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Category Archives: Personal Thoughts And Questions
I know I haven’t posted much lately, but I have some exciting things to share over the next few days! I’ll be sharing information on my new Purple Martin house that I hope to put up, a crazy Monarch butterfly chrysalis that’s attached to my back door, my new indoor gardening hobby, and last, but…
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I know I haven’t posted much lately and I really have no great excuses other than I haven’t even picked up my camera at all. I have one good excuse, and one bad excuse. The bad excuse is that I’m experiencing what appears to be my summer lull time, the heat and humidity are way…
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 I just bought (and watched) a new movie called Metamorphosis: The Beauty And Design Of Butterflies and thought I’d provide a little review. This is one of the best Butterfly movies I have seen. The incredible detail in the video is fantastic! It is also very educational. One of the main reasons I purchased this…
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I’m posting this for my own benefit as much as anyone else. By posting this, it will force me to wake up early and do what I intend to do. I’m planning on revisiting Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge tomorrow (Saturday). I think it’s been almost a year since I was last out there. Even then,…
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Despite our continual, record breaking heat a drought, I really love this time of year when the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are migrating through, and sometime soon, the Monarchs will pass by on their to their breeding grounds in Mexico. I’ll start with the Hummingbirds. I love seen this birds jousting for nectar each morning and…
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I wanted to get down my thoughts on being a Purple Martin landlord for 3 years now. As usual, it’s been a great experience, and each year has been more successful than the previous year. The first year the Purple Martin house was located a little closer to the pool and it seemed like we…
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 I’ve got some really interesting, but personal, information to share. I generally don’t share a whole lot about my personal life, but this just seemed so interesting I’ve decided to do it. A little background. I remember my mother had a Butterfly business when I was a very young child. I don’t recall many of…
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I’m a little challenged right now with photography. It’s so dang hot and humid that I just haven’t been in the mood to go outside to take pictures. Even when I do go outside to take a quick picture, my lenses get so fogged up from the humidity that I completely miss the shot. Fortunately,…
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I thought this post my helpful to some, boring to others, and somewhat sad for the rest. As if often the case with me, sometimes I buy things because of a review I read, it “looked” interesting, or because I simply thought I had to have it. This post is a review of some of…
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Hello everyone. Not an entertaining post tonight, but I did want to let folks know what I am doing in terms of changes to the blog. One of the things that always kinda bothered me is that I couldn’t view any of the videos I posted on my iPhone or my iPad. If I would…
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Take this post with a grain of salt since it concerns Texas weather, but thought I would post this for folks in the Houston and surrounding areas. We’ve been reaching the upper 60′s to low 70′s this week (Jan 4-9), but according to this entry on the Houston Chronicle, the folks at ImpactWeather (a private…
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I thought I’d take a moment before heading off to bed (I actually stayed awake past midnight this year) to write about my New Years Resolutions. First, I really want to become a better photographer. As I look over my photographs over the last year, I can see that I am improving, but my composition…
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I’ve got bad news. Because of the recent violence between the drug cartel and police in Michoacan, Mexico, my planned trip is looking doubtful. I’m really bummed about this. I keep weighing the pros and cons of continuing to do this trip in late February and it just sounds like such a risk. I understand…
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 Leecy saw this occurring yesterday and took a picture of it today. It’s a type of Husky Dog being eaten by Black Vultures off on the side of the road. Here’s what kind of disturbs me. One, this dog is far enough away from the road that it was either placed there or perhaps it…
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As many of you who know me personally, or have seen my comment on this blog, the Canon EF 500mm f/4 is my dream lens, or was. I’ve been renting it all week while on vacation and I’m glad I did that. It’s a $6200.00 lens and it was one I was hoping to one…
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