EXCITING NEWS FROM THE ART GALLERY!

You may remember that I mentioned a while back about having one of my framed prints accepted in a juried fine art photography exhibition at the Peachland Art Gallery.  Yesterday I went to an open house at the gallery which was a mixer for artists and volunteers to meet and discuss the photos.  This afternoon Aileen and I went to the official opening.  The exciting news is that my photo has already been sold, the only one so far!

For today's images, the pheasant was taken last Wednesday, the duck and Flicker last Thursday and the Mountain Goat yesterday on my way home from the gallery.

Cock Pheasant.

Ring-necked Duck.

Northern Flicker.

Northern Flicker.

Mountain Goat.

Itchy.

Itchy.

Mountain Goat.

Mountain Goat.

A FEW FINDS ON OUR SUNNY TUESDAY MORNING WALK.

It wasn't like that today.  We cut our walk short as it was so windy.

Female Western Bluebirds.

Female Western Bluebirds.

Western Bluebird pair.

Pygmy Nuthatch.

Pygmy Nuthatch.

Marmot.

Chipmunk.

Chipmunk.

BACK TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING AFTER THE ICE PHOTOS.

Most of today's images were taken on Monday when I took my photo to the Peachland Art Gallery.  I hoped the Mountain Goats would be on the cliffs north of Summerland and some were.  As I was coming down the hill in Okanagan Falls on the way home, I noticed six Trumpeter Swans along the lakeshore.  It was a family with two parents and four young.

That's a cactus hanging on the young ram's chin.

Mountain Goat.

Adult Trumpeter Swans.

The juvenile Trumpeter Swans are greyish brown.

Some of the mosses came alive with the bit of rain we had.

These moss flowers were gone when I came back a couple of days later.  They have such a brief time of glory.

ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNNY 12C (54F) DAY, I WILL SHARE THE LAST OF MY ICE PHOTOS FROM A FEW DAYS AGO.

The end of a little float.

Under the trestle.

A little log.

The little float.