Great Falls National Park, Virginia

On Sunday, hubby and I visited the Virginia side of the Great Falls National Park. The Potomac River was flooding and the overlooks on the Maryland side were closed. Parts of Maryland received up to 3 inches of rain on Thursday which flooded many rivers, streams and creeks.

The Potomac  was a very fast moving river with the most recent rain we had and all the snow melting. It was neat seeing a rainbow show up from the mist and fast moving water.

I have some still shots of the mighty Potomac and I was able to take some video of the river with my Canon SX20. It was my first time using the video, I was surprised at how easy it was to make the video.


My videos of the Great Falls is at Eileen's Youtube and Eileen's YouTube II

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SWF.....Baltimore Harborplace

These are my skywatch shots from March 3rd. I took my camera to work with me and was happy to see some pretty skies. I am also trying to get in some exercise by taking brisk walks down to the harbor. So I feel good by walking and taking some pictures along the way.

                                 I saw some pretty pinks along the walk to work.

The early morning pinks and blues are some of my favorites.

 

Hard to believe just a short distance away the sky turned more orangy.

The next couple are from my quick walk down to the harbor. I loved these contrails.

 

The sun was rising between these two buildings and by trying to take this shot I scared these ducks away before I could get a good look at them.

On the picture below, I believe it is a test area where grasses are growing to help keep the harbor water clean. I hope the test area works.

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SWF..at home & work

For my Skywatch Friday I am showing various scenes from different days starting with the cresent moon on my way to work and a sunset from my backyard. 

                                City Hall's dome

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky".


Rabindranath Tagore ...found this lovely quote from Brainy Quote

This quote is just right for my photo below ..it is not sharp but I really love the blue color of the sky and the awesome looking clouds. The building in the middle is the War Memorial building in Baltimore.

Sunrising behind the Shot Tower

Now we are back in my yard watching the sun setting.

 I hope you enjoyed following me to work and back home. To see more wonderful skies please visit Skywatch Friday

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend......ENJOY!!!

SWF>>>>Sunrise on the road

These are some shots I took of last Saturday's sunrise while my hubby was driving. We were on the way to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey. LOL, it is not very easy to take clear photos while the car is moving 65 miles an hour. Oh, and I almost forgot my left hand is still in a splint. So I was trying to take these shots one handed with the car moving. They might not be the sharpest shots but I just love the colors.

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The photo below looks like a scene from Hitchcock's movie The Bird's. LOL, I know its awful but I think it is funny. 

There was no way this one would come out clear, between the car moving and the birds moving it just wasn't possible.

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Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey

 

This weekend hubby and I visited the Barnegat lighthouse and state park to see the ducks. Winter is the time to really see some great ducks like the Harlequin and the Long tailed Ducks.

Long Tailed Ducks...the male has a white head with a brown neck patch and dark wings. They breed in the northernmost Canadian and Alaskan tundra. It is great that some spend the winters on the Atlantic coast.

Harlequin Ducks....the male has white stripes on head and chest and a white spot at ear. They also breed in northeastern Canada and the Pacific northwest and winter around rocky areas on the coast.

Barnegat Lighthouse

Thank for the visit, have a great day! 

 

Shenandoah's White Oak

First, I must mention these are my hubby's photos, he asked me to post them on one of my Watery Wednesday  post. On Jan 25 he decided to take a day trip to Shenandoah's White Oak Trail. This is his favorite trail to see the waterfalls while they are frozen. I was still at home recovering from my hand surgery and in no condition to go walking around on snow and ice. So today you are Traveling with Mike instead of Traveling with Eileen.



These do look much nicer if you click on the photos for a larger image.

BRRRR, it looks very cold!  I hope you enjoy hubby's photos and he will get a kick out of reading your comments.

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Costa Rica critters

Since my hand surgery I have not been taking new photos so I am showing some of my favorite Costa Rica critters from my archives. We went to Costa Rica in March of 2010 and I loved it there. The critters, birds and scenery were all wonderful.  These shots are from a wildlife refuge cruise at Cano Negro, it was a river cruise that that took us to the border of Nicaragua. The photos were taken from a moving boat so they are not the best quality.

 You can click on the photos for a larger image.

   It was neat to see this monkey hanging from the tree eating the flowers.

This guy looks all pooped out, doesn't he?

 
















                                    

  AWWWW , look at the shy little baby, isn't it cute? He is hiding by his momma's neck.

Water Buffalo, they produce milk that makes mozzarella cheese.

                                          Bats all lined up, they blend in well with the tree.


            

   
                                                                                    

                                       This Blond Howler Monkey was one of my favorite sightings. I believe the blond howler monkey is more of a rare sighting.

Please visit Misty Dawn's Camera Critters to see more cute critters. Thanks to Misty Dawn for hosting and thanks for stopping by to see my critters.  Have a great weekend!