If you think those chunks of cheese are big, worn on the heads of Green Bay Packers fans, you should see how big marijuana plants grow in the dairy state!

I thought this pattern of curled up leaves on my Azalea bush made an interesting pattern in black and white.

Note: This is the first posting of an ongoing series of photographs I will be posting throughout 2009. All of the “Backyard Wonders” photographs I am publishing will be taken in my own back yard. My challenge is to see how many different kinds of landscape and wildlife photos I can come up with by the end of the year. Enjoy!

There is certainly no shortage of icicles in southern New Hampshire these days. I have more ice than I can deal with making dams on my roof. The extreme cold weather freezes any snow that melts on the roof, and creates an array of icicles in all lengths and shapes.