge seed pods, the Japanese Iris start to bloom. I'm quite fond of this color. Carrie...
The butterflies have been slow to show up this spring. Although I have caterpillers on the bronze fennel. Although there have been absolute herds of question...
I was taking a break from weeding yesterday, sitting on the back steps with my ever present camera in hand. The dogs were off somewhere on the other side of...
Long ago when we first put the Koi Pond in, I had the standard Yellow, pink and white lilies. It took a few years but eventually the yellows won out and took...
Using a disk to break up the dirt clods. Sorry about the fence post, we were moving pretty fast. Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D700 Nikon 400 VR...
He doesn't look to be more than 8 or 10 years old. Using a " sickle bar mower." to mow down many acres of hay. The old sickle bars are very dangerous, they...
Why I plant so much salvia! Food for the hummingbirds and the opportunity to shoot pretty pictures for me. Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D80 --...
I was lucky enough to catch this photo when mama and papa White-breasted Nuthatch brought their baby in to show him where all the goodies are! One of the few...
This was a few years ago. We haven't had sparrows in the yard since the bluebirds took up residence. Papa Bluebird is the big boss in the back yard. He never...
 I've never seen so many of these babies this early in the season. They may have three nests this year! Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D800   ...
 Finally time to put my pitcher plant outside. Hopefully it will do as well as it did last summer. Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D700   Finally...
It's May! It's May! The Merry month of May! And finally the first Hummingbird just showed up! Whoope! The date won't be hard to remember. Well, I've had...
This is last years Jack in the Pulpit. The tree trimmers dropped half of the oak tree right on my garden bed where I keep the wild flowers last Friday. I...
The appearance of the different late winter - early spring birds has been very different this year. Some showing up earlier than in years past, some later and...
Since wool isn't as an important crop as it once was, these cute little babies will no doubt end up as lamb chops. Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D700...
A young male from last fall, showing just a few of his amazing ruby spots beginning to appear on his throat or gorget. Carrie Hampton Coshocton Ohio Nikon D...
I have started a new photography group not related to the areas covered by this group. The new group is restricted to the field of macro photography of all...
I caught this female Cardinal gathering her own lunch in the front flower bed this fall before we removed the dried flower stalks. The seed heads are never...
