Flowering Trees

The flowering trees have been particularly pretty this spring. These pictures were taken over a two week period and show some of the changes that occurred during that time. I sometimes get outside in the afternoon to take a walk along the Missouri River. I can justify the time by telling myself that I can use some of these pictures in my online class to designate certain assignment modules.

Magnolia Blossoms_2019

My annual collection of magnolia blossoms appear below.  On the second day of taking these pictures, I took something like 530 pictures. Once I downloaded them onto the computer, I had to sort through them and kept something like half. It was a windy day and my shutter speed wasn't always fast enough. I was also moving between an aperture setting and a shutter speed setting as I worked on capturing what I thought might be a great shot. The thirteen pictures appearing below are probably the best ones. These magnolia blossoms got my wife singing a Grateful Dead song, which is a feat in itself. If I should happen to come across any other pictures that might be worth sharing, I will add them in another post.

Winter Sliding South

What may be the last remnants of winter has been sliding down the Missouri River. The river probably won't be iced over any more this season.  I was outside in the late afternoon when the geese were flying to their roosts. In other parts of town, the geese fly much lower, announcing their presence long before they become visible. You will have to enlarge these pictures to see the geese flying overhead.

Although I thought of using one of these pictures in my online classes to identify a module in Canvas, I decided my students are probably tired of winter and want to see something a bit more colorful. I know I am looking forward to warmer days.

Ice on the Missouri River

Last week, during a lull in my online teaching and after the weather began to warm up a little, I went walking with my camera and got some pictures of the Missouri River. The ice was more prominent at first. Over the course of three days, the ice nearly disappeared. More ice will be forming soon, despite the prediction of the ground hog in Pennsylvania, more than a thousand miles to the east.