"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Rom@nce, on March 3, 2008, said:

very nice capture MaryAlice,lovely blue...you need a title for such a nice photo ;o)

sandro 63, on March 4, 2008, said:

Yelow star, beautiful photo compliments and regards sandro

Palmina Moore, on March 4, 2008, said:

Hi MaryAlice A wonderful photo!

Palmina

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Sandro: Thank you so much for your very kind words of praise. I appreciate them greatly! Most sincerely, MaryAlice

Giuseppe Pappa, on March 4, 2008, said:

Fantastic Bird!!!!!I like it's colours....Blu is my favourites colour!!! Hi peppe

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Romance:

Thank you so much for your sweet comments on my bird!

You're right too . . . I DO need a good title, and I'm still thinking on it. I'll come up with the perfect title soon. Any suggestions are certainly welcome!

THank you so much for stopping by!

Sincerely, MaryAlice

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Palmina: I just wanted to thank you for your comments on the bluebirds! I can sit and watch the birds for hours, and they're so much fun to photograph. I'm glad that you appreciate them as well. THanks again for stopping by and always having such nice things to say. Sincerely, MaryAlice

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Peppe:

You are so sweet! Thank you for your compliments! I'm happy to learn that Blue is your favorite color. No wonder the bluebirds caught your eye.

Thanks again for stopping by, and enjoy your evening.

Sincerely, MaryAlice

Cristina Sottile, on March 4, 2008, said:

Amazing birds, with those colours, nice shot! Greetings.,Cristina

Marilyn Whiteley, on March 4, 2008, said:

It's a wonderful photo, MaryAlice, and I don't have a title. But my choice of title would reflect their intriguing pose. Different minds ... different points of view ... something that suggests that. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a spat, especially since I'm sure you'd jump in to defend their loving natures! Sincerely, Marilyn

Víctor Schz de Lara, on March 4, 2008, said:

Sweet birds, nice picture MaryAlice.

Best regards, Víctor

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Once again, you're making me laugh! You already know me so well!

I'm still working on the perfect title, and I certainly thank you for your helpful hints. I am trying to go along that line, of course, with no fighting or negative thoughts of any kind. These two birds were positively smitten with each other, so it must be a happy title.

Thank you again for stopping by, and for making me giggle!

Happy Evening to you, MaryAlice

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Cristina: Thank you so much for your kind words on the birds! I love bluebirds. Their colors are so amazing and they sing such a happy song. Thank you again! MaryAlice

MaryAlice, on March 4, 2008, said:

Victor: I appreciate your compliments on the bluebirds. I'm still trying to come up with the perfect title for this one. I posted it up before I had really thought about it. Now I am still at a loss. They were happy and in love, trying to pick out the perfect home for their spring nest. They were a little bothered by my presence and stopped to check me out for just a moment.

The inspiration will hit me soon. In the meantime, thank you again for stopping by this evening.

Kind regards to you as well, MaryAlice

pic.point, on March 5, 2008, said:

What a beautiful, sweet picture, MaryAlice.YS

Greetings from Ireland,

Inessa

sylfantheo(Pascal), on March 5, 2008, said:

Beautiful photograph MaryAlice, the bird and its heart (soul?). Thank you for your visit.

Greetings from Savoy , pascal.

MaryAlice, on March 5, 2008, said:

Inessa:

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my little birds. I'm so glad that you think they are sweet. Indeed, they were very much in love.

Sunny greetings to you,

MaryAlice

MaryAlice, on March 5, 2008, said:

Pascal:

Thank you for your compliments on the little bluebirds. I fancy them very much, and could probably watch them all day long. They are so happy during this mating season and put on such a grand show.

You're very welcome for the visit, and I'm very pleased to meet you.

Greeting from the USA,

MaryAlice

Margherita-Italy, on March 6, 2008, said:

great shot

MaryAlice, on March 6, 2008, said:

Margherita:

Thank you so very much!

It's great to see you.

MaryAlice

® LoneWolf ®, on March 7, 2008, said:

What are you thinking?? :) Nice picture!

MaryAlice, on March 7, 2008, said:

Lone Wolf:

He was probably thinking something like, "Why won't this crazy girl take her stuff and go back inside where she belongs so we can carry on with this important birdhouse search!"

They were both very hesitant about my presence on the porch, though they finally had somewhat accepted me.

THanks so much for stopping by!

Greetings,

MaryAlice

Coal Miner's Boy, on March 7, 2008, said:

Great shot of a pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Merry Alice.

HERE'S a link to their western cousin. I saw this little fella when I was out looking for barns last Saturday. Note how your guy has a red throat and our male has a blue throat.

Happy Paul

MaryAlice, on March 7, 2008, said:

Thank you Very much for your compliments, Happy Paul! I really enjoyed learning about your western Bluebird as well. Thank you so much for sharing that with me, and I will look forward to learning more. You always have something neat and exciting to add to the picture, literally!

Cheers to the Happy one,

Coal Miner's Boy, on March 7, 2008, said:

Got to be challenged, Merry Alicia! If I'm not learning, I'm not living!

Happy Paul

MaryAlice, on March 7, 2008, said:

No doubt, you should always use your abilities, energy and resources to the fullest!

Awesome! A challenged Paul is a Happy Paul!

Foxx Trotter, on March 8, said:

Cool photo! :0)

MaryAlice, on March 9, said:

Foxx Trotter:

Thank you so very much for your compliments! I appreciate them greatly.

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday, and thanks again for stopping by!

Mary Alice

©junebug, on March 10, said:

Hello Mary Alice! Found this photo because Paul gave me the link, and I'm glad he did, because these birds are so lovely and you captured them beautifully! Greetings from Germany, Anne

MaryAlice, on March 10, said:

Anne:

Thank you so much for visiting. I'm so happy that Paul gave you the link to my bluebirds. Paul has got a wonderful collections of so many birds as well. We both seem to share in an appreciation for birds and barns! Paul is a very gifted photographer.

Thank you very kindly for your words of praise. I am always challenged to try and capture even a taste of the beauty of nature and all of God's wonderful creatures.

Thank you again for your visit. I hope you'll stop by again.

Sincerely,

Mary Alice

Coal Miner's Boy, on March 11, said:

Careful, Merry Alice, you'll be swelling my head with your praise!

Also you should note that Anne IS the "Bird Lady of Lemberg" (my name for her), fully capable of creating wonderful photos of birds in her own right!

Paul

MaryAlice, on March 11, said:

H.P.

I have spent a great deal of time over at "The bird lady of Lemberg's" earlier this evening. She has an outstanding collection of DUCK photos that I enjoyed greatly! Truly, she IS quite a bird lady and does her name proud!

Now, concerning your swollen head, well, I just don't really know what to say about that, sir. I must give credit where credit is due, and I do consider you a very gifted photographer. Not only do you impress me with your talent, but you entertain me as well, both with your skills and you wit.

I hope that you can somehow keep the swelling to a minimum, and yet continue to dish out the quality of entertainment to which I have become so accustomed.

It has been such a pleasure, H.P.

Merry Alicia

Angel Madrileño, on March 12, said:

Wonderful photo, congratulations, greetings, ANGEL

MaryAlice, on March 13, said:

Angel,

Thank you so much for your kind compliments. I really enjoy the birds so much.

Thanks for visiting.

Cheers,

Mary Alice

Epi F.Villanueva, on March 14, said:

Mary Alice

Very nice shot. Fantastic. Saludos from Spain. Epi

MaryAlice, on March 15, said:

Epi:

Thank you very kindly for your praise.

Most sincerely,

Mary Alice

Billy B@rk, on March 15, said:

Beautiful shot MaryAlice & the title is perfect! :)

MaryAlice, on March 15, said:

Thank you so much for your kind visit, Billy! I appreciate you saying that the title is perfect too! It went without a title for days, as I couldn't think of what it needed to say! I'm glad you are pleased with this one.

Thank you again for stopping by!

Greetings,

Mary Alice

oronbb, on March 15, said:

Great capture! Very nice DOF and very pleasing to see "them" as a couple. Cheers!

Lazariparcero, on March 17, said:

The perfeccion. A large yellow star. A greeting from Spain.

Gerardo J González, on March 17, said:

Well done! great shot, and funny!

Greetings from Venezuela!

MaryAlice, on March 17, said:

Oronbb:

Thank you so very much for your kind words. I thought they were a beautiful couple. They are actually still searching the area for the perfect home! Maybe they will settle on one soon.

Thank you again for stopping by.

Regards,

Mary Alice

MaryAlice, on March 17, said:

Lazariparcero:

Thank you so much for the yellow star. I am honored. I'm so glad that you came by.

Greetings from the USA,

Mary Alice

MaryAlice, on March 17, said:

Gerardo:

I'm so glad that you enjoyed the birds! They were quite amusing to me as well.

Thank you very much for your visit, and please do come again.

Greetings from The sunny south,

Mary Alice

Coal Miner's Boy, on March 17, said:

So, you are alive and well in the deep south! I was beginning to worry.

H.P.

MaryAlice, on March 17, said:

Never fret, my H.P. ~ I am doing just fine! How are you this evening?

Coal Miner's Boy, on March 17, said:

Hacking and coughing, but glad to hear from my Merry Alicia. I wondered if perhaps you'd suffered from the power losses I read about in south Georgia.

H.P.

MaryAlice, on March 17, said:

Merry I am! :)

I'm also glad to hear from YOU!

We did not suffer from any power loss, however, Atlanta was hit hard. I'm glad it all stayed up north of us, as the high winds spook me due to all the trees surrounding my house.

Thank you for your concern, and I sure do hope you're feeling better by tomorrow.

Take care,

Merry A.

Elio Rocha, on March 25, said:

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I think so! I think they are praising the Lord. That's right? Congratulations! Very good!

Greetings from Brazil.

MaryAlice, on March 26, said:

Elio:

Indeed, I'm sure they were praising the Lord! We all have so much to be thankful for, even the little birds!

I'm so glad that you came by to visit. Thank you very much, and please do come again.

Greetings from the USA,

Mary Alice

©► urbietorbi, on April 1, said:

superbe MaryAlice! urbi

MaryAlice, on April 2, said:

Urbi:

Thank you so very much for your praise! I certainly do appreciate it very much.

Enjoy your evening,

Mary Alice

Salvatore Clemente www.im-ages.it, on April 3, said:

Bello e difficile incrocio. www.toticlemente.it

MaryAlice, on April 3, said:

Salvatore:

Ringraziarla molto per le sue parole gentili. Piaccio l'osservazione degli uccelli, e questi due sembrato abbastanza felice di essere fotografato quel giorno.

Sono contento che lei è venuto da, ed è venuto per favore ancora.

Gli evviva,

Mary Alice

MaryAlice, on April 4, said:

¡Los saludos a USTED de los EEUU!

Acabo de comer una comida mexicana inmensa esta noche. :)

Da las gracias para parar por,

María Alice

Carlos Ramos De Los Mozos, on April 5, said:

KAIXO. MaryAlice.HI. Very nice.Precioso y preciso el momento,se les ve una parejita muy feliz.Greetings from EUSKADI.

MaryAlice, on April 6, said:

Los saludos, Carlos en la Región vasca:

Perdone por favor mi español si es desordenado. Yo no soy muy bueno consigo.

Soy tan feliz que usted visitó mi galería, y gracias para sus cumplidos amables en esta foto. Gozo mirar los pájaros mucho. Verdaderamente, ellos parecieron muy felices a mí también. :)

Gracias otra vez para su visita, y viene por favor por otra vez.

Los saludos de los EEUU,

María Alice

Coal Miner's Boy, on April 6, said:

Still awake, then Merry Girl?

Don't you have a career you need your rest for?

At least out west it's still Sunday!

H.P.

MaryAlice, on April 6, said:

Yes, my dearest H.P.

I am still up! Our boss is out of town on a golfing trip tomorrow through Wednesday, so we are splitting up the days to take call. My day is Tuesday, so I have tomorrow and Wednesday off this week free and clear! I am so excited! :)

How about yourself, Happy P? What are you doing up at this late hour? :)

Coal Miner's Boy, on April 6, said:

It's not late here, sweetness. I'm catching up on my posts after a lazy day of creating posters for my soccer team's photo session next weekend, and deciding what to cover in practice tomorrow night.

I have a class to teach first thing tomorrow (8 am), so I've been getting ready for that too.

Lastly, I've been going through some BW photos I shot as part of a photography class I took in 1997 and deciding whether they are good enough to upload (I developed them myself and they've got some dust specks and such - Photoshop can fix them).

Enjoy your time off, lucky lady!

H.P.

MaryAlice, on April 7, said:

What sort of class do you teach, Happy Paul? I meant to ask you this last night, but forgot!

I hope you're enjoying your day! :)

Greetings,

Merry Alicia

Coal Miner's Boy, on April 7, said:

Today I'm teaching about bloodborne pathogens to non-medical personnel. I also do this class on Thursday and Friday.

Tomorrow I'm doing Hazard Communication and Respiratory Protection with wastewater treatment workers in the morning, then Hazard Communication in the afternoon for mechanics.

Next week I'm teaching work zone safety (traffic flagging) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursday I'm the sound, light and vision technician for our annual safety meeting, when I have an ergonomics specialist coming in to talk about ergonomics for manual workers. We also have our annual awards and a tri-tip and chicken lunch.

Then I get to relax a little! I only have four more sessions in April before I start driving around for the rest of the spring (with a two week vacation in Glacier National Park at the end of May.) Life is certainly not dull at this time of year!

H.P.

MaryAlice, on April 7, said:

Oh my goodness.... Happy Paul, how do you find the time to ever play on here? You are one busy man! ....And very smart too! :) I will come to you with all my future questions regarding bloodborne pathogens, Hazard communication, traffic flagging, ergonomics, and chicken mcnuggets! Wow! Most impressive, H.P.

I will look at you in a whole new light now! :)

Very respectfully yours, Merry Alicia

Coal Miner's Boy, on April 7, said:

I HATE McD (and Carl's Jr. and Del Taco, and most other fast foods)!

Anything else - try me. These are just a few of the classes I teach throughout the year - got to keep those employees safe and healthy!

H.P.

MaryAlice, on April 8, said:

Happy One,

Let me assure you, the only thing I have eaten from McDonald's in the past year was one of their little apple salads! It has fresh cut up apples, grapes and walnuts! :) That's it though! None of that fried mess! No! Never!

I'm so glad to hear that you're keeping Americans smart, safe and healthy! We do our share down here just to try to keep them well! ;)

Have a wonderful day, my friend!

Cheers,

Merry Alicia

Foxx Trotter, on April 8, said:

Fast food is good on occasion, maybe a steak or two, but NOTHING will ever beat rolls from O'Charley's. :0)

Bünyamin Kıvrak, on April 8, said:

Beautiful bird and very nice photo... Thank you for sharing.

Bünyamin

MaryAlice, on April 8, said:

Bunyamin:

Thank you so very much for your kind praise! I'm so glad that you visited my gallery, and I hope that you'll come again sometime!

Greetings from the USA,

Mary Alice

MaryAlice, on April 8, said:

Foxx Trotter:

I was curious if you had ever tried the fresh bread they serve at Carrabba's Italian Grill? I'm afraid that it could put a MEAN hurtin' on the rolls at O'Charley's! ;) No doubt, it would be a close call.

Cheers, Fellow food lover!

Mary Alice

Foxx Trotter, on April 9, said:

I usually don't eat at Italian food places unless it involves pizza. In that case, it's normally Pizza Hut or Little Caesar's...which are both closer to me. I'm not much into Olive Garden or Carrabba's.

MaryAlice, on April 9, said:

Foxx Trotter, let me just assure you that you're missing out on some simply HEAVENLY food by not going to Carrabba's! The Olive Garden doesn't do squat for me, but I could eat at Carrabba's every night! :)

Cheers,

Mary Alice

thorodin, on April 9, said:

ohh MaryAlice what a perfect capture of this cute couple! Astonishing colors and perfect composition. Cheers Peter

MaryAlice, on April 10, said:

Peter:

Thank you so much for your kind compliments on this sweet little bluebird couple! I'm so happy to see you!

I actually just posted up another picture of the pretty purple flowers for you, however, Panoramio seems to be acting up tonight, and nothing is even showing up! I went back to add the title, and the picture disappeared. (?) Strange happenings. This comment probably won't show up either, but I will try again tomorrow, okay?

Thank you again so much for visiting, and for your praise. I hope you've had a wonderful night's sleep! Maybe the ride into work won't be quite as cold for you today. :)

Warm regards,

Mary Alice

thorodin, on April 11, said:

Thank you so much MaryAlice for your message. Unfortunately the Panoramio site has been a bit unreliable lately, so I just get to see your message now! I will find your new picture now! Cheers Peter

Jan de Boer, on May 30, said:

Nice bluebird. Love to have here but alas. Greetings, Jan

hamzars, on May 30, said:

Very nice little birdy

MaryAlice, on May 31, said:

Jan, Hamzars, and Mario,

Thank you all so much for visiting! I'm so glad that you enjoyed these two bluebirds! They've had babies already, and I think they're working on their second nest now! :)

Best regards to you all,

Mary Alice

mauricia, on June 4, said:

Es una foto muy romàntica. Te felicito!

MaryAlice, on June 8, said:

Mauricia,

¡Gracias tanto para parar por y para su elogio amable! Soy tan feliz que usted disfrutó de este disparo.

Los saludos,

Mary Alice

F. Nestares, on July 26, said:

Muy bonita fotografía. Y muy buena galeria de naturaleza. Saludos desde España

MaryAlice, on July 28, said:

F. Nestares,

Buenas noches y gracias tanto para parar por mi galería. ¡Soy honorado muy para sus palabras amables del elogio, y yo le doy la bienvenida para parar por otra vez en cualquier momento! =)

Los saludos de Estados Unidos de América,

Maria

anadocal, on July 31, said:

hermosa fotografía MaryAlice, saludos desde Galicia-España. Ana.

MaryAlice, on August 7, said:

**Ana, **

Yo me disculpo para la demora a volver a usted, pero gracias tanto para su visita amable a mi galería. Soy tan feliz que usted paró por, y que usted disfrutó de este disparo. =)

El lo mejor considera de América,

Maria

Sue Allen, on August 11, said:

Mary Alice, I just love this photo. I was looking at it the other day and had to rush off before I could leave you a comment. They are so blue! I also had to bring this linkto see a fantastic bird picture,taken by William Stephens. He lives in the same area I came from in England, so I am always seeing what he's up to, and he has been taking photos of birds. Wow, was all I could say! I do hope you like his bird pictures, I know you love your wildlife, and I was blown away by this particular one..

Bye the way, did you see my answer to your question on your grey barn photo? A coincidence awaits you,my dear!

Catch up with you soon, Mary Alice, I am running woefully badly with my chores...:(

MaryAlice, on August 11, said:

Thank you, Sue, and thank you also for directing me to your friend, William Stephen's bird shot. Wow... that was most impressive!

I hope you are catching up with your chores this evening! You should put your six children to work! =)

Very best regards,

Mary Alice