I Don't Know What's Considered A Great Photo But . . .

I like these. The first three were taken while I accompanied my family on a fishing trip a couple weeks ago. I'm not an avid fisherman er...? woman so I went off exploring. This is what I found.

The rest are just some spring themed shots from the past few weeks.

Cameras...Convenient...Rattlesnakes...Not So Much

I try to bring my camera everywhere with me and enjoy photographing everything from nature to live music concerts.

My family spends alot of time outdoors in the woods hiking and riding bicycles and it never fails that a camera comes in handy during these excursions. Last summer we were out for a bike ride and ahead of us were two women afraid of something just off the bike path in some brush. When we reached them they told us a huge snake had just slithered across the path in front of them. One of them pointed to something in a patch of leaves and upon closer inspection my husband revealed it was a Timber rattlesnake. Incredibly rare in the state of Connecticut, but there it was coiled up in an attempt to relax and enjoy some afternoon sunbathing.They say you can estimate the age by the number of rattles on the tail and if that is the case this one was approximately 12 years old.

It's That Time of Year . . .

Warmer weather brings with it the onset of spring cleaning within the rabbitry. Over the past two weeks the rabbits have spent their days lounging under the cedar trees in the backyard while I've rolled up my sleeves in an effort to tackle the seemingly impossible.

This is the time of year I'm especially thankful for having a small herd. I can move all the rabbits outside for the day allowing me to power wash every cage and disinfect the rabbitry in one big sweep as opposed to when I kept a larger herd of 50. In the past I would have to clean the rabbitry section by section- BLAH!

The biggest hurdle which accompanies spring cleaning is the unavoidable moult. It's a bittersweet feeling when all is said and done to enjoy the "fruits of your labor" in this case a sparkling clean rabbitry- only to fill up the cages with flying fuzzballs.

Which is why I've enlisted the help of my 7 year old daughter. She earns between $3 and $5 for each carrier of rabbits she brushes out for me. She would like to get more involved in the showing aspect but as anyone who's ever been to a rabbit show knows, patience plays a large part in showing- something that can be difficult for children to understand. People who've seen me at shows know that my kids (and husband) are almost always in tow anyways, but for the most part when they get bored my husband can drag them off in an effort to entertain them while I'm waiting for Holland Lops to be called to the table.