Magpie and Moose (and a squirrel just because)

We went to Best Buy to pick up Supernatural season 8 because it's Show 2 in our home (Doctor Who is Show) and on the way, in the wooded lot by our house, I saw a moose. So I ran back in the house to get my camera.

So right before I snapped the photo above, we watched a magpie land briefly on the moose's butt then fly off. Michael and I laughed about it. When I take photos, I'll usually take a few, and choose the best one. The second photo that I took was this one.

Does it look like that magpie was looking for a landing spot? It was there with a couple of it's buddies. They were trying to look innocent but watching the moose carefully.

We saw a magpie land again on the moose's butt, then fly off. I missed that photo. But we stuck around as the moose ambled off into the woods to see if it would happen again, if this was a game the magpies were playing.

Sorry for how blurry it is. But yes, that's a magpie. On the moose. The magpies followed the moose into the woods. They really kind of reminded me more than a bit of Rosemary, who is one of my very dearest friends. She loves sparkly things, and also is a fan of Supernatural and her favorite character is the one they sometimes call "Moose".

This photo was taken yesterday, and has nothing to do with the photos above, except I was able to focus more carefully and wasn't laughing while trying to take the picture.

Corvid Boxes- Magpie and Raven

A flock of magpies is called all sorts of things, but I always liked "charm". A charm of magpies!
Here's a couple boxes that use some of my photos. I hope you enjoy them. 300 dpi, click on the images for the full sized versions and print them on card stock.

If you have a favorite template that I use for boxes, a favorite size or type, I'd love comments. I tend to use this template a lot because I love the space available for designs. 

Mushrooms and Magpies

These mushrooms are poisonous but oh so pretty. The picture with 2 in them, Mike said the tops looked like a very fancy dessert, so now I'm planning a custard dessert that will look sort of like that.
I love magpies so much. We get lots in our neighborhood, but usually they fly off before I can get a good picture. I need a better camera. But this one almost looked like it was posing for me.
Click on the images to see larger versions, the larger versions aren't huge so they will be quick to load.

Some Alaskan photograph boxes

I keep taking all these photos, and I thought maybe they would look good on boxes. They will be a little ink intensive because they are photos, but I hope you like them!
Click on the images to download the full sized versions. The magpie was one I spotted and photographed on my friend Rosemary's b-day, and the forget-me-not pictures were from gold panning the other day.