Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be face to face with an elephant?

I’ve had my share of “interesting” photo assignments here at The Telegraph. There was the big rock in Lyndeborough, N.H., that we talk about all the time. This afternoon Linda Small of Hudson, brought in an interesting bug to our newspaper.
At first I was taken back. You know - all those pictures people come up [...]

Most nature photography is a no-brainer - it looks much more beautiful in color. But, these shaded falls, in the shade of the surrounding maple and oak trees screamed black and white!

There was a reason the regulars at our bird feeders were away this morning. Outnumbered and outsized, the chick-a -dees, nuthatches and finches had to wait for breakfast until the flock of wild turkeys finished their meal.

Every spring I look forward to the first flowers emerging up through the leaves coating our perennial gardens. This flatbush Crocus plant pierced right through the thick oak leaves covering it - a sign that I better get out there soon and remove the leaves from the bark mulch below.

While I was waiting to photograph Gordon Webster, a former personal bagpiper for Queen Elizabeth at the New Hampshire School of Scottish Arts, I noticed these two dancers practicing something out of the ordinary - a Scottish Highland Sword Dance. All I could think of was “ouch!”

With a winter like we’ve had this year, who in the world would want to move to New Hampshire?
So, is it true that robins fly south for the winter? Are you sure?

Note: This is the third posting in an ongoing series of photographs I will be publishing throughout 2009. All of the “Backyard Wonders” photographs in this series 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!

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!

Smile for the camera baby! Now that’s a face only a mother could love!