This week the birds and squirrels were really putting on a show. So I was able to get quite a few pictures of them all. In this article I decided to make it all about the squirrel. Hope you enjoy my photos.

I'll post my cardinal photos later on. Thanks for looking. I appreciate it.

"As entertainment, this half-hour show is fine. As a tutorial for homebuying, however, it's very misleading."

After reading this article and seeing what the shows producers said about how they are made I am disgusted that I even watch it thinking the people are even looking for a house.

Darn it and I liked this show too.

These are a few of the pictures I took this past week. We had our first snow of the year and the second of the Season. But it didn't last long at all. Still it was nice to see it - for awhile it looked like a blizzard.

Then Stocky the Squirrel had to do some tricks in the trees - jumping from one to the other and back again. And last the birds were up to their usual antics.

Thanks for looking at my photos. I appreciate it.

These are my favorite 2011 photos that I have taken. I hope you enjoy seeing them again.

I didn't get too many pictures this week - it was a busy one after the holidays and all. But I did manage to capture a few birds in my photos. I hope you enjoy them.

The week before Christmas I went down a few blocks to a private lake in Wichita where the bald eagles have lived for the past couple of Winters. They evidently weren't home but I thought their nest was impressive anyway.

By the lake there were some murals that students from a local high school painted so I decided that would be a good picture for a change of pace.

Then of course I had to take some bird pictures in my yard. It had been cold and not many birds were out but I did manage to catch the sparrow.

Thanks for looking.....

Note: I had all the pictures on NV and everything done - then lost it all and that's why the pictures are backwards.

Since it is Christmas Eve I thought I would put some different pictures of my yard on here to show where the pictures are taken. I also used different camera settings to get some of the odd shots. Thanks for looking.

I've renamed my squirrel - he is no longer a Rocky but is now Stocky from being in my feeder so much. These photos are all birds in my yard that I've been able to photograph this week. Thanks for looking at my pictures.

This week was about the same as the past few weeks as far as my pictures go - in the Winter nothing changes much except the temperature. This was a cold week here - it got down to about 15 or a little lower and we had a little snow and ice combination. Yuck I'm ready for Spring already.

This is my entry for the Newsvine Photographers Food Challenge. This was a gift from my sister. She said she bought it and that the head is a candy kiss, the body is a chocolate covered cherry, the tail is the stem of the cherry and the bottom is a half of an Oreo cookie. The ears are pecan slices and one broke. Oh well.

I thought it was very clever and such a cute little idea.

Another week of seeing the birds and other critters in the backyard. I can't seem to get a good photo of the cardinal, yet.

Here are a few pictures I took the day before Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy the birds, bunnies and squirrels as much as I do.

More photos from the back of the homestead here. These were taken last week so any greenery is now gone.

Every since I married a Viet Nam veteran over twenty years ago, I've come to realize the sacrifice that so many young men and women make. I want them to know I am thankful for their service to our country.

This link will take you to a photo of my late husband Charlie who was a huge believer in keeping our United States free for all. He passed away on August 9 of this year and I cannot think of a better way to pass on his beliefs and the loss of my loving hubby then through a Veterans Day Memorial.

http://postbox.msn.com/?search=true&author=soovivers&categoryid=80&q=-Veterans Day

There was more activity in my yard yesterday so naturally I had to get pictures. I think the fox is gone. I hope so anyway. Thanks for looking at my pictures.

This is my entry for the November Photography Group's Challenge. Time. Less can be more but sometimes more is not enough. I thought since this is end of daylight savings time for the year it would be appropriate. Also it's supposed to be simplistic and this is that...I think.

I have a bunch of birds in my yard so they are the likely candidates for being photographed (other then the squirrels of course). I was able to take pictures of some of the birds that are a little unusual.

Plus I actually had a fox in my yard yesterday afternoon - a red fox. He looked at me and I looked at him and he ran. Unfortunately no picture because he was a quick red fox...

This is some of the things I took photos of this past week. The little bird on the bottom was hiding in the bushes and when I was looking through my pictures I found him.

The squirrels are here everyday so that is always an easy shot to get..pun intended.

I've decided to post more of the pictures I took last week at the Mid America Indian Center in Wichita KS. It was such a beautiful day and even the river was calm. I hope you enjoy seeing our City.

Yesterday I took a walk to the center part of Wichita and took some photos I wanted to share with everyone. This is called the "Keeper of the Plains" and was created as part of the Wichita Indian Center. There is so much information there that it was difficult to chose which one to show you.

I hope you enjoy them.

Last week the local electric company sent out a group of tree trimmers to cut overgrown limbs. I noticed their truck when I looked out the front window. How convenient for these guys?? Hopefully the driver is aware when someone is in the porta-potty and waits for them to come out before he drives away.

Yesterday I had to go downtown to my Drs office so I figured I'd take the camera along for some different shots. I think the church is a very interesting building so I'm glad I was able to get that picture.

Then the International Market - well I've never seen anyone there but I know it was very expensive to us taxpayers.

This is my photo for the October Photography Group Challenge. I don't remember it but it starred Kevin Costner and referenced the Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow......so I thought this was appropriate for The Movies Challenge..

Here are a few photos of my yard this year. We have had a variety of plants and wildlife visit us. A couple of the pictures are blurry but I wanted to include them anyway. I hope you enjoy them. This article is a part of the Newsvine Photography Group found here: http://photographers.newsvine.com/

It was a hot day in Kansas yesterday and about dinnertime I noticed a couple of the backyard squirrels had gone splat on the sidewalk.

The poor little things had come up by the back door to get a drink out of the birds bowl and just passed out.

These two are different squirrels even though they look the same. I think the weather had the same effect on them both.

It's supposed to be even warmer today so I'll check and see if the squirrels make it though the day okay. As much as I dislike these critters they sure looked cute all laid up on the concrete porch.