272:365 Mystery solution

Anna: I was originally going to post the un-cropped photo of the last mystery photo, but it occurred to me that it wouldn't make any difference, since it was really just more of the same. So, I am instead posting this version.

We had a wind storm a few days back. In the ravine we were walking in, a few trees were downed - no mean feat, considering how sheltered that ravine is! We also came upon the remains of a wasp's nest, which my elder daughter brought home a small piece of. She held on to it so I could get a few macro photos.

I've always found the stripey pattern and colours of these quite interesting. It makes me wonder what different trees the masticated fibres came from.

271:365 - Nature Walk

Philippe - Actually got myself out of my apt, with camera.. First time in a bit, so you get a few pics :)

These first two are Bohemian Waxwings.. and they're shy.





This magpie was also not coming very close.


The Chickadees were out in force though.



And so was Chip

These were just pretty so I took them :)

270:365 Another mystery

Anna: I think this might be an easy one. Aside from cropping and sizing, this image is straight out of the camera. Click on it for a larger image.

Can you see what it is?

269:365 My girls

Anna: This was actually supposed to be yesterday's post.


It was a lovely day for a walk, so the girls and I headed over to a nearby ravine. The direction we took brought us to street level at a small park. I thought the way the girls were silhouetted against the sky was quite striking.

268:365 What's this?

Anna: Can you stand one more cat picture? I'm all caught up now - honest! *L*


The girls and I were at the Reuse Centre today, dropping things off. We made a stop inside.

The girls found a few really neat things, but I scored big with just one item. A table top embroidery frame.

As soon as I brought it in, Harley was all over it, sniffing away. Tiger was, as usual, more stand-offish.

I wonder, sometimes. Just what is it that cats can smell that we can't?

On second thought, maybe I don't want to know. ;-)

267:365 Was there something?

Anna: This photo actually goes back to Feb. 1. I just didn't get around to uploading it until now.



I was doing a bit of crochet to test out my arm when the little Harley-Bug decided she needed to get into my project bag. As you can see she's claimed it as her own, even though she could only fit her front paws in. That's after I took my yarn out for her, too.

Yeah, I can be a sucker for the cats sometimes. :-D

266:365 Mystery solution

Anna: No one guessed that the last mystery photo. Well, here's the solution, anyhow.


It was a pine cone seed. Just the very tip of one. The image was taken with our new zPix digital microscope. It was the first photo we tried taking with it, and it wasn't working well at all. I ended up having to take a screen capture. Philippe then went hunting, found, downloaded and installed the updated drivers, and now it works fine. We might be posting more micro shots here in the future. :-D

Oh, then we got the microscope for free. Those grocery store loayalty points are good for some things! :-D