Pixel Eyed

It was an extra busy day on the Chicago River Saturday when we were passing through to catch a flight back to Texas.  We were sitting ...

This was the weather system that blew past our neighborhood last night. Ominous as it might look, it was all bluster and no rain.  The air...

This blue heron was standing watch below the Mishawaka Dam at Central Park in South Bend, Indiana where we were visiting my daughter's...

So this butterfly and I were having this photo shoot up in Seattle along the side walk.  I guess she just got tired of waiting for me to s...

This is a shot of my grand-daughter Sophie playing baseball a couple years ago. Notice how many players are coming in to make the play.  (...

We were in Seattle recently and this butterfly was wandering through the flowers next to the sidewalk as I walked along. I let the others ...

How about a high five? You always see egrets standing on their legs and rarely see them using them for anything else.  In this case, t...

I took this shot several years ago when we were up near Seattle.  I didn't  take this guy long to get a bite at this waterfall fishi...

Some flowers seem to hide their pollen and nectar displays down deep in a petal tunnel.  Not this one. It's open for business - cle...

A view of bridges over the Ohio River in Louisville Kentucky in the dawn light. We were there a few years ago for a Iron Man competition o...

This is a somewhat close-up view of a glacier as it meets the water from our recent Alaskan trip.  The big blue columns of ice form a wall...

 This lake we saw on Alaska journey last year takes your breath away. The blues assault your eyes with their brilliance.

This is Mount Rainier, near Seattle, taken from a plane.

This spider, hanging in my back yard, was munching down on his lunch, when I came upon him.  He had a couple future meals  hanging elsewhe...

The mountains slide past our cruise ship as w3 sail the passages near Skagway, Alaska, on our recent vacation,  My wife, Linda, is holdi...

"Okay kids, you had your dinner and your play time,  now it is time to clean up."  A mother duck, sheppards  her ducklings, teac...

This shot is from our recent Alaskan cruise on the Norwegian Jewel. We took a whale watching tour out of Juneau, and saw quite a few whale...

This was the view from the Norwegian Jewel as Seattle slid away from us and we set sail for an Alaskan Cruise.

After an hour of watching this Alaskan  eagle from afar, as we were walking back to the bus, he zoomed to a tree by the road which we were...

Found in the wreckage in Oklahoma this past summer.

Eastern Bluebirds aren't a common site, chez moi, so I was glad to see this visitor.

After the rain is gone, sundrops hang on for as long as they can in the shade.

I pulled over on the side of the road and took this shot a few weeks ago.  It was a patch of Texas Bluebonnets and their friends.

This Red-Headed Woodpecker was flying around City Park in Baton Rouge, unbeknownst to the kids having fun with more terrestrial pursuits. ...

This Roadrunner I met in Austin this weekend didn't feel comfortable enough to let me get close.  He did however let me get close enou...

Butterflies were all over the backyard Monday.  This is the only one that would sit still for a portrait, though.

My iguana friend kept a sharp eye on me, but still let me get more than a dozen pictures of him without flinching.  This was as close as I...

You know that this egret had to feel pretty safe with me shooting pictures of him, if he took the time to scratch.  There was a good bit o...

The Passion Flowers are still hanging around in the backyard, opening by day, closing by night -- floral clock style

This was the committee that flew in to greet us at the Bolivar-Galveston ferry a couple weeks ago. This flock of ferry followers were wa...

In Lacassine, LA, these two were posting watch at the top of the tree as their feathery fellows came circling in.  On the left is a Ibis, ...

On our recent Caribean cruise, this cute fellow was a hitchhiker that joined us just offshore.  I think he disembarked in Jamaica.

A hot air balloon pilot release sa flare of fire into his eagle-shaped hot-air craft at the festival yesterday in Gonzales, LA.   We were ...

I don't know what the one-legged stand is all about. Perhaps this tri-colored heron is just practicing gymnastics with a goal of a run...

Our granddaughter, Sophie, slowly releases her Nanny's hand as she heads off into a world of dreams and fantasy at Chuckie Cheese'...

This prickly little caterpillar can put a whole can of hurt on you with his minute stingers.   I have a close up below.  I learned the ha...

The Millenials, including our grandson, Slade, are born digital.  They instinctively know how to use technology.  Slade, for example, who...

A sparrow performs magic with his tongue. After cracking a seed with his beak he uses his tongue to flit out the shell an preserve the tas...

I told you, stay away from my side of the bird feeder, you thief.  The attacking sparrow, lets the snacker know he is serious by putting h...

I never was much good swinging on those handles.  When I see kids doing this with such deft and ease, I get jealous.   Not jealous enough,...

Who do you suppose would have jumped the farest if the glass had not been there?  I suppose the iguana and our grandchild Sophie, would ha...

This is something new for the Hummingbirds that have been hanging around our backyard.  This guy stands on top of the plastic petals and ...

Sometime back, we were at a concert in the courtyard by the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, LA.   I don't know if this is a commo...

Looking out from a baptismal font in a church into which we wandered in Washington D.C.  The sun had found a trio of windows it could b...

These two are waiting to go soaring at the Aquarium in Houston.   Big Ferris Wheels always get my stomach quesy. --steve buser ...

Well, snap my finger!   It looked like a chorus line of Alligator mississippiensis.   They sat staring out at the crowds from their ...