June 1 to June 8 2012 : Water Images

Rain – it makes one catch up on all the “inside” jobs.  As you’ll see, it’s been a week of rain here.

June 8

As The Water Churns

 

June 7

Metallic Rain

 

June 6

Forked Water

 

June 5

Thimbleberry In the Rain

Thimbleberries are in bloom right now.  Sometimes the bees work them, but not in the rain.  They produce a wonderfully tart berry, but you have to eat them when you pick them because they are too soft and too good to carry around.

 

June 4

Rain Drops At Rest

 

June 3

Water Arrives

My life seems to be controlled by weather.
So I’m forever checking WeatherUnderground.com

 

June 2

Kitchen Reflections

 

June 1

Happy Water

 

That’s this week’s “photo of water a day” from photographer Karen E. Bean, of Maple Falls, WA (that would be me).  I’m glad to be back on a weekly posting schedule.

 

 

 

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May 1 to May 31

My June vow is to not keep putting off putting these on line.  It should be calmer at the apiary.  Of course that’s when everything goes haywire, eh?

I decided to post going backwards in time: May 31 to May 1.  That seems to be the age in which we live.

May 31

A Bit of Bubbly

May 30

Water Lily Close

May 29

At The Northfork (Beer Shrine, not River)

A family celebration, and the best place to do that is at the Northfork Beer Shrine (and wedding chapel – no joke, the owner can officiate at your wedding).  This is the best microbrewery I’ve ever found, the food is great, and all the folks are wonderful.  If you’re in the Mt. Baker area, it’s worth a visit.

May 28

Playing with Colors

I left the leaf in the natural colors, desaturated the background and played with the hues. Rain can do strange things to you.

May 27

The Fallen

May 26

Playing With A Pond

Colors, I like playing with colors….

May 25

Let There Be Light – And Water

Sometimes We Do Have Sun

May 24

Trickling By

May 23

In A Rush

May 22

Chained Rain

May 21

Stuck for a shot in the rain

When all you have is a brown tarp full of rain water….

May 20

Natural Metal

May 19

Maple Drops

May 18

Working in the Rain

These bees are New World Carniolan X Russian (Primorsky) X Survivor Stock. They are dark bees that will continue to gather pollen and nectar in a light rain – best kinds honeybees for this area.

May 17

To The Light

May 16

Joy Of Colors

May 15

Wet Deck

May 14

Going Under

May 13

Blue on Blue

May 12

Swirled Water

May 11

Honeybee Drinking

You can see her little tongue – I love bees

May 10

Holding On

May 9

Into the Depths

May 8

Shaken, Not Stirred

Yep, it’s water.  At dark, with the last light reflected on the pond at the farm.  Then moving the camera.

May 7

Apple Drops

May 6

Unnatural Nature

May 5

Drops on Edge

May 4

Turbulent Times

May 3

Sunny Reflections

May 2

Water Reflections

May 1

Another Rainy Day

I look back on these and think, but it is a bit sunnier than that here.  It’s just that when it’s sunny, I’m out in the bee yards and only get to walk when it’s getting dark (or shoot in the cabin after dark).  With the coming of summer – oh please, soon I hope – there will be more sunny shots.  Of course I’m writing this in the library on a rainy day….

Those are the photos for May from me, photographer Karen E. Bean, of Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls, Washington (Walking-Wild.com).  I truly hope I can now go back to posting once a week – bees and weather willing.

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Water Images 2012 : by Karen E. Bean : February 4 to February 10

February 4

Water Drops on Hemlock

Sometimes it’s just fun to play with all those filters.

February 5

In The Wake

A nice day at the Seattle Fremont Market, where we sell honey every Sunday.  But each time I walked the van guard dog along the ship canal, the sun went away.

February 6

Winter River

Just 10 miles up the road…

February 7

Crystalized

February 8

Paws For Thought

Sallie and water – you can’t keep them apart

February 9

Sal Swirled

As I said….it’s handy for photos on cold wet days.  I take the dogs and goats for a walk, we pass water (not an issue around here) and Sal jumps in…

February 10

Break Through

I do try to keep Sal from jumping in frozen ponds, or walking on them.  Ruins the shot, and I don’t want to pull her out.

That’s it for my Water Images 2012 Project this week.  We went from rain to beautiful sun, and back to rain.  Never a dull moment weather-wise in Maple Falls, Washington –

Photographer: Karen E. Bean
Walking-Wild.com

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January 1st to January 18 Water Images

January 1:

Jan 1 – Nooksack River

Jan 2

Log On Pond – Digital “Instamatic”

January 3

Water On The Rocks

Why all the close-ups?  It has been either totally overcast or pouring rain since the beginning of the year

The WiFi in the area went down.  Then the snows closed the libraries (the only WiFi location in this land of “dial-up”).  Thus the “2nd week” has become the 2nd and 3rd week.

January 4

Sideview Mirror with Rain and Headlights

Late night at the library. Rain all the way home

January 5

Glacier, WA : a wet and stormy night

 More late, rainy  nights working on the new website

January 6

Turbulent Corner

January 7

When It Rains….

January 8

Branching The Waters

January 9

Pond Ice : Sunset

January 10

There Is Sun!

January 11

Winter Distortions

January 12

Skagit River Twilight

January 13

Afternoon By The Nooksack River

Busy day getting winter fed to bees, no time to shoot, but there’s always the river

January 14

Snows Return

January 15

Snow, Sun, Water

January 16

Cold Can Be Beautiful

January 17

Reflections of Fire

I sure wasn’t going outside in the middle of a white-out

January 18

Kettle’s Boiling

And then it got even colder…16F : a good time to drink tea

And that ends the “2nd week” of posting on this blog. It is a real challenge to shoot a photo everyday, but it is lovely to have a break in all the beekeeping work.

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