SWF>>>>Sunset on the bay

For my Skywatch Friday I have sunset photos from our cruise to Bermuda. We enjoyed the sunset on the Chesapeake Bay on the first night of the cruise from Baltimore to Bermuda.

The Cheseapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and approximately 200 miles long. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. Noted for its beauty it does have environmental issues like over fishing and crabbing.

I hope you enjoyed my sunset on the Chesapeake Bay and

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Also, thanks for stopping by to visit with me and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Today's Flowers

This is my post for  Today's Flowers

During our stop in Bermuda we took a private guided tour of the island. We visited many of the highlights of Bermuda. Our guide showed us a little extra, one extra stop was a privately owned garden. The pond and waterlilies were beautiful.


I have always loved waterlilies and the yellow ones are just gorgeous.

I was trying to capture the dragonfly on the pink waterlily one below.

The pond was design like a map of Bermuda... A  very cool idea and a neat pond.  Bermuda has a lot of islands connected by bridges.

I hope you enjoyed my post for Today's Flowers please click on the link to see many more beautiful flowers.
Thanks to the hosting group of Santili, Denise, Pupo and Sandy. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you take the time to enjoy the flowers and that your Sunday is wonderful.

SWF..........Cruising to Bermuda

For my Skywatch Friday I have some shots from our cruise to Bermuda from Baltimore this past week. It was a great vacation for hubby and I and my son and his friend. The first shots I have are of our ship the Enchantment of the Seas going under the Key Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge here in Maryland.

The Key Bridge

It looks so close! I liked looking at the pretty and puffy white clouds thru the bridge on this shot below

The second bridge over the Chespeake bay is the double span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

This shot shows the east bound bridge along side the west bound bridge. The sky was perfect for cruising.

This shot below shows the ship is past the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and we are on our way to Bermuda. It was a fun cruise, the weather and the skies were gorgeous all during our vacation .

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Thanks for visiting me and my post. I'll be posting some more pic's soon from our visit to Bermuda. I appreciate all the comments and the visit. Have a great weekend!

Cape May, New Jersey

 I have a little of my Cape May birding from last weekend. Hubby and I took an overnight trip to the Jersey shores last weekend and stopped at a few of the birding places that are known to be good in the spring time.

In this mosaic I have the Purple Martin birdhouse and the Cape May Lighthouse, Swallowtail butterfly, one of the many bunnies we saw,  a few baby geese, and the beach.

We practically had the beach to ourselves.

A mute swan on the trail, swan in flight, Terns and Laughing Gulls, Egret, Oystercatcher and a Coot

This a Great Egret you can id this Egret by the large yellow bill.

I hope you enjoyed my Cape May photos.    I hope everyone has a great day.

My memories of London

It has been nice to watch the wedding of William and Kate and seeing it all on the news has brought back memories of my trip to England.

For my Scenic Sunday I have some of my tourist hot spots we visited while in London and England.


      Big Ben under renovation

Buckingham Palace

London Bridge

Windsor Castle

Trafalgar Square, look at all those pigeons

These are photos from my archives and a trip I took to England with my girlfriends. We had a great time and have lovely memories of our trip.

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Thanks to the Holleys for hosting and thank you for stopping by to see my post and I hope you all have a great weekend.

Chincoteague ponies

Happy Easter to everyone!

For my Camera Critters
Anyone that has read the book Misty of Chincoteague has fallen in love with these wild ponies. They roam the island and can be seen walking down the roads and on the trails. As a child Marguerite Henry's "Misty of Chincoteague" was one of my favorite books to read. I would bug my Mom and Dad to take me to Chincoteague to see the pony auction they held every July. Now as an adult Chincoteague is still one of my favorite places to visit. I love watching the ponies and seeing all the wildlife that is attracted to Chincoteague Island.

This horse has the number 5 on its side.

I hope you enjoyed my Chincoteague ponies and to see more wonderful

cute critters please visit Misty Dawn's Camera Critters

Thanks to Misty Dawn  for hosting and thanks for stopping by to see my critters.

National Zoo Gorillas

For my Camera Critters I have some photos of the Gorillas seen at the National Zoo. I thought it would be neat to show baby Kabibi taken 03/21/09 after she was born Jan 10, 2009 and some shots of her just last month.  Kabibi's daddy is a silverback named Baraka. I read that the name Kabibi means "Little Lady " in Swahili. The first two photos show her in the arms of her mommy Mandara. Kabibi is one of 7 Gorillas living at the National Zoo. Mandara is mom to six of the Gorillas at the zoo.


Kibibi , a baby gorilla.  Kabibi seen below being carried in her mommy's arms.

Some interesting tips on watching gorillas. Did you know they consider staring rude? If Gorillas stare at each other, it is a challenge to fight. It is a courtesy they extend to each other to look away if their eyes meet. Each animal has a retreat to go to if it feels too many eyes.

Now, here is Kabibi two years later.

Kibibi and her mommy Mandara. Sorry there is bad reflection on the glass in this photo.

I am not sure if this gorilla below is the daddy. Kabibi does have older brother and sisters. I did read that the daddy Baraka has a pronounced crest on its head. While we were watching them this one below grabbed the bamboo from the hands of baby Kabibi. After that happened Kabibi walked over to her mommy and shared some bamboo. The male can grow up to 6 feet tall and weigh up to 400 pounds.

The 7 Gorillas at the National Zoo in DC are Western Lowland Gorillas. And the Western Lowland Gorillas were listed as endarngered. The Western Lowland Gorillas live in Cameroon,  Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola and Nigeria. The gorillas are vulnerable to ebola, deforestation, and the horrible poaching.

I hope you enjoyed my Gorillas and to see more critters please visit Misty Dawn's Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting and thank you for stopping by to see my post. I hope your weekend is wonderful.