”Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” ~ Cordell Hull
A short visit along the coast in South Carolina provided an opportunity to observe some wildlife and beautiful gardens. However, the unseasonably hot and humid temperatures made mornings the only reasonable times to be out and about for any extended … Read More
Spring is full-on, completely changing the surrounding forest from it’s winter barren appearance presenting additional green each day during our morning walk.
Of course there’s been a price to pay — pollen and allergies.
iPhone4 photographs… Read More
Since buying our curent home seven years ago we’ve, one project at a time, made it from what we purchased into what we envisioned it could be when we purchased it. We knew this house had “good bones” for us and needed only some “renovations” to reach our personal visions.
I often make photographs of … Read More
Walking the fields and woods nearly every morning this winter I’d grown accustomed to the dull brown and grey leafless winter landscape. This past week I witnessed a sudden change in the color pallet nature is “painting” with.
There is an infectious freshness and vibrance to the landscape now and each day marks more noticeable … Read More
The last week was full of preparation for the outdoors, spring and another summer.
The yard equipment is all ready now — inspections, repairs, changing oil/filters, cleaning air filters, greasing spindles and sharping blades. I’ll admit there’s pleasure for me in preforming these tasks and more than a small amount of satisfaction when they’re … Read More
In my opinion, Emma the Barn Owl was the most visually attractive raptor at the Carolina Raptor Center the day we shot and deserves her own mini-gallery.… Read More
Still working through photos from the Raptor Center.
It seemed only fair since the raptors were so heavily photographed some of the photographers should end up in front of a camera as well.
Yes…It was … Read More
Photographing “birds of prey” during an event like PhotoWILD, Carolina Raptor Center, might seem like “shooting sitting ducks” (easy targets), and it may be compared to photographing them in the wild, which I have no experience with, but there’s still a bit of … Read More
Yesterday, two friends and fellow bloggers, Paul and Tom, and I attended the spring PhotoWILD event at the nearby Carolina Raptor Center. Paul posted a very good synopsis of the event so I won’t rehash words here about the event.
The photo above of Akai (or perhaps Hermes,) an eastern screech owl, is among my … Read More
“Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.” ~ Anthony de Mello
If so, then I’m well on my way to becoming a very wish man.
Pine forest path – iPhone4 Photo… Read More
I’m seeing a lot of signs of spring on my morning walks. It was in the mid-70′s F this past Saturday, although it cooled back down the following day.
Harbingers of Spring Photos – iPhone4… Read More
“If you’re an introvert, you also know that the bias against quiet can cause deep psychic pain. As a child you might have overheard your parents apologize for your shyness. Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”— that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally
First, a sincere thank-you to those who via the previous post left kind birthday wishes and encouraging words on my current inspirational slump and time away from photographing, as well as my lack of participating in any meaningful way in this my little corner of the “blogosphere.”
I’ve experienced downtimes before but this particular one … Read More
I’m still out here, but not feeling terribly connected to the Internet, this blog or photography at the moment.
However, I enter a new decade today (60) so perhaps things/my mood will change.
iPhone 4 Photo
