
We did have snow! It was very fine snow that just kept coming and we got about six inches. I don’t know who drew those two little yellowish lines in this image. Perhaps the goofy photographer.
Dan O. De Ment (Goofy Photographer)
We did have snow! It was very fine snow that just kept coming and we got about six inches. I don’t know who drew those two little yellowish lines in this image. Perhaps the goofy photographer.
Dan O. De Ment (Goofy Photographer)
Look what we have this morning.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FOLLOWER’s AND FRIEND’S. EVERYONE STAY SAFE!😁😃
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
This great tree, and the one next to it, right this moment, are minus all their leaves. A very windy day shook all the leaves off two days after shooting this image. THE BEAUTY OF THIS FALL IS OVER!
Dan O. De Ment
I shot this image a week or so ago and accidentally loaded it onto my Content Management site. Just discovered my goof up a minute ago. I have a couple more I’ll load later.
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This is our Condo located in Charter Oak Village/Withershin Pointe.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Art, Grasses, Home Decor, Nature, Photography, Plants, Rural Living, SAMSUNG A10E SMART PHONE, Trees, Vistas
Tagged Peace in the Country, Rural Living
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Art, Photography, SAMSUNG A10E SMART PHONE
Tagged Smart Phone Images, Smart Phones
Well, I’ve been busily goofing up a new Webisite which I have now deceided to scrap. Mostly, the reason for the scrapping has to do with this stupid, BLOCK EDITOR, which some genius came up with.
I’ll be loading some images soon, I hope.
Dan O. De Ment
I can’t even find the Catagories and the other thingee. This is NUTS! I clicked on the GEAR ABOVE AND THE THREE DOTS AND NOTHING.
Wel, I found them but had to find and use the Classic Editor to load them.
This Doe browsed her way past our back door at about 12:20PM this afternoon. I looked up from my tablet and there she was. I could not get a front on shot as long as I waited. She was about four paces off our back deck.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Animals, Art, Canon, Canon T3, Deer, Photography
Tagged Art, Deer, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Photography Websites, Wildlife
Jubilee College was founded in 1839 by Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase, opened in 1840, and discontinued educating after his death in 1862. Over the years you’ve seen numerous images of animals and the grounds themselves but never any of the college itself until this posting. Honestly, I do not know if they’re still conducting tours. I was fortunate to see the inside back in the late 1960’s or early 70’s, my memory is a bit clouded on the date. There are classrooms, sleeping quarters and the Bishop’s office as I remember. Bishop Chase also founded Kenyon College in Ohio prior to founding Jubilee Clllege in Illinois.
For more detailed info, if interested, you can search, Jubilee College, in Wikapedia.
Dan O. De Ment
This pretty gal was outside our kitchen window this morning. My wife, Jean was washing dishes, looked up, yelled Dan come with your camera there’s a Doe out here. I grabbed my Samsung Tablet and took these images.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Animals, Art, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Deer, Grasses, Nature, Photography, Samsung Tab E, Trees, Wildlife
Tagged Art, Deer, Home Sweet Home, Nature, Photography
Posted in Photography
Posted in Animals, Pets, Photography, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Samsung Tab E
Tagged Cats, Family Pets, Home Sweet Home
Well, it appears our Female Cardinal has abandoned her nest. We had a rain a few days ago and she has been nowhere to be seen since. The good news is a Catbird seems to be taking some interest in the abandoned nest.
In the front of our condo a Robin is building a nest right outside our kitchen window. She’s been very busy.
I’ll try and get some pictures as soon as it warms up a stops raining – somtime next week.
Here’s a look at how green things are becoming in our neighborhood.
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Wrens are extremely flighty and speed through the air. They have a prerry song too.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
This is only the third rabbbit we’ve seen since we moved into our Condo in September. Remember, our sliding glass back door goess onto a deck and then the woods. “Five giant steps and we’re in the woods!” All of a sudden, this morning, there was the bunny. When I first saw her she was just on the other side of the black fenching. (Some clown tilted the fence on me just as I shot this.🤣)
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Posted in Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged Animals, Art, Backyard Photography, Home Sweet Home, Nature, Nature Photography, Rabbits, Trees, Wildlife, Woodland
4-16-2020 Well, she’s on the nest for the second day in a row. She disappeared for a day or so. We had a littlet snow. Tonight we could get three to five inches. I don’t know if the eggs will make it. Meanwhile, I don’t know where the male flew off to. We haven’t seen him feeding her. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
Dan O. De Ment
SHE’s in there! It’s hard to shoot through glass at an angle. I’m afraid these images won’t break the bank. Whatever! Hopefully, I’ll be able to get outside and take some decent images before everyone is fone.
4-10-2020 In the past few days I’ve been amazed, along with my wife, Jean, watching a Female Cardinal, slowly but doggedly, build a nest for her coming youngsters. The nest is being built not 15 feet from our sliding glass door – and on top of a low schrub. She is very diligent in her efforts. Placing little sticks and other materials ever so gently into place. Then she’ll scoot about creating a rounded bottom where she’ll slide back and forth smoothing out a round egg laying spot for her and her coming brood. Meanwhile, her mate, the dashing Red Male, sits guarding the whole business about 20 to 30 feet away in a tree. This entire labor continues on and off during the daylight hours. When evening approaches the two of them disappear until the next day. When I first look out in the morning – at first light, she’s usually on rhe nest.
4-11-2020 It’s another day and our female is on and off the nest. No sign yet she’s started a family. May be ro early?
4-12-2020 More to come!
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Birds, Canon, Canon T3, Photography
Tagged Backyard Photography, Birds, Cardinals, Female Cardinals, Home Sweet Home, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Photography Websites
This litte fella found another walnut. I don’t know why he’s got his ear’s back a little.
IT COULD GET TO NEAR 80 DEGREES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY … ONLY TO DROP BACK IN THE 50’s TOMORROW.
Dan O. De Ment
Yesterday I posted an image of Spring Popping Out along the Valley/Ravine. This morning I’m posting another bush that’s close to our back door – same plant variety.
It just dawned on me it may be HONEYSUCKLE. Why do I have a problem with honeysuckle? I’m very allergic to the powerful scent it puts out in the Spring. This is the first Spring in our Condo. I know, to most people it is a wonderful scent. Now I’ve got that out of the way! Many of you know I spend most of the end of October till sometime in early May inside due to the outside temperarures. Most of my images during that period are shot through my windows.
Now, this condition is due to a military service related injury that left my sinuses and surrounding nerves completely out of sync with my brain. (literally) MOVING ON … So now I’ll spend and additional month or more in the house due to the Honeysuckle scent. If it sounds like I’m crying, I’m not. Just disgusted. I am use to it, after all, since I’ve had the problem since 1975 – actually 1965 but that’s a story for another time. I even wrote a One–Act Play about it. Just never dawned on me that honeysuckle would be growing right outside my back door. Thought I’d be outside sooner this year.
NUTS!
How”s your day goin?🤔
Dan O. De Ment
Spring is really starting to flourish in Central Illinois. Everywhere green leaves our changing the landscape. This image was shot right out our back door and all down the valley the color is the same. Nice to see new life when the world is in such a chaotic state right now with the Coronavirus.
Dan O. De Ment
My wife, Jean, took this image of me shooting the River Valley. The Sail boats were out in abundance that day. There are many more not visible in this shot.
Dan O. De Ment/Jean De Ment
Posted in Photography
I think she thought I could not see her.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Animals, Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Photography, Samsung Tab E, Squirrels, Trees
Tagged Animals, Art, Backyard, Backyard Photography, Home Sweet Home, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Snowfall, Trees, Woodland
Posted in Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Parks, Photography, Samsung Tab E, Trees
Tagged Art, Country, Home Sweet Home, Nature, Photography
Posted in Animals, Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Parks, Photography, Plants, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Samsung Tab E, Vistas
Tagged Animals, Art, Deer, Landscape, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Woodland, Woodland Scene
This little fella was trying to keep warm and stay out of the wind while eating at the same time. They always seem to flip their tails up and over their backs at this time.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Country Living, Parks, Photography, Samsung Tab E, Squirrels, Trees
Tagged Animals, Art, Backyard Photography, I, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Woodland, Woodland Scene
I stopped using my desktop computer due to running Windows 7 and no longer getting support. I will be getting a laptop with Windows 10 one of these days, I hope. Anyway, for those of you who do not know this, I discovered a way to load camera images onto my tablet – then I can upload them directly to Elm Drive images without using another program. I went online and ordered a connector for the sole purpose of connecting my mouse to my tablet for copying and pasting purposes. GREAT IDEA, RIGHT? NOT SO GREAT!. An android device will not let you paste after you copy. You must use that dumb double finger dohicky. Then once you do get a copy, at least in my case, you can’t paste to a different site.
Anyway, this same $1.43 short connector, noted above, which I ordered from, “MONOPRICE” resolved a different problem. It will cost you more to ship it to your home than it costs to purchase it.
What a find! I’d been setting here for days not contemplating the possibility that the connector might solve another problem by using a camera connector and the new connector to export pictures. It worked perfectly. You plug the micro end of the new, $1.43 connector into your tablet and the USB end of the new connnector into your camera cord USB end – then plug the micro end of your camera cable into your camera. I did this and it immediately exported the images on my camera to the tablet while asking me which ones I wanted to export…just click on, ALL, and bingo, your camera pictures are on you Tablet.
I hope this isn’t confusing. Just take it slow if it sounds like a mess. It’s not and as I said, it works.
Dan O. De Ment
Dan o. De Ment
I took this image in San Antonio, Texas, a number of years ago.
I MAY HAVE ALMOST FIGURED IT OUT … STILL FRUSTRATED.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
I don’t know what to think of WordPress at this time. I can’t understand their posting! Instead of allowing us to put a new post, with an image, at the top we have to change editors, or if we’re in the correct editor that allows you to set your post the top of the blog, then it doesn’t do it. Then the publish widget is nowhere to be seen. Then it tells you it has been published and you don’t know where the post is. Now, I use WordPress.com, and obviously, this post will be published. The PUBLISH widget is visible at the top. Is it me? Is it the ANDROID system? This has not published.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
We awoke this morning to a wet snow that covered all but the street.
Dan O. De Ment
Happy New Year to all my friends around the world.
Dan O. De Ment
When I was a boy, some 70 years ago, I was already seven years old, winter came in December and with it came the snow – often snowed right up into early April. I MEAN IT SNOWED EVERY FEW DAYS.
Now we’re in another century and I’ve certainly seen a drastic climatic change. Yesterday, Christmas Day, it was 60 degrees here in Central Illinois. It will be 60 today. The forecast for January, at this time, is for snow , not a lot, off and on, through the month. That is not normal! I can remember, before I retired in 2002, it was probably in the late 80’or early 90’s, one January the temperature during the day never got above zero the whole month. Those out there that believe climate change is a hoax are in for a big shock. I’ve been around for more than three quarters of a century and I’ve seen what’s happening – what’s coming! Our government officials had better make this a priority. CLIMATE CHANGE MAY BE GRADUAL BUT IT’S NO HOAX.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in For Your Information, Photography
I shot these images this morning with my Samsung Tab E.
Dan O. De Ment
This little fella was just outside our sliding glass, patio door. He’s one of five that are always hanging around.
Dan O. De Ment
I looked out the sliding glass door to our deck and this beautiful, Barred Owl, was sitting on a branch checking out the area. I am not a fan of raptors but he was asking to be photographed. Sorry it’s a bit hazy.
Dan O. De Ment
The fourth squirrel is a bit hidden – straight back from the one on the right. Used my 28-80 Wide Angle Lens here.
Happy Thanksgivimg today is the USA.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Animals, Art, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Grasses, Native Plants, Plants, Samsung Tab E, Schrubs, Trees
Tagged Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Photography Blogs, Photography Websites, The Country, The Woodland, Woodland Brush, Woodland Leaves, Woodland Scene
This is, “Scooter.” His mouth contains part of a Walnut he’s about to scurry up a tree with, chew open the0inner shell, and then eat the nut. This goes on most of the day.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Art, Canon, Canon T3, Photography
Tagged Animals, Backyard Photography, Backyards, Landscape, Nature Photography, Photography, Squirrels, Woodland Scene
This is one of two Feral Cats we’ve had on our deck. I believe I’ll name this fella, “Curious.” He’ll walk across the deck, sit down or lay down, and stare at you until you move on. He doesn’t seem scared but he’s cautious.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
The last image is through our kitchen window.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
This is the view we have at the moment. When the leaves fall we will get a good look at what’s about us. All the normal critters from rabbits to birds to chipmunks thrive here. No deer yet. Soon, we hope.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Art, Bushes, Canon, Canon T3, City Living and Nature in Harmony, Insects, Native Plants, Photography, Plants, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Smart Phones, Trees
Tagged A, Art, Backyard Photography, Birds, Nature, Photography, Photography Websites, Trees, Woodland, Woodland Scene
We are now in our new condo…what a trial for elderly folks. Box after box to unload and we never seem to make any headway.
Called to have our TV hooked up to DISH and find out our Home Owners Association doesn’t allow DISH. Have to go with AT&T our COMCAST. I need to check their prices.
Just a whipped old man.
Dan O. De Ment
It’s been quite some time since my last post. My wife and I have been looking to downsize for over a year now. She’s done all the work, I must say, scouring through the real estate company website’s for the right place. Finally we found a Condo we wanted to look at and it is just what we need. Going fron 1500+ square feet down to 952 square feet means a lot of material things need to go. We’ve been selling through Face Book’s sales site and have had good luck. We’ve sold everything from a leaf blower to a tread mill, a book case, and a bicycle. More too! Now we’re waiting for the final appraisal of our home which should be the last hurdle to our purchasing the Condo. Hopefully, we’ll move in September 16th – that’s the scheduled date anyway. I won’t be posting any more images till we’ve moved. Thanks for your time and continued interest in Elm Drive Images.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
These Day Lillies are located in what was once a fire pit. My wife and one of our daughters converted it to a flower presentation.
Dan O. De Ment
Posted in Photography
Posted in Art, Canon, Flowers, Photography, Plants
Tagged Backyard Flower Gardens, Backyard Flowers, Impatients, Nature's Beauty
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