Not so yellow Howell wetlands and the Howell train yards....

My day at the wetlands really did show me more than yellow... My favofite ducks were there, but their number has shrunk to only 4-5.

The Canada geese were all on the boardwalk preening their feathers....sort of a "goose beauty parlor", so I didn't cross that set of boardwalks and left them alone.

These little purple flowers were near the edge of the swamp

The tall grasses stand above the sea of yellow

Some taller greens among the yellow

Leftover bits after going to seed

A sparrow was sneaking among the grasses, but didn't want me to take its photograph. I thought maybe it had a nest down among the grasses.

A man with 2 dogs finally came and scared the geese off the boardwalk. It took me by surprise while I was photographing the meadow, so I wasn't very quick with the camera.

Complimentary colors....purple and yellow

Little white morning glory type flowers winding along the grass stems

The yellow butterflies would land on the path in front of me when they weren't dancing among the flowers.

I like the thorny appearance of the stems as much as the thistles themselves....the bee and butterfly were just "cream" for this shot of the stems and thorns :-)

The Howell train yards are just down the road from the Howell wetlands, so I took a few shots just for you, Becky and Gary at Woodynook :-) The road crosses over the tracks and you can stand on a bridge and take pictures (if you find a safe place to park).

Mike's grandfather was an engineer on the trains and so was one of his cousins.

Mike showed me where this area is, and he says it has changed a lot since when his grandfather was an engineer.

One train was very obligingly traveling through as I shot pictures.

Yellow as far as the eye can see!......

I certainly didn't go to the wetlands looking for yellow..... .....but that is exactly what I got everywhere I looked!

The meadow was full of yellow flowers of several kinds and yellow grasses that were sometimes as tall as I am!

Sprinkled among the yellow and green, there were spots of purple and white flowers.

Even the CAT sitting waiting to dig for a new building was yellow surrounded by more yellow!

3 golden skippers on the yellow flowers....do you see them?

Yellow butterflies were flying everywhere and posing nicely for me, when they weren't chasing each other or flying past.

Seriously.....there were a lot of these yellow butterflies, almost like they knew that they were the perfect blend with the flower mix.

A different yellow flower

I have pictures of this large white flower (with a purple center to stay with the theme) but as I was photographing it, this yellow butterfly landed in the center and spread its wings!

Even this milkweed pod covered with bugs was yellowed.

This was the strangest part of all.....I was searching the swamp area for turtles when all of a sudden goldfinches (yellow!) landed on all the twigs sticking out of the swamp. I do not know what they were eating or doing. Maybe eating the duckweed???

They were a bit far away for good shots

One perfect yellow in a sea of yellow :-)

Yellow flowers, golden skipper

Golden butterfly unfolding on the yellow flowers.

OK.....if that isn't enough yellow to make anyone smile, I give up! Sure brighten my day.....despitte the gloomy skies and threat of rain!

I actually saw a couple things that weren't yellow that I want to post, so you may get more of this walk tomorrow along with Squirrel Sunday.

SkyWatch Friday....

The sky was just so pink the night I took this last week!

The bottom two photos were from another night that wasn't as pink, but more purple.

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Thanks to the hosts for their great site!

Nashville quilt show pictures link

This is a link to a Shutterfly album of pictures from the Nashville Quilt Show that I attended a couple weeks ago. I know that several of you were interested. This does not include some of the smaller exhibits of stuff. I didn't think that Shutterfly would let me put that many photos in one album....they never have in the past. They tend to scramble the order of the quilts and separate the close-ups from the full shots.....don't know why, but not worth fixing.
http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/album.sfly?sid=0JZNnDRq3YsWQ&startIndex=0&fid=fe927c4aa0bd7ee1

Over-dosed on hummingbirds....

OK....I put the "leftovers" back in the fridge temporarily. Sometimes you just suddenly get the urge to over-dose on something you love. This little hummingbird showed up today and posed for a long time! For once my camera was taking perfect shots with great focus and color.

I like watching them sit almost more then hovering. You can study them so much better, looking at every feather and detail!

They twist and turn and fan their tails and flick their tongues.

When they aren't busy chasing away their competitors, they actually take time to drink some nectar.

After eating when they sit down they always flick their tongue in and out a few times. His eyelid is closed, too! I saw that several times today in these pictures.

This hummer has one little perfect "jewel" of ruby red at his throat!

I've never seen such a small single spot....like a beautiful gem that kept catching the light.

They look so funny when they do this!! I have no idea what it means!

It sat around with its mouth open a lot.

I'd swear that it looks like its singing or laughing! He's got his eye closed again.

OK.......I can't help it.....they just fascinate me and they won't be here too much longer.