The sun is out...the roosters are crowing.....my little rockstar rooster, attacks me every time he sees me....My husband, Cal, thinks this is funny....but I do not...
For one thing..there is ice on the ground....which I am sliding over in my black latex bogs. You city gals probably won't even know that a bog is a country gal's mule...boot, sneaker...every day chic footwear..that comes up to your knee!

My stylish country gal friends have the cutest little bogs..decorated with pink and lime green flowers ....However, Cal bought me my bogs in the men's dept. (last year for Christmas). Mine are plain, black, no bling blogs..that he is hoping I will get another couple of years out of....

Back to the little rooster, who has become my nemesis. When he sees me coming out with the table scraps....and millet and treats...he makes a beeline from across the pasture.....All the other beautiful hens and roosters (who actually know their place in God's kingdom) make a beeline as well...However, snacking is the only thing on their mind..

.Not so for the rock star....he has actually brutally attacked me from behind...and All I am going to say...is I'm not sure if I should call on Law and Order, Criminal Intent....Or Special Victims Unit...

It is especially unnerving to be attacked from behind....in your bogs on the ice..with your thousands of dollars worth of camera in hand...

Since my husband refuses to protect me.....another fine gentleman has come forth to defend my honor....You haven't seen a photo of him yet..but you will.....I was just a little worried that I was getting a little carried away with this chicken fetish..and people might stop frequenting...my blog...bored to tears and YAWN........ing.

There is a dark red little bantam....who is really fluffy..even his little legs are covered in red feather chaps...well...he has stepped in and chased the rock star away...everytime I go out to the pasture.....he actually has dominated the rock star and I am feeling better about things in general...as far as the chicken folk go...

Hoping to get some nice shots of the shyer and delicate little hens.....but I have to wait till the ice melts.

Today, I was hoping Cal would take me for a drive....that's what we do....when the sky is beautiful....streaks and clouds and shades of aqua in the sky...I ask Cal to take me for a drive...I like to go to this one gravel road where there is a row of trees, filled with bald eagles. There are usually about 5 or 6....I get out of the pick up...and Cal waits patiently down the road a spell...while I shoot these magnificent birds.....They are completely OVER me...they are so unafraid...that I sometimes must yell, hoot and holler just to get them to fly from branch to branch... That is how I got the flying photo above...hooting and hollering...and sometimes even waving my little NCIS hat around...

(You might have noticed that little NCIS button on the side bar of my blog...No, I am not getting paid by CBS to decorate this blog with that...I actually consider it an honor...to associate myself with this TV show..and I don't care who knows it. This Christmas I bought myself an NCIS hat..just exactly like they wear on the show..because Cal refused to buy me one....when I put it on my list..He said it was Ridiculous.....Now, not only am I a photographer....but in a pinch...I could solve a crime...at least that is how I feel in this hat....although I am embarrassed to wear it unless Cal is with me...No one is going to laugh at Cal's wife..when Cal is with her..tee hee...)

But really, women are so intuitive...I really think anyone of us could be a detective if we had too.....we solve little crimes and mysteries every day don't we?

Wow..that was some tangent....hope you can all follow along...

Back to the eagles....they are marvelous....lovely and breathtaking...and shooting them is the closest thing...to shooting rock stars in Los Angeles...(which I used to do in LA for the newspaper..when I was a wee little gal way back when)

Well...I would like to wrap this up now...and I am sure you would too....by saying a really lovely woman, named Pam, who purchased one of my photos, reminded me about one of my favorite all time movies: Bell, Book and Candle with Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart... The style, clothes, sets, in this movie are fantastic. Pam said..she was inspired by this movie to create a certain kind of gallery in her home....I have been excited to create a gallery in my living room..and I think I will use this movie as an inspiration as well....I love gold gilt frames, big curlicues and then strange photos of dogs in clothes, rhinestones or goats in pink collars...that sort of thing....and all modern art!!!!!

oh..and eagles, roosters, horses....

enough for now....and thanks for your kind indulgence..

PS: Kristen and her grandmother Mimi just called....they read my LOVE blog..and Mimi felt like a celebrity....Kristen has not found her wedding dress yet...and we might be planning a trip to the Big City to buy her a dress....this sounds like a dangerous enterprise...but fortunately, NCIS can handle it...