Gila's Place

Yes, I understand the images aren’t pretty, but I wouldn’t tell children to look away; there’s a learning experience here for all ages. My first thoughts were “awww, poor little coon,” but…

Went and hung out by the cemetery for a fall storm. I was after shots of the crazy lightening but I didn’t pull that off very well; timing was just off. I…

One of the daily news guys I listen to has a podcast he does at night, Owen Shroyer Live. It’s a personal extension of his daily newscast where he takes calls from…

Our little town has an awesome playground back behind the ball diamond. It’s a little off the beaten path (a lot of kids play in the school playground in the middle of…

The bridge connecting Illinois and Missouri at Chester has scared the devil out of me since I was a small child. My kids always loved crossing it on the way back to…

I have been so busy with kid pics these these past couple of weeks I completely forgot about taking these at Mom’s on the 4th. I have taken pics of fireworks for…

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I was photographing the little league teams last week and one of the coaches hadn’t arrived in time to get in the group picture. We had to do the group pics first…

This kid is a trip  “Hey Aunt Gila, take my picture when I jump.” Looks like a little spiderman. 

Out for a drive with mom and had the pleasure of watching a Great Egret enjoy a meal in a low spot. There was pooling all over the water and I wasn’t…

Mom and I just happened to be out for a drive and rolled up on an upon the accident around 8:00 p.m. We had to turn around and cut through the cemetery…

Populations looks to be doing well this year; two to three does to each young buck. Seeing a lot of swollen bellies which means we will be seeing itty bitty bambies all…

I wasn’t fast enough to catch the small raccoon or beautiful red fox that I saw, and I almost missed out on the turkey. I only made it about 20 yard up…

When I walked upon my straw bale garden and saw a forest of tall, lanky mushrooms growing about every inch of my bales, I panicked. I thought for sure I had done…

When I first came across the idea of straw bale gardening I thought it was too simple to work. I watched a few dozen videos about it, bought a book on the…

March 31st called for high winds, hail, and tornadoes. Although the tornadoes and hail missed my immediate area the lightening show and wind was pretty outrageous. The first couple of images below…

My area seems to have an abundance of really old cemeteries. I’ve photographed a few but haven’t added any to the site. The header image is Winkle Cemetery where I am pretty…

Birds argued at the feeder all day. The wrens are just full of themselves. Going back to the strawbale garden this year. I look forward to no weeds, no bending, and abundant…