Tag: nature photography

Eclipse Shadows

~ Crystal Sands ~ 3 Comments

Today, in our part of Maine, we experienced a 99% solar eclipse. It was beautiful and eerie, and it was great hanging out with my family and our animals and observing it all.

I wanted to share this fantastic photo I took today during the eclipse. The light was so weird, so eerie, so beautiful. When I went to see what the chickens were doing, I saw the magnificent shadows of my Maple tree in our drive. Her shadows looked surreal, so I took a picture to try to capture it. I think it worked. The shadows look almost 3-D in this photo. Isn’t that wild?

I love that Maple tree and have taken so many photos of her. I am so glad to have this one of her shadows during the eclipse.

Footprints in Snow

~ Crystal Sands ~ 4 Comments

Day 280 of 365

Over the last two years, I have been collecting photographs of footprints in snow around our little farmstead. I love seeing the footprints of all of the animals who live here with us or just come visit us and share this space with us. I admire all of these creatures.

The other day, I finally landed footprints I have been coveting–crow footprints! I decided then and there I was going to share my collection in the blog. I hope you enjoy, as these are magnificent to me!

duck prints
chicken print
squirrel prints
Great Pyrenees print (This was from Gus. I treasure this.)
deer prints
These are chicken prints (Ruby) and Blue Jay prints. The Blue Jays love to share Ruby’s food I leave for her. Aren’t those Blue Jay prints precious?
And these are crow prints! I saw these prints before I let the chickens out in the morning, and they were so big I panicked. I thought one of the chickens was out, but then I saw the crows and was so pleased!
I love these prints. These are my boot prints, and chicken footprints, and wild bird footprints–all together.