Not very exciting…I know.

A doe munching on last year’s flowers at The Davies Amphitheater at Glenwood Lake Park.

A field near the West Nishnabotna river.

A White-breasted Nuthatch flies off with a sunflower seed.

A Dark-eyed Junco scratching the ground.

There it is. 2007 reviewed. Carry on.

A flock of Meadowlarks in my yard on a cold morning.

A Rusty Blackbird. I don’t see many of these birds.

Not much going on in February but some birds.

The snow drifted so deep we had to dig a trail for the chickens. Sadly, all but two chickens were killed by raccoons over the summer.

Inside the snow cave.

An early spring sunset in southwest Iowa.

Pokey resting in the grass.

An Eastern Towhee at Foothills Park in Mills county.

Canada Geese at Glenwood Lake Park.

A swarming school of bullheads.

A weather-beaten Mourning Cloak, recently emerged from hibernation. It amazes me how these butterflies are able to sleep through the winter without being frozen to death.

April was especially nice after enduring a tough couple of months of winter weather.

April was also the month I said goodbye to my Blogspot login woes and started up this WordPress blog. WordPress is so much more enjoyable to use. I wish I had made the switch sooner.

This was the first Monarch I saw last spring. I posted an open-wing photo last May. I’ve wanted a photo of one of these tattered travelers for a long time.

The lens was partially obscured by a tree branch blowing in the wind. That’s why it looks green. Not exactly the effect I was going for, but I like it anway.

Terry, crowing his little heart out. He’s a nice rooster. He hardly ever attacks people, and even then they’re mostly just scared. Mostly.

I thought it was a puffball growing by my compost bin – until it popped and there was nothing inside. I’ve never seen anything like it.

A strange little puffball-type mushroom I found in my yard. If you know what it is, let me know.

I found this one when I was out mushroom hunting last May. It appears to be from the previous summer.

May 2007 was a very photographically diverse month for me – a grass fire, flooding, fighter planes, plus all the usual stuff. And I almost got a funnel cloud too !!

A line of storm clouds approach as the sun sets.

A Red-winged Blackbird giving me the business.

Here’s a tip for the aspiring gopher photographer: Get between the gopher and the late day sun and it won’t see you (as long as you don’t move) when its head is out of the hole.

June was a great month. Three of the photos I entered in the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce photo contest were chosen for the stone coaster set. The winners were the public library, post office, & Davies Amphitheater photos.

The Avery Pyramids were constructed in 1939 by Axel Peterson, editor of the Avery Boomer newspaper. They are located in Hickory Grove cemetery in Monroe county, Iowa.

A mean looking katydid in my yard.

The catbirds are always pestering me when I’m out with the camera. I’ll pick a shady spot to hold still for a while and I usually don’t have to wait long for the harassment to begin.

I got some fantastic photos of the Avery Pyramids in July. Some great bird & butterfly photos as well. I had a hard time choosing which ones to include here.

A Mourning Cloak feeds on an old banana.

A Monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant.

A Question Mark butterfly takes a break from feeding on tomato peels in my compost bin.

August was a great month for butterflies last year. Even though I never got around to posting any, I got quite a few nice photos.

A Fiery Skipper on a Mexican Sunflower.

Life isn’t all nectar & sunshine for little butterflies. Quite a few garden spiders set up housekeeping in the row of zinnias I planted along the edge of my garden.

I spent several evenings earning the trust of this young bunny, who usually did’nt leave the cover of the tall weeds until after sunset.

A spot of color along a dirt road in the Loess Hills.

One of the many bridges along the Wabash Trace bike trail in southwest Iowa.

October is my favorite month for cruising the backroads of southern Iowa.