Blue Eyed Panda

...is a beautiful dog! A Siberian husky mix, she has one blue eye and one brown. She barely sat still long enough to take these photos.

Panda #1

I had the auto-focus on because she was really moving. For some reason, all the photos ended up over-exposed. I corrected as best I could, but the backgrounds are still washed out.

Panda #2

Snow Dogs on a Snow Day

It snowed here in central Minnesota over the weekend. Perhaps that may be an understatement. We got dumped on! And boy did our dogs love the winter wonderland!

Snow Dogs Digging

Snow Dog Spirit

Snow Dog Calvin

Dog Days of Summer Past

I can see the finish line. I have 13 folders worth of photos left to sort through and upload, then I'm all caught up! This photo of my black lab/Siberian husky, Spirit, is one of my favorite recent uploads from the tail end of summer.

Spirit at the Lake

My husband (fiancé at the time) was fishing off the dock at a friend's cabin Up North. She loves fishing, watching intently until the bobber sinks and then getting really excited as it gets reeled in. I think there was a fish getting a hook taken out of its mouth when this photo was taken. Sadistic dog!

A Pair of Hummingbirds

I spotted a pair of hummingbirds in the garden of the Ames Florida Stork House today. At least I'm pretty sure they are paired. They looked so alike, the only difference was that one was brighter than the other.

Female Humming Bird #1

Female Humming Bird #2

Male Humming Bird #1

Male Humming Bird #2

These are not the most perfect photos of hummingbirds, but the pictures of the female are pretty good. If you click to view the larger size, you can see her furry little body. I think those two photos are the best I could hope for under the amateur-still-learning-my-camera circumstances. I'm okay with that, though, because I was just excited to have the chance to try to capture their image.

[Update: This has been identified as a Hummingbird clearwing moth. It is not a bird, but it's still cool! :) ]