John Murrell

A mourning dove standing on a slanted gray concrete retaining wall. Below the bird, the wall has a horizontal crack running across it. The bird is light brown with black markings on its wings and tail and pink feet.

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BackyardBirds, a mourning dove on a slanted wall
#photography #birds #mourningdove #nature 📷🦉🪶

A great blue heron and its reflection in the gray water of a pond. The bird, bluish gray with a dark stripe on its head and an orange beak, is in profile, facing left.

For #WaterWednesday and the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #LongNecks, a great blue heron in the pond
#photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

A white-crowned sparrow perched on a branch, facing forward and framed by other branches. The bird is grayish brown with black and white stripes on its head. A few green leaves are visible at the edges of the frame. In the background and out of focus is a white wooden fence.

White-crowned sparrow
#photography #birds #sparrow #nature 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome image of a detail of a gas pipe connection with multiple bolts and nuts (and some spider webs).

For #TextureTuesday, pipes, nuts, bolts, and spider webs
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

🙏 They are. I'm a big fan of irises.

An African iris, with white petals, yellow and purple structures in the center, and a green stem. Behind the flower is an out-of-focus brown wooden fence.

African iris
#photography #flowers #iris #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

Thanks, Vladi! 🙏

A male mallard, head raised in an upright stance, in the rippled green water of a pond. The duck has a green head, dark brown neck, gray chest and gray and brown wings.

For #MallardMonday, rise and shine
#photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

Thanks, Scott! 🙏

Well, okay, but be careful, stuff's addictive.

Heh, nah, but thanks for thinking I could. 😁 Maybe a calendar some year, but I'm satisfied with them as a fleeting divertissement.

A monochrome image of the pattern of line in a detail of some steps and a railing.

Some lines
#photography #SomeLines #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

Setting up the scaffolding is the hardest part. 😂

A monochrome image of sweet gum branches and seed pods silhouetted against a bright full moon in a black sky.

For #SkySunday, an obligatory moon shot
#photography #moon #sky #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

Beautiful cat. Would pet. 10/10.
(I miss my boys 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛)

HBD, Wayne! 🎉

Made you want to jump down, turn around, eh? 😂

A monochrome image of broken clouds in a dark sky. The clouds fill the frame.

A column of clouds for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #clouds #sky #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

An orange and white cat lying in an area of flattened brown reeds. There are some green leaves and a discarded plastic bottle at the left of the frame.

For #Caturday, resting in the reeds
#photography #cats 📷🐈

Congrats, Rick! Now life takes on a new rhythm.

Thank you, Mary! 🙏

😁🙏

A monochrome image of bare tree branches silhouetted against a cloudy sky, with the sun barely visible behind the clouds.

Winter sun
#photography #trees #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDramatic 📷

😁🙏

A great egret standing on the branch of a tree (a California pepper tree, I think). The bird is white with an orange bill. A bit of the feathery breeding plumage on its back is being blown by the breeze. The tree's foliage is green and brown.

For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a great egret with a bit of its feathery breeding plumage ruffled by the breeze
#photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

"Like winds through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."

Excellent. Stay strong, the both of you.

Two people silhouetted against a cloudy orange sunset as they walk along an elevated path. Below them in the dark foreground there is a hedge, a wooden fence and several trees. The top of a white industrial building is visible in the background.

Sunset stroll
#photography #sky #sunset #clouds #HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze 📷

A lesser goldfinch perched on the rim of a plastic tray of water. The bird has yellow underparts, an olive head and back, and dark wings with some white stripes. The background is blurred horizontal areas of brown and tan.

Lesser goldfinch
#photography #birds #goldfinch #nature #ColorADay #YellowThu 📷🦉🪶

A leafy green stem of hoary cress topped with multiple small white blooms and buds. There are some grass stalks to the right, and the background is gray.

Invasive and noxious, but still kinda pretty -- hoary cress, aka whitetop
#photography #flowers #plants #weeds #nature 📷🌱