Tuesday, January 1, 2013

SWF>>>Walking the fireroad

It is time for my favorites memes Skywatch Friday and  NF Winged.  Over the last couple of days I took some shots of the skies above my yard and a few birds from my local walk on the fireroad for NF Winged.



Our skies lately have ranged from blue to all gray.   One early morning started out looking like this.


 And by the time I walked up the fireroad








I looked up at these Eastern bluebirds in the tree, there was nothing but gray skies for a background. I thought Goldie Girl and I were going to be rained on so I decided to turn around and walk home rather than go further up to the clear cut area.






And here when I looked up again at the same tree I saw some American Robins. At first the rusty colored breast  kind of fooled me. But, the Robins are much bigger birds than the bluebirds.



I did see some pretty colors along the fireroad.




  I hope you enjoyed my walk and skies, I hope the sky is pretty where you are.


To see more beautiful photos and pretty skies please visit Skywatch Friday
and NF Winged

Thanks to Sylvia and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of NF Winged. Also, thank you for stopping by to see my post. I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

36 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

cute little bluebirds against the gray. :) the colors of the trees are wonderful.

Raindrops and Daisies said...

Hi Eileen,

What wonderful bird shots
and the colours of the trees are great too.

Have a lovely weekend.

Fiona

chica said...

Gostei muito desse belo passeio que fizeste e das fotos!!Lindo tudo! beijos,chica

Sylvia K said...

Thanks for taking us on a lovely walk, Eileen! Lovely skies, beautiful fall colors and delightful birds!! Doesn't get any better!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Anonymous said...

Love the first picture much; great small detail of the trees, which gives the sky its depth.

Please have a good Friday.

daily athens photo

Karen said...

A great series. I'd love to walk along that road!

Debbie said...

it was a beautiful day in new jersey today, the sky was so blue and beautiful!! i will miss that when the gray skies come!!

pretty bluebirds, even if the sky was gray!!

Al said...

Lovely fall photos, birds are always nice to see.

Rohrerbot said...

I did enjoy this walk:) I love your blue fluffy cloud sky....one could almost pounce on that cotten:) Bluebirds....it will be nice to see them again when the weather here gets a tad cooler. I like the area around your place for those walks. You are in bird paradise:)

Nature Rambles said...

The sky and the fall colours are beautiful! Love the bird shots too. Our morning skies look exactly like the one in your first photo.

Have a lovely weekend!:)

Indrani said...

I like the way you framed the birds. That picture will make a beautiful card.

Anonymous said...

What lovely shots - and a wonderful sky of fluffy clouds!

Chubskulit Rose said...

Beautiful shots Eileen!

Vores have said...

Beautiful photo series showing .... really like the last 2 pictures.
The weather here at present is gray not much light, not the best photo weather.
Wish you a good weekend :)
Hanne Bente

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful photos of the Bluebirds.

Cloudy said...

Lieben Gruß und einen Tag voll Sonnenschein
CL

AmitAag said...

Lovely captures Eileen!
The skies, the trees and the birds..all awesome!!
Have a great time!

Emilie's daughter said...

I did enjoy it a lot! So pretty birds and such a wonderful landscape! Thanks for taking me about! Christa PS. The sky in Berne is just blue today!

Pearl Maple said...

A beautiful walk with nature, thank you for sharing with us in SWF

Jo said...

I enjoyed the walk and images, Eileen. I have never even heard of an American Robin so thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend. Jo

DeniseinVA said...

Another lovely post Eileen. I enjoyed my walk with you. Have a great weekend!

Lynne said...

No matter what the skies, great pictures come from you.

This time of the year the skies are changing from bright blue, to billowy clouds, to gray, to so wet no photos can be taken. At least in Michigan it has been that way for the past week!

orchid0324 said...

Dearest Eileen,
I loved all of the pictures, beautiful clouds, the Autumn path, trees and of course birds♬♬♬
I found the little bird in my humble garden today, but it flew away before I got the camera(^^;)
Lots of love and hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

Montanagirl said...

That was a nice walk. I love the fall colors.

Lina Gustina said...

It's surely a wonderful walk. Thanks for sharing all those natural beauties!

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Anonymous said...

Beautiful clouds and i love the colors of autumn.

Laloofah said...

These are such tranquil photos. I love the puffer clouds, the beguiling country lane (which sounds so much more Thoreau than "fire road," lol) and its lovely fall colors, and the sweet birds against the soft grey sky. Very Zen! :-)

NatureFootstep said...

it is hard to take shots when the birds arein the treetop like that. :( Thanks for joining. :)

Charlotta said...

Yes I enjoy your walk very much. Very nice environment where you are.

Thanks for commenting on my blog and I wish you a nice weekend!

Livet med leran

Icy BC said...

Beautiful shots! Some of your trees are already barren..

Tiago Braga said...

great photo, love the Autum color, fantastic

Chris said...

Superb Eileen. I would love to see Eastern blue bird. The pictures are wonderful!

Joyful said...

Fabulous fall shots Eileen. Happy SWF!

Crafty Green Poet said...

lovely sky in the first photo - we've had some very pretty skies recently,

Lovely photos of the bluebirds...

NatureFootstep said...

teh bluebirds look really nice. On bare trees. And then you found trees with autumn leavs on? Remarkable.

It is new years day so I hope you had a great New Years Eve.

Maria said...

We don't have bluebirds in P.R., but they look very fascinating.

Happy Monday!

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