Carnival Time

The firefighters’ carnivals started a couple weeks ago in Carroll County. They offer a great time to take photographs of children and grandchildren. Also, some great images can be captured at dusk. In addition, next week Sykesville hosts their annual carnival and they will have fireworks on Friday. You can see some of the fireworks from last year in my photographs.

Furry Feeder

I was upstairs when I heard, "Honey, come here." So off I went. When I got downstairs, Shirley was looking out the front window. She said "have you seen anything like this?'' I said, no! So I grabbed my camera to document the moment. There was a chipmunk in the bird feeder. He or she would fill their cheeks with sunflower seeds and head back down the pole that holds the feeders. It looks like something Chip and Dale would do in a cartoon. The creature would come back out and run back up the pole. The squirrels were around the pole and would fight at times. Other times the chipmunks would chase the squirrels off. The birds would feed on the other feeders, but so would the squirrels. We had gotten squirrel free feeders, but they didn't say anything about chipmunks.

Nice and Shiny

The second and fourth Saturday finds antique and classic cars parked on the Home Depot parking lot in Eldersburg. While most folks go to see the machines for different reasons, I love to take pictures of the chrome and hood ornaments. On the first and third Saturdays the cars meet in Mount Airy.

New Addition

A few weeks ago, I share that we had a pair of woodpeckers building a nest in a dead tree near the house. Well one day while in the yard I heard some chirping, I looked up and a small head came out of the hole. Mommy and daddy did not like it when I stood and took pictures. They hide behind or on top of the tree to keep an eye on me. It has been fun to watch them feed the little one. It looks like any day the little ones will take wing and leave the nest. We also have a few bird houses with nuthatches with small families. I made some blue bird houses, but the nuthatches seem to like them better.