Ruby, my Red Point Siamese kitten, having a snooze on the air-conditioner.

In early Spring the low woodland floor along Paradise Pond is covered with wild and naturalized flowers - first with waves of blue Scilla (Scilla siberica) and now with Trout Lily (Erythronium), the wildly invasive Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) and this exquisite Red Barrenwort (Epimedium × rubrum ).

Red Barrenwort is a low, deciduous ground cover which, despite its delicate appearance, is drought tolerant, deer resistant and commands a strong presence in the forest understory. Its ruby-colored flowers bloom in the early Spring and its foliage adds beautiful color to the Autumn forest landscape.

Happy Monday, my friends! Have a wonderful week. :)

This is another in the series of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds from Strawberry Plains, when Allen (asparks306) and I 'worked' the garden area of the Davis house. I preferred the backward formation of the wings, along with part of its body pushed forward. The plant in the image is Coral Bean, a favorite of these birds. Everyone have a nice weekend!

Ruby Beach is off highway 101 on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The beach, like many along the west coast, is noted for it's sea stacks -- geological landforms created by erosion. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(geology)

Ruby Throated Hummingbird on a Porterweed stalk. A brief moment of repose for the little migrant - Green Spring Gardens Park

Ruby throated humminbird

Huntley meadows park, VA, USA

August 2018

Juvie Male

I love my camera.

Camera in one hand, ball in the other.

I love my fur sister, too.

She doesn't fit in my hand. Or take pictures...

..but 'cute' seems to go a long way in this world, eh?

Ruby visited our office today.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird (m)

I was pleasantly surprised from photographing this image. I had no intentions on capturing a photograph around Red Rock Falls. Just an easy day hike to the falls and that's all I thought it was. But just a short time exploring the massive red rock formation I was surprised with this amazing set of waterfalls hitting the red rocks. So I slapped on the ND filter and CPL and got this amazing photograph to share.

Red Rock Falls

Glacier National Park, Montana

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These little birds have been teasing me for awhile and I finally got one (without the ruby crown) the other day. But today I was lucky that this one sat long enough so I could get a few photos. Phew!

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

A small and busy little bird

with a top nock that raises

and falls for the hens.

Image taken at The Pax Guesthouse, Trinidad ..

Oceanside, NY

- September 15, 2017

Ruby Crowned Kinglet and an older image of mine I found on one of my hard drives :-)

Canon 7D MKII and Canon 500 F4 with 1.4 XTC at ISO 1000 1/640 sec at F6.3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park

I've never seen blossom this rich a red in Spring before. Taken after rain with bright light breaking through cloud this was a very warm and vibrant sight. The leaf colours range from dark green to copper. Haven't found a name for it yet so I've decided to call it "Ruby" ... I think this might be cherry blossom ...

View On Black

Textures:

Dappled Light On A Wall

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Costa Rica

male ruby-throated hummingbird

Photograhed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.

Member of Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

Backyard, Great Bend, Ks. Hummingbird migration has started.

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird in our backyard.

I spotted several Ruby-crowned Kinglets and I suspect they were chasing a perspective mate.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird female at canna lilies

Seen for sale in a local rock shop. Rubies are the dark red crystals in the softer green matrix of fuchsite, a chromium (Cr)-rich variety of the mineral muscovite, belonging to the mica group of phyllosilicate minerals. Chromium gives the ruby its deep red color. This sphere is about 8 inches in diameter.

Liverpool cruise terminal.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird female - feeding on a Nile Lily Green Spring Gardens Park

I visited Ruby Beach several times before, but a few weeks ago I was finally rewarded by this kind of beautiful sky, for the first time.

Last week it seemed there were alot of these in the area...a fair sized crop but liked it regardless!

Photographed in a private garden in Memphis, Tennessee.

Member of Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

Newtown, CT

In our story Ruby is a sister of Morion and Opal, but she was born without any magic. As she could not stand living with her more talented sisters (especially with elder Morion), she left their house in dark, deep wood and started new life in the capitol. There - looking for a good job - she found an Assasins Guild. At the moment she is a boss one of a Guild assasins group and meets her sisters only if Guild does need a special powers.

We added a few details in Ruby's company face-up to make it more evening like. Now she is standing here in her new edwardian dress, and looks just awasome... But the pictures will have to wait till Sunday, when we will have a time to do it and when we will have the last dress of a new collection ready :3

Ruby is Dollmore Bella Auden sleepy eyes on Impldoll Star body ns

Face-up by Dollmore and we

Wig by Leeke World

Eyes by Mako Eyes

Ruby Crowned Kinglet at Bombay Hook NWR

The woods were filled with hyperactive little birds

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Ruby-tailed Wasp (Chrysis sp) investigating every nook & cranny of my garden wall.

The bright scarlet color of Bee Balm (Monarda) in my garden is definitely a favored bloom for the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. This juvenile male will eventually have throat feathers that will match the ruby-red of the flower he loves. Tomahawk, WI 7/20/2020

The Hale River flowing through Ruby Gap in Central Australia

Cambo Legend 4x5

Nikon 240mm Copal 3

Kodak Ektachrome +1/2 converted to greyscale