Two views of the Pink Super Moon from Tuesday night in Beaumont TX.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Curiosity at the The Dallas Arboretum & Garden
A bronze statue opens the imaginagtion for a small child.
Labels:
Arboretum Dallas,
Dallas,
Garden,
Texas,
Thinks to do
Location:
Unnamed Road, Dallas, TX 75218, USA
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Ferry boat ride to Dolphin Island, Alabama
The ferry boat ride to Dolphin Island in Alabama is a great time for bird watching, waves, and scenery. A slow down from your busy life.
Cattail Marsh's smiling gator
The happy alligator from the Cattail Marsh Scenic Wetlands & Boardwalk in Beaumont Texas.
Labels:
Alligators,
Beaumont,
biking,
Cattail Marsh,
hiking,
marsh,
nature,
Texas
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Pimpled, Dappled Sky
The sun didn't quite go down as I was shooting this, but it's brightness emphaises all the little speckles sprinkled around the sky.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
What do angry clouds portend for the seasons ahead?
These were the angry clouds that moved slowly through early this week. Habringer of turbulent summer weather to come?
Labels:
Beaumont,
clouds,
storms,
Texas summer,
weather
Monday, June 4, 2018
Cotton puff sky highlights Ole Glory
I was watching the sky today as we moved around the city on chores. This shot was while I was at Kinsel Ford dropping off a vehicle which needed repairs. I was struck by the contrast between the cotton puff clouds in the background and in the foreground the American flag flapping actively in the breezes brought in by a cool front.
Labels:
American Flag,
Beaumont,
clouds,
cotton puffs,
flag,
weather
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Great Blue Heron ponders how to eat a catfish whole
Okay, you're a Great Blue Heron and you have caught a big catfish for your meal. How do you eat it?
Well, you play with it and poke it with your beak for about 20 minutes. (repeat poking and playing as necessary). Then you are ready for the "big swallow" (see bottom photo).
This was taken at Cattail Marsh Scenic Wetlands and Boardwalk in Tyrrell Park in Beaumont, TX -- a popular birding spot.
Excuse the fuzziness -- but this heron was a long way away and wasn't going to tolerate me getting any closer (fearing I would steal his meal).
Labels:
Beaumont,
birding,
birds,
catfish,
Cattail Marsh,
Great Blue Heron,
herons,
Texas
Monday, May 7, 2018
Alligator enjoys an after lunch nap at Cattail Marsh
This alligator at the Cattail marsh seemed to be enjoying a nap back a good ways from the viewing boardwalk. He was up on the land to get more heat to help digest his meal of one of his marsh fellows.
Labels:
alligator,
Beaumont,
Cattail Marsh,
nature,
Texas
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Sunset near the Indiana-Michigan border
This was a recent sunset from near the Indiana-Michigan border. The cool night seemed to make the colors crisper.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Posing lizards thumb noses at gravity.
My brick-scaling, gravity-defying, photo-posing lizards are very active this summer, in case you wanted to know.
They want you to know.
They want you to know.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Driving into the Houston sunset
This is how things looked driving into the Houston, TX, sunset on the I-10 a few weeks back. Beautiful colors, but blinding views to have to maneuver through.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Stools make great stomping for inside kids
This was a kids playground at a hospital we were at in Dallas last week where our 8th grandchild was born.
You get a better sense of the intense, playful activity from above.
Labels:
Dallas,
kids,
playground,
Texas
Snow, silence and a white winter greet horses' hunt for grass.
This was the scene of our daughters ranch in Indiana earlier this week. The snow eventually accumulated to 9+ inches. I love the hush that falling snow pushes down. It looks like a White Christmas for her family.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Seattle's aptly named Discovery Park
Having fun with a game of chase under the huge trees in Seattle's Discovery Park which overlooks the Puget Sound. We could have spent days exploring this wonderland.
Labels:
Discovery Park,
nature,
Seattle
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Blackbird well skilled at diversionary tactics
This agitated Red-Winged Blackbird was doing everything he could to catch my attention and draw it away from his nest in Mishawaka's (Indiana) Central Park on the St. Joseph River. When I turned around, he would fly in front of me to keep me looking at him
I didn't see the nest, but I got a good idea where it was when I walked over to a tree near the overlook by the dam. He made a couple of close swooshes past me to make sure I was focusing on him.
He was a darned good watchman.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Blue Heron stands sentry at fishing grounds
Despite the fact that this Great Blue Heron seems to favor this Mishawaka, IN, park as a favorite fishing hole, he didn't seem to be having much luck the day we spent some time together. The spot is in Central Park at a small dam. You can see the splash from the dam in the background.
Labels:
birds,
Great Blue Heron,
herons,
Indiana,
Mishawaka
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Chicago swells with traffic for air show
We tried to make it out to the Navy Pier to watch the show and were almost at the gates, when we realized we had left our suitcase back where we ate lunch. Oh, well.
Labels:
boat,
Chicago,
Chicago River,
Illinois,
rivers
Monday, August 17, 2015
Ominous clouds can't deliver on rain threat
This was the weather system that blew past our neighborhood last night. Ominous as it might look, it was all bluster and no rain. The air cooled down to about 80 degrees, and it turned breezy -- but not even a sprinkle.
Blue Heron stands watch at Mishawaka Dam in South Bend, IN
This blue heron was standing watch below the Mishawaka Dam at Central Park in South Bend, Indiana where we were visiting my daughter's family last week.
It didn't look like he was having much luck finding lunch. Maybe he was just trying to keep cool in the 90-degree heat.
It didn't look like he was having much luck finding lunch. Maybe he was just trying to keep cool in the 90-degree heat.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Butterfly flies off to mythical world
So this butterfly and I were having this photo shoot up in Seattle along the side walk. I guess she just got tired of waiting for me to set up and take a shot or something. She just says "to heck with this cameo, I'm out of here." And just like that she flies off to some mythical world. Oh well, who am I to blow against the wind.
Labels:
Butterflies,
nature,
Seattle
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Baseball: team effort
This is a shot of my grand-daughter Sophie playing baseball a couple years ago. Notice how many players are coming in to make the play. (the boy on the right eventually gets the baseball glove off his head.)
Now look closely where the ball ends up... She stopped the ball, that's what counts. If she hadn't stopped it, I am sure they would have been pile of players behind her smashing down on it.
Now look closely where the ball ends up... She stopped the ball, that's what counts. If she hadn't stopped it, I am sure they would have been pile of players behind her smashing down on it.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Elusive butterfly
We were in Seattle recently and this butterfly was wandering through the flowers next to the sidewalk as I walked along. I let the others walk along without me while I stopped to spend some time with my new BFF. He proved pretty elusive. (Wait, wasn't that a song?).
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Great Egret does a high five
You always see egrets standing on their legs and rarely see them using them for anything else. In this case, the Great Egret is getting ready to do some scratching. It does, however, look like he's doing a high five.
The shot is from a small bayou at the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.
Labels:
Atchafalya River,
birds,
Great Egret,
heron,
Louisiana,
nature
Friday, May 8, 2015
Fishing the falls near Seattle
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Flower opens for business
Some flowers seem to hide their pollen and nectar displays down deep in a petal tunnel. Not this one. It's open for business - clearly visible from all directions.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Louisville iron bridges by the dawn's early light
A view of bridges over the Ohio River in Louisville Kentucky in the dawn light. We were there a few years ago for a Iron Man competition our son was in.
Labels:
Bridges,
Louisville,
sunrise
Monday, May 4, 2015
Glacier calving is caught in photo
This is a somewhat close-up view of a glacier as it meets the water from our recent Alaskan trip. The big blue columns of ice form a wall at the water's edge. The best I could estimate the size is that the columns are about 200 to 300 feet high. Periodically, a sliver will fall into the water and create a big splash. You can see that splash at the bottom center of the photo -- I think that splash is about 30-50 feet high. The process is called calving.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Brilliant Alaska blues beam from lake
This lake we saw on Alaska journey last year takes your breath away. The blues assault your eyes with their brilliance.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Spider lunch time
This spider, hanging in my back yard, was munching down on his lunch, when I came upon him. He had a couple future meals hanging elsewhere on his web. He probably lost those, though, because later in the day, the wind blew away his spindly fortress.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Alaska wows with cold sites
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Ducklings get lessons on grooming
"Okay kids, you had your dinner and your play time, now it is time to clean up." A mother duck, sheppards her ducklings, teaching them good hygiene habits. The scene is from Lake Washington.
Labels:
birds,
ducks,
nature,
Seattle,
Washington State
Location:
Seattle, WA, USA
Monday, August 18, 2014
Whale wakes whale watchers with tale show
This shot is from our recent Alaskan cruise on the Norwegian Jewel. We took a whale watching tour out of Juneau, and saw quite a few whales from afar. After about 45 minutes of this, we ended up in a place where whales were mulling around, but not close to our boat. The captain turned off the motor and decided to wait and see. Just as he was walking to the front to start the boat to leave, this whale and a companion surfaced about 40 feet from us to gasps and "wow" from all of us. This is the Humpback whale's signature move as he starts a deep dive for food.
Location:
Juneau, USA
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Seattle slides away
This was the view from the Norwegian Jewel as Seattle slid away from us and we set sail for an Alaskan Cruise.
Labels:
cruise,
downtown,
Seattle,
Washington State
Location:
Seattle, WA, USA
Eagle brags about his Salmon catch
After an hour of watching this Alaskan eagle from afar, as we were walking back to the bus, he zoomed to a tree by the road which we were walking past. I was so excited to shoot the shot, that I did not notice the salmon hanging down. You can barely see it, but he has already eaten the head off of his catch. This shot was from our recent Alaskan cruise on the Norwegian Jewel.
Location:
Ketchikan, AK, USA
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