Spring Robin

I ran out to the ditch as soon as we got home to see if there was water. I had the macro lens on my camera, and didn't think about taking a telephoto lens. The ditch was so low, the ducks were up on the bank foraging thin the weeds. I did a couple of photos of them, with the macro from about 100 feet, but the photos were lame, and didn't make it the blog. As I was walking back to the gate some smarty robins flew up in the tree as I walked by. One let me get pretty close to him, and I managed to get a fairly clear photo of him with my macro lens, even against strong backlighting.

A leaf was stuck in the gate — I photographed it — then I photographed a baby bell pepper while making a salad. It's pictured next to our Japanese chef knife.

Today was one of those days where too many things were happening all at once. I was trying to get so many things done, I was an hour later picking up Laurie than we planned, which got us stuck in heaving traffic driving home. The upside is, we still got home in time to let the kitties out, and we made a big batch of Puree of Sweet Potato & Ginger Soup.  I made green chile stew Monday night, so we have some instant food in the freezer again.