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This little Siskin was so determined I had to take his picture!

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 Finally got a picture of a male Evening Grosbeak. The sun was bright and he kept moving so I had a hard time getting a crisp picture. But I was excited to finally get one!

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 More birds...I can't help it. I am totally not sure, but I think this is an American Goldfinch sharing the feeder with a Cassin's Finch.

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 Ok, last bird picture for a while. This one is a Pine Siskin. They look almost exactly like the Cassin Finch except they have a little bit of yellow in their wing and their beaks have a little different shape. 

Photo 25

 A male and female Cassin Finch in the feeder.

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 Having this bird feeder is also helping me learn to identify lots of new birds. Hopefully I'm getting them right! I believe this is a young Cassin Finch. So cute and fluffy in the snow!

Photo 23

 I so much love the Palouse. I'm hoping to get a little better at capturing it's beauty this year. I love seeing the hint of green as the winter wheat starts coming up. Even in January!

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 A female Evening Grosbeak has discovered our feeder!

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This sunset filled the whole sky! With the moon hanging out too!

Photo 20

 More school

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 Another bird on my deck. They are just so cute and I love practicing on them!

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Spencer has been pretty excited about magnets lately. 

 

Photo 17

 Dishes. Part of every day life.

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 I missed the sunset by a few minutes. I think it must have been a good one though.

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More birds. I am really loving having a bird feeding right outside our window. But I have to be really sneaky to be able to get a picture of the birds that isn't through the dirty window. So these aren't quite as crisp and clean as I'd like, but if the birds keep coming back I'll keep practicing!

Photo 14

 Spencer and I had fun playing with ice today.

Photo 13

 Trying to get a little more comfortable being in front of the camera...

Haven't figured out how to get the focus right.

Photo 12

 Online school.

Photo 11

More playing with f stops and close ups. This is what I'm reading to Spencer, and everyone else, right now.

Photo 10

We went out to Idler's Rest today at the bottom of Moscow Mountain and I took lots of pictures. I played with, and learned a little more about, f stops and getting some closer shots. Idler's Rest always feels a little magical to me. I love seeing all the different shades of green in the middle of January! Can you find Spencer in the very last picture?

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 Not a great shot today. Cute little birds on my deck.

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 I took my picture first thing today. The sunrise was just so beautiful, I had to take a picture. This was the view from my back porch.

 

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 Foggy, rainy, January day.

Photo 6

 At the park with Spencer today.

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 I love living so close to such beautiful scenery. I took this picture of Moscow Mountain while on a walk today. 

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 Just a couple pictures of my boys playing around out on the triangle today.

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 More than one picture today! Our yard was so full of birds today going crazy over our new bird feeder and our mountain ash berries. And it was another spring-like day.