Chillin’

“Chillin’”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

Last week, I went to Murfree Springs Wetlands. All the critters were in their hiding places and did not want to show their cute little faces.

 

A family of raccoons live in a dead tree in the swamp. The top part of the tree that they hung out in broke off, and they now live in the bottom of the tree. A small black peep hole only gives glimpse of them when they stick their heads out.

 

I met a fellow photographer who also was waiting for their debut. He noticed a raccoon snuck out the back door of the tree and was foraging in the marsh.

 

The raccoon crawled up the tree and began cleaning herself. She grew tired and laid down briefly so we could get our shot!

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Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Magical Morning

“Magical Morning”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

Cades Cove, Tennessee is always magical. This particular morning the fog danced around the Dan Lawson Place like a ballerina making it even more magical.

 

The frozen ground was white as snow and the water reflected an array of colors. It was a stunning sight.

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pigeon Jam

“Pigeon Jam”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

A park volunteer told me about a white pigeon in Cades Cove last week. He said the pigeon had a tag and a light on it and may have escaped from Dollywood.

 

A friend and I were driving around Loop Road when out of the corner of my eye, I spotted it. Thankfully, there was a place to pull off. I quickly motioned for my friend to park.

 

The pigeon was very tame and let us get close to photograph him. One of my goals was to photograph his feet so I could maybe get the numbers on the tags.

 

I wanted to catch it with my butterfly net and hopefully find its owner. I did not know if I would get it trouble so I let him be.

 

A “bear jam” happens when tons of people are looking at the bears. It backs up traffic sometimes causing it to halt. So, I titled this photo “Pigeon Jam” because it caused traffic to back up. The tourist were excited to slow down and take a cellphone photo of the little guy. Before long, he flew away after our photoshoot.

 

I went to the ranger station hoping I would have its tag numbers to report. Anxiously, a looked through the photos and sure enough, I had one tag number. The tag number was 80, which was on the blue and white striped tag. The other tag was orange, but I could not see a number. The workers went to the data base and sent an email with the info to find his owner.

 

Fingers crossed!

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

Curlicue

“Curlicue”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

Hiking on the trails in Cades Cove are always fun. A lot of times I come up empty-handed and don’t see any wildlife—sometimes I hit the jackpot.

 

I hiked on a trail with a friend where there had been bear activity. Before long, we ran into a sow and her cubs.

 

It had been raining, and I did not notice the impact the rain had on the cub’s hair when photographing him. When I edited the photo, I noticed he looked like he had just gotten a perm along with the fern in front of him. I could not have planned that any better.

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

“Better Late Than Never”

“Better Late Than Never”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

My 30^th wedding anniversary was a few weeks ago. We were planning on celebrating by going on a cruise then COVID-19 happened. Maybe we will celebrate a little late. Better late then never!

 

This photo was taken on our last cruise with Princess Cruises in 2018.

Location: Somewhere in the Caribbean Sea

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“Last in Line”

“Last in Line”

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

Earlier this spring, I had the privilege of photographing my first fox kit. He was adorable to say the least. I loved when he looked at me with those blue eyes!

 

Mama fox had already moved all the other kits and this kit was the last in line. He patiently waited where he was told.

 

I never got to see him again as mama fox moved them to a new location. It is a memory I will never forget!!

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