Wildlife Pictures

A blue jay in the woods...

This Spring we've had a mother fox with 9 pups (at least that's what I counted once) near our woods behind the barn. Since they are wild animals, I took these close up pictures with the zoom on my Canon camera... I was standing a good distance away from the den. The picture above is from a couple weeks ago. Oh, the babies are so cute!

The mama sitting in the field, watching all that's going on around her...

From earlier this week... Don't the nursing pups look like furry little bunnies?

One of the fox pups sitting on the top of their den... They had been scurrying around, jumping and pouncing on one another. I think this one was getting a little sleepy.

A little pup sitting quietly, at least for a moment or two... 

I've been singing this song along with my guitar all month - What A Friend We Have In Jesus. I love that one. It's message reminds us to take all our troubles to the Lord in prayer. It's message never grows old for me. God wants us to keep praying to Him, and seek His strength and help every moment of the day. Sometimes I pray, Lord please help me to pray more! I know He hears me and will help me.

Philippians 4:6-7,13 Be anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus...I can do all things through Christ which strenghteneth me.

I hope you have been having a great week! Thanks for stopping by today. God bless, Danielle

Evening Winter Sunset

As the sun set in the west yesterday evening, our sky filled with awe inspiring beauty. The weather changed so rapidly in a way we weren't expecting... Thankfully we were home to take it all in. What an amazing witness to God's power and design it was. He truly is the Great Architect of all creation.

Fluffy cumulus clouds in the distance to the east.

The sunset began with a glowing white and hues of yellow and purple... 

A few minutes later the sky turned all golden...

A beautiful rainbow to the east! We were so surprised, we never heard it rain outdoors.

Our western sky changed so dramatically... The clouds became stormy and rusty colored where only minutes before bright yellow sunlight was filtering through the clouds.

Beautiful pink cloud formations behind a tall hickory tree... This one still bears the marks of the ice storm of 1991, when it must have been a very young tree.

The intense fury of pink, stormy clouds were carried away by the wind in time for us to see the peaceful calm of a quiet, gentle blue sky. What a way to end a rainy late winter day!

Close up of the moon... So far away yet from a camera lens it seems so near to us. And to think the God of all creation loves us and wants us to have a walk with Him, now and for all eternity through His Son Jesus Christ. What a wonderful Father we have! Did you ever stop to think how He created the moon to hang up there in the heavens just to light our nights and help us keep track of time? How loved and how blessed we are! :) I was just reading this in Genesis the other day and it all dawned on me...

And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. Genesis 1:14-16

Thanks for stopping by... Have a great week and God bless! Danielle