Monthly Archives: April 2010

Photo Hogs….er…foxes

So I am working in the yard today and two of the kits decided they needed to play in my space. They gave me time to get a camera but weren’t at all interested in having me point it at them. Got a couple of snaps and then…poof!…they were gone.

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Foxes!

So tonight I put on my 105/2.8 and walked out to the back fence and wow! Also sorts of scurrying hither and yon! The three kits were chasing each other and thrashing about. I asked them to pose altogether. They denied me. There was a brave one, though (isn’t there always). He came right up...

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Critter Season Is Upon Us !

So there they were, my family, that is. Quietly eating dinner (I was not there) when lo and behold, three young foxes started playing, chasing sticks, running after each other, etc., right in our backyard!! Although the foxes (“kits” actually) were oblivious to the humans and didn’t seem to mind them walking around, no one,...

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The Cherry Blossom Festival

Well, we sort of made it. We got downtown around 9-ish and there were no parking places really close and so we ended up parking way out on Haine’s Point. Which was actually okay since we could walk around without crowds or pushing, etc. It was quiet, gentle breeze and gorgeous trees. And we were...

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Cherry Blossom Festival – Not!

So four of us loaded up at 10 to head for the Cherry Blossom festival. We knew we were in trouble when we saw the traffic backed up on the 14th Street Bridge. Wow! There were thousands of people there and absolutely, positively no parking places. And there are no metro stops close by. So...

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Spring Break!

And now we are on Spring Break. Which so far has meant that I don’t have to work full days. I took the kids in with me one day and behind our building is this creek. I took a couple of snaps. This is one of them. You know, there are two ways to pronounce...

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