http://naturephotoalbum.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by NATURE PHOTO ALBUM en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:53 GMT 2010-01-08T16:00:53Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace I can't believe how cold it has been here in Myrtle Beach, SC the past two weeks.  We have been feeling temperatures in the low twenties at night and for this past week or so the daytime temperatures . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:57:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2010-01-06T21:57:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972104&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace In an obvious effort to begin anew, the year 2010 weighed in this evening with a sunset that beat out 2009 in both color and drama. According to the photographer’s guidelines to sunset and dusk . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:08:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972104&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Madame Donna C. 2010-01-02T05:08:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976844519&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace The  Meems Bottom Bridge was constructed in 1892-93 by Franklin H. Wissler. Mr. Wissler deeded the bridge to the Highway Department in the 1930's in return for assuming its maintenance. It was . . . Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:10:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976844519&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Melanie B. 2006-11-22T15:10:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963779&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace My husband just came back, from a walk around our field. I am so glad he took my camera with him. He came across some turkey tracks. Here's a close up, of a turkey track. Notice they . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:15:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963779&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Melanie B. 2009-12-26T20:15:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Missing: One Snowman, Last Seen: Yesterday   He looked just like the above last time I saw him! > >   Today, vanished!   How much snow did we get?? . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:55:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-25T21:55:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962509&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace     I was givin a hibiscus from my niebor as she knew It wouldn't make it it the cold weather and didn't want to mess with it.It was quite a beauty the day I got it but shed most of . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:17:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962509&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Jule's dreamin of a wonderfilled life for all research mode again 2009-12-25T21:17:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace My 2010 calendar is now available for purchase.  All the photographs in this calendar were done by me.  Many of you have told me that I needed to publish a calendar.  I listened and it . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:21:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Trudy P. 2009-12-24T22:21:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace   To all my Gather friends, and "Weather or Not?" group members, I hope you all have a very happy and blessed Christmas and Holiday Season! May it be filled with fun, family, food and . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-24T13:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959115&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace brrrrr! This scene makes me shiver. I'll bet this water tastes fantastic though! Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:37:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959115&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T19:37:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958911&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace This is one of my favorite recent photos of the Grist mill at Babcock State Park in WV during the snow storm in December 2009. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:01:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958911&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T19:01:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace I'd set a hectic schedule for myself yesterday... Along with a delivery of Christmas cookies to a friend in another town that I hadn't had a chance to do up 'til then, Mom is going home from the convalescent . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-22T17:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958511&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace This was taken in the Winter snow storm in December 2009.   Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:02:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958511&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T13:02:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948004&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace "There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds... There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:00:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948004&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-21T11:00:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace On those days when the winter rains are not so heavy that one can be out about during this time of year here in the wild hinterlands of Sonoma County, one may be fortunate enough to hear the oddly . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-21T03:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956184&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Went out by the water today, where it was windier, and there was a lot of blowing and drifting snow, here are a couple shots of what I saw and how the wind was changing the snow that had fallen making . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:38:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956184&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-21T01:38:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956146&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace You saw the trees and the photos I posted yesterday, well that was then, 24 hours later, this is the weather we had.  Some areas only got 6-9 inches as the case of where this tree was located, but . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:03:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956146&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-21T01:03:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955084&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace This was the last photo I took today, and while I couldn't get out, no place to pull over.  This is how heavy its been snowing the better part of the day.  And at times heavier, a couple lighter . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:33:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955084&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-20T00:33:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955075&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace While everyone was eating breakfast I looked outside, and in the tree in my neighbor's yard was a beautiful cardinal....normally when I try to shoot cardinals they don't stay still long enough but this . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:17:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955075&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-20T00:17:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954019&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace These birds are truly amazing, I was hoping to sight more, and to get some great shots, but the ones that were out were mostly sitting in trees or far away on rocks to where, even with my 500mm zoom I . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:38:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954019&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-19T03:38:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952702&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace I had a pleasant surprise early this morning when I came down to leave my dog out into the garden .I  found Santa waiting in the garden for me...He said "HO HO HO, I have come to your garden to pick . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:09:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952702&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace sunil m. 2009-12-18T10:09:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951811&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace   Despite plenty of sun Wednesday & today, we're still feeling the chill here in SE South Dakota. It's our 13th day with a below average high, almost a complete reversal of November when it . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:22:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951811&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-17T19:22:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945685&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace   Ice beads bounce on the dry brown grass. Wind whirling twirling pushes shredded leaves past my windowpane o f frosted glass. Mountains, trees, the . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:59:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945685&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Natalie Neal Whitefield 2009-12-14T03:59:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945071&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Leaving Pinjarra, we threaded our way through beautiful grassy meadows and karri forests as we headed up the Darling Range escarpment.  Over the next 24 km I begged Magi to stop every few minutes . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:03:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945071&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-13T22:03:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944339&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace One morning, Mag and I arose early and headed south fifty miles to the area where Magi lived when he first arrived as an immigrant with his Dutch family in the early 50's.  I had read his story, . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:36:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944339&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-13T15:36:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940013&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace I always pass by this and there are always 2 swans there, today there were out and in full view, the sun was bright the water was nice and blue (beats the snow and rain we had the other day preventing . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:28:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940013&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-10T03:28:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939905&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace I guess this guy realized that he was hungry and couldn't wait to get down the tree, so he stopped and ate the nut on the tree, (heading down) giving me a chance to get this shot of him. Mooch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:40:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939905&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-10T01:40:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939890&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace There always seems to be a 'last of'  something that just doesn't want to let go... Well, while out in Havre de Grace I noticed some of the last leaves that were being whipped around in the wind, . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:24:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939890&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-10T01:24:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939853&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Today I grabbed my cameras and headed out for a couple of hours to do some shooting, as I passed over one of the many rivers and streams between where I live, and Havre de Grace, I spotted a bird  . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939853&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2009-12-10T01:00:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937955&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Last Thursday I was really excited when I went to the Post Office and found I had a box from Lulu.com.  The two copies of Roy Hilbinger's On a Cold Winter's Night - Images of Yule would make wonderful . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:05:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937955&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-09T03:05:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935284&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Today, I have the dubious honor of taking my four year old grandson, Noah, to two different locations to get flu shots.   First, we will go to his pediatrician's office for his regular, . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:55:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935284&grpId=3659174697247316&nav=Groupspace Susan G. 2009-12-07T16:55:58Z