Esther Yoder Strahan

A rose branch with rose hips bends from right to left. Many rose hips are black, but some are still bright red. The background is blurred (bokeh).

✨️ Time of transition.
The old has not passed away,
the new is coming. ✨️

Have a wonderful evening 🫶

#ColorADay #RedWed #scape #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring #FineArt #photography #ECK #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #Poetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse

I love Gorman's quote, too. Where did you take this glorious photo?

Lucky you, to have such a glorious view 😊🪟

Photograph taken on a very cold November day out at a country park in Lancashire. If you zoom in, below the sunbeams is a fish ladder which helps fish migrate past the waterfall, so I was told. Every day's a school day! Image shows a shallow ledge waterfall from a calm river above, cascading in a tumbling mass of white over the rocky stream below. Above the waterfall is a line of late autumnal trees on a bank. In the bottom left corner are unruly grasses in olives and russet. A thin, wintery skeleton tree giving a strong vertical, grounds the scene from the bank on the right. Sunbeams blast into view from right to centre.

Winter Sunbeams
for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Flowing

#EastCoastKin #photography #water #movement #winter #sunbeams #Lancashire #waterfall #trees #wrapupwarm
(Android phone camera)

Susie relaxing in her favorite bird-watching spot #caturday

Absolutely gorgeous light

Thoughtful commentary about an utterly thoughtless organism 👍

Large tabby cat lying on the carpet, looking up

My chunky friend absolutely must throw herself at my feet whenever I do yoga or Tai Chi

Small black and yellow bird with a tiny rufous crest.

Collared redstart, Costa Rica, February 2026. #birds

Simply gorgeous 😍

Time for 🛏️
#sunset

a church shrouded in snow and barely visible

Yesterday's walk for #UrbanGaze. Well it was more like UrbanSquint given the hard snow pellets driving into my face! This is the Ukrainian Church at the edge of a local park along the river. #Guelph #Photography #EastCoastKIn

Large brown ground bird standing on leaf-strewn forest floor

Great tinamou who stood very close to us in the Carara National Park, Costa Rica, February 2026. Lots of plaintive calls from this one. #birds

Glossy hummingbird with violet and teal plumage

Also from Monteverde, Costa Rica, February 2026. #birds

What a gorgeous place to be buried or visit the tombstones 🙂

Bare branches against the sky on a snowy morning

Grey morning over the creek. Always beautiful.

I should specify that any good photos on my feed are either reposts or from my son.

Close up of bird head with black and white crest

Another one from Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica, February 2026.

Funny how that works 🤦

Lovely

Small bright blue bird with red legs against a green background

Red-legged honeycreeper seen at Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica. February, 2026. #birds

Exotic green and red bird, the resplendent quetzal.

We got to see this little guy up close. What a plaintive little call he was making! #birds

Evening sunset skies through the trees, at the edge of the field.

Framed through the trees 🪾🧡

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood #Photography #sunset #EastCoastKin

What a lovely shot of a gorgeous bird! 😍

Oh, my. Lovely.

Oh, my. Gorgeous.

Gorgeous!

Pics of the resplendent quetzal to follow! 😁

Dense trees in the forest

Monteverde National Preserve #forestfriday

We were lucky enough to just see one, but we didn't get this good of a look. Great shot ☺️