I’m not a morning (photography) person. In the morning, I am usually pretending to be too busy doing stuff to be wasting my time taking photos. So consequently when I checked my photo archive for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge — Morning, my morning photos were few and far between. I normally start to take a few photos around midday, you know, to further avoid actually doing anything “productive”. My photography tempo picks up early afternoon, peaking between 3.30pm and sunset. That’s because by 3.30pm, I’ve convinced myself that it is now too late to actually do anything concrete, for example, like starting work on whatever art project I happen to be contemplating at the time.
My favourite avoidance morning activity is to read a few blogs and drink coffee (several). However, my True Love has now taken over my pretend work space (the kitchen table) as his home office. Consequently, I now have to drink my morning coffee outside, usually on the front doorstep, and since I need something to do with my hands, I take my camera with me and pretend, like, I’m a photographer or something. Here are some rare morning photos of a few shady characters in hi-vis and some words to go with them.
Drinking coffee and admiring flowers in the morning.
Quietly hold my breath and hope no one walks past.
Juvenile Eastern Rosella drops by for breakfast.
Where have you been all my life?
Parental supervision a must. Keeps a low profile at first.
Ready, set, go. Charge it up.
Colours of the rainbow.
Brightens my morning. Absolute joy to behold.
Worth taking photos in the morning.
My True Love took some photos of crimson rosellas the other morning. However, unlike eastern rosellas, crimson rosellas are really afternoon birds. They glow in the setting sun. Another time maybe.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
Beautiful images Tracy and what a lovely bird. It’s definitely worth it taking your camera out in the morning! 💖 xxx
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Thank you, Xenia. I was very happy I made the decision to take the camera just in case. 🙂
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You have the most beautiful birds in your part of the world. Love your pics!
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Thank you, Jane. The Eastern Rosellas are one of our most colourful and shy parrots, Jane. Also, one of my favourites. So I was thrilled to see them and didn’t mind at all that I was “wasting time”.
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Beautiful pictures.. birds are inspiring. 🐦❤️
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Thank you.
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I would love to have coffee on your front doorstep, Tracy! Such lovely flowers and what a lovely bird! Fantastic pics.
By the way, your mornings sound quite like mine. 🙂
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You would love it, Punam. The front doorstep is a bit cold in winter, but in winter I just move out the back. Do you feel guilty about your morning routine too?
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One day, Tracy…I will surely land up at your doorstep! I feel guilty as hell but it is my routine and my way to connect with self, so…argh!!
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🙂
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This is the view from your front porch?! Oh, clearly I need to move then. I have nothing like this. Beautiful, Tracy.
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That was my thought, too!
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It is a top spot, Lois. This is our first house and my True Love and I have lived here for 25 years. We have no intention of moving. It is such an oasis of wildlife in the city.
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Beautiful photos Tracy. We occasionally catch a glimpse of the iridescent transient hummingbirds. A flash of colour…and gone.
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Our hummingbirds are very fleeting, too.
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Thank you, Sid.
Such enchanting little birds, the hummingbirds. I’ve watched them on some videos and they are so fast!
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Such beautiful birds and great pictures, Tracy!
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Thank you, Sylvia. I am glad I could share them with you.
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OMG so wonderful, wonderful beautiful!
I wish we had such beautiful and colorful birds here!
Best regards from Hamburg
Britta
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Hello Britta,
I was indeed lucky to have special visitors on that morning. 🙂 Not an every day occurrence.
Take care.
Regards.
Tracy.
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These are great shots Tracy. The view from your doorstep is much nicer than mine. If the garden centres ever re-open, I will plant more flowers.
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Thank you, Su. It was so nice to see those pink flowers doing so well after a little rain. They are planted in the garden bed of death. I wasn’t expecting the parrots to visit. Nice to know what they like to eat!
I hope your garden centres open soon. They must have built up lots of stock over the last few months.
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Love your morning views, flowers and colourful birds – what more is there to ask for? Excellent shots and your morning procedure sounds just like mine…avoiding things I should be doing. Finding proof and convincing myself I am doing the right thing… It is just that I can only sit outdoors when it is warmer – today and yesterday the first opportunities this year.
Wishing you a harmonious week, Tracy!
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Turned out to be a perfect day for some garden watching, Ann-Christine. It is getting chilly on the front door step now in the mornings. It got down to 1c this morning. I may need to take a blanket with me in future. 🙂
I hope you have a good spring and get to enjoy your garden. It will be nice to be out in the fresh air again.
Wishing you a harmonious week too, Ann-Christine.
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Your morning sounds like mine but I drink tea and have my coffee with breakfast
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It keeps me sane, Brian. I guess it does you too. 🙂
Is it cooling down your way yet?
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Tracy, you wake up to this??? OMG! Jealous to the T. You’re living the utopian life. Keep at it
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Hello. Thank you for visiting. No, I don’t wake up to such beautiful birds all the time. It was an unusual occurrence, but a very welcome one. Not quite utopia, but in that moment, it certainly felt like it. 🙂 Glad I could share these beautiful birds with you.
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I love your morning photographs! (I’m running out of superlatives.)
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The bird thanks you, Liz. It really is gorgeous.
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Well, have you joined the morning club?? How could you not, look at what you’ve been missing!!
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Ah…. maybe not. 🙂 I know I’m missing so much but I just can’t get out of bed!
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So gorgeous! Thank you for shooting and sharing. I just keep staring at that bird. Amazing!
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Thank you, Rebecca. You need to wear sunglasses if you want to stare at it for long. It is dazzling. 🙂
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this post, Tracy, as you paint your day in a humourous & endearing way.
I hear you on having to modify and make do with changes in flow of activities in the home. How wonderful that you have a new coffee nook with such a pretty and entertaining view. Thank you for sharing a glimpse with us.
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Thank you, Ju-Lyn. Every thing I said was true, lol. I am loving my new coffee nook. 🙂
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Well caught among all that pink blossom. Our birds are like little jewels or flying rainbows
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Hi Pauline. It was rather difficult to focus on the bird among that riot of colour. The camera was very confused. 🙂
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That last image is spectacular, Tracy!
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Thank you, Sue. I know you aren’t too keen on birds so I appreciate your comment. 🙂
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With you all the wayTracy. I need my 2 hours of “wasted” time or I’m a waste all day LOL. I might be tempted to move a bit faster for that gorgeous bird tho!
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Thankfully I didn’t have to move fast at all, Tina, as it came to me. I guess it is not too bothered by people sitting comatose, taking the occasional sip of coffee. 🙂
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Wow. Beautiful series.
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Thank you, John. I had beautiful models.
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How colorful.
Best regards
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Like a traffic light. Thank you for visiting. 🙂
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WP isn’t working right for me now and I can’t see the photos. I will try to remember (my brain hurts!) to come back when WP gets its shit together…
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Perhaps the WP peeps aren’t well?
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It’s finally working. 🙂
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🙂
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So worth start taking early on that day 🙂
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It was indeed. 🙂 Thank you for visiting.
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You welcome ☺
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What a cutie! Great photos too. I have been doing a lot of morning photography recently too but because I like to be out there before next door’s kids start shrieking. Also I am working from home so feel I must be chained to the computer from 9am. And – amazingly for the UK – unbroken sunshine for weeks has given us rather harsh light for much of the day!
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You won’t want to go back to work when this is all over, Darren. It would probably be a good thing for the planet if more people could work from home. I like my quiet time in the morning, checking out the garden, talking to the birds, etc. 🙂
Grey is definitely better for flower photography. Well, IMO, but what would I know. 🙂 Looking forward to seeing your photos, Darren.
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I never want to go to work Tracy! And I agree that this crisis is actually a good chance to illustrate that home working really can be successful for many.
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🙂 That’s perfectly understandable, Darren.
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I think your front doorstep is the perfect home office, Tracy! 😉 Such lovely flowers and birds!! 😍
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🙂 It was a special treat, Sarah. I have to get back to work though. While the sun is still shining. The weather forecast is for wintry weather in about a week so I am going to try to work on my creative projects this week.
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Imagine me cheering you on with your creative projects, Tracy! 😉
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🙂
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This really emphasises the need to get up earlier. What a lovely set of beauties you are presenting❣️
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I will try. One month left of autumn left here so perhaps I should make that challenge for next month. 🙂
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Flowers and birds, two of my favorite things. What a great combo!
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Thank you, Dianne. My favourite combo too. 🙂
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