Even more impressive was this guy's gettin'-in technique.
Not much else today besides a bonanza, just a terrapin walkin' through
his food, and a Pearl Crescent butterfly, apparently very common in the
eastern U.S. They swarm at puddles, and are combative with invaders of
their territory.
Got another break-o-day-er coming from Colorado in the morning. Do you
suppose he'll actually materialize...
In ten minutes, I had 3 acceptable images. Time exposures, about 3 minutes. Took the camera about 3 minutes to digest each one, and that's the D2x! The old (2002 model) Canon D30 would have churned for a half hour on each one!
Ben won his election, about 4 to 1. No sweat.
Break-o-day no-show showed up at 9:30. This RV-8, unannounced, was a
much better show! On her t-shirt: R V there yet?
Dahlia started from seed, growing well, subtle pink, yellow & orange, mirrored in the sunset.
Then, after sunset (hey, we've got a CLOUD in the sky) we had a light show.
Fonda, I don't know why you shoot 200 to get a lightning shot. This only took 5. (I had to blow up a teeny part of the image, but, hey... use all the tricks!
The storm skidded north of us, so we're still dry. That's relatively speaking... humidity is about 98 percent, the grass is growing from the moisture in the morning dew. Mowing and baling going on; any outdoor activity brings on drip drip drip.
I'll catch up, I promise.
Here's Iowa through the camera hole.
Here's Missouri through the camera hole.
Corn, corn corn.
This is where I wanted to go.
This only took an hour. Man, it was steamy today.
Briggs played in the office where the air conditioner blows. He's fascinated by the dangly strap on my camera. Have to be careful to keep my hands out of range. He got bored with the game.
When I rattled the cat food dish, out he came!
Tomorrow I head for north Missouri to shoot pictures of corn. Then on into Iowa, if the clouds stay away. After last night's storm, the remnants of the Texas hurricane finally drifted away today. I siphoned about an inch out of the revetments. Larry & Juanita are here to look after things for a few days.
Today, the strangest sight taxied up to the fuel pump... it was so tall, and the pilot was so tall, even he had to stretch to reach the tanks. The amphibian Scout, and the Mooney pilots, had to dodge rain showers north of here on their way to Oshkosh. Both from Texas.
Tonight the pop-up storms started south of here, then another hit square on after dark, rained and rumbled. Welcome rain!
That lightning bolt looks like it hit right on our house! But it's farther away, probably out by Jan's house east of town.
We should have been fishing or swimming today. Grant and Grandpa Thad, back in the 70's. This print is changing color as it ages. Fonda requested a copy of it, so I had to get a stool to get it off the wall.
I mowed late this afternoon, so missed the sunset.
I don't have a picture handy, but I do have his MOTHER's picture from 1963. Ty and his mother are so handsome, don't you think? AnnDee, in Denver, at a Newhouse family reunion. What a CHICK!
More traffic for Oshkosh. We had our own airshow here at 1MO, with Snoopy as lead-off performer, dust and all. Top shelf stuff!
Grant, I found your high school graduation pictures, just north of the glueboard, but on the second shelf instead of on the floor. Maybe I'll get them scanned for your 30th class reunion in 2018.
This is the best windsock, Juanita brought it back from Alaska. Ain't this exciting? 1MO, cleared to depart!
Young Eagle on the ramp! Oh, it's just a youthful terrapin, probably a teenager in turtle years, maybe two or three. Shy.
LAD had blueberries and pancakes. I had blueberries and ice cream! Yum.
In one week, the sun has moved south, the width of a tree. Days are getting shorter now, can you tell?
Posts
All Comments
