This is a very special message for my "Twinkle" and "Junebug". I want you to know that I think of you single day. I love you both very much...I hope you will have fun looking at all these photographs..........
love you
xoxo
xoxo

Just where I wish I was right now instead of New York waiting for it to warm up.

Found on one of my early morning walks while i
was looking for shells.
This was at the "Lighthouse" beach on
Sanibel Island.

In case I forgot to mention it....I love cows.

Sanibel Island has hundreds of Alligators, but only
one Croc. She is just a bit over 11 ft. long. I was
showing someone these photos one day and was asked if i was scared to be so close to the croc....
close??? they had no idea about telephoto lenses.
It was a hot day on the Island, but while i was shooting these photos i felt so cold....this thing scared the hell out of me.

One beautiful morning at the"ding", it was breakfast time for the tribes.

Swans can always be found not to far from my home on a nearby beach. Generally folks shy away from them because of their reputation for having a nasty personality. I have always found that if you carry a 5lb. sack of cracked corn you can easily have a friendly repore. So a fairly young swan kept getting closer and closer....just inches away from my face...i was using a fisheye lens. He/she let me follow into the flock....it made for a rather pleasant morning

Found this in Essex, Ma.

Went to an incredible nursury while visiting a friend in
Atlanta to help her pick up a fountain for her yard...
while there we saw these amazing Koi. They are quite beautiful.

Atlanta, Ga.

Here is one of the charming faces that I wake up to every morning

I shot this with my Canon G9...i really like that little camera. I have taken some amazing photographs with it.

Having fun with this blog

I have been a photographer for nearly 40 years. I started out using a Voightlander 35mm range finder. Graduated to a Nikon f2as...still have it and it works like a charm. Taught myself the beginning skills of darkroom work...eventually learned much more through some great workshops and seminars. Went to college and got a degree in journalism...freelanced my way through all kinds of jobs to feed my kids and pay the rent. Now lean towards the fine arts production of photographic work.
I ended up finally getting a digital camera upon the birth of my second grandchild. I felt i was getting a little slow to keep up with the kids with my old Nikon....i made it through my kids with the Nikon but my knees weren't going to cooperate with this new generation.
So the digital world has made it so much for me easier to take photos of the little ones.
While I still love to print the "old fashioned" way, I really think posting pictures through a blog like this is so totally far out....I am still trying to get the hang of it as my skills are still pretty rough......but I am really having a lot of fun with this whole thing.

One morning I was out shelling on a beach in between Sanibel and Captiva. I came upon this Great Blue Heron just standing alone near the beach. I was able to get fairly close and take several shots. I took just one to many steps and the darn thing flew off. So off I trudged after it...about a 1/2 mile back down the beach to the breaker. There it was again...so i was able to take alot more shots of this incredible bird.
This was a really large Heron. It is certainly taller than it appears.
I just think it is pretty amazing how they can "squnch" themselves up.
Really a lovely bird to look at and photograph

Anyone ever see this? It is somewhere off a
highway near Atlanta, Ga. I was using a Canon
Rebel when we zoomed by. I thought it was
pretty funny.

Happy 2nd day of Spring!!!! The Osprey are returning to Long Island...........I thought I spied one on my way to work on Friday..I couldn't be quite sure. Then this morning on my way over the causeway, I let out a cheer......for there it was sitting upon last years nesting platform.
This is a shot of an Osprey I saw at the "Ding" in Florida....it was such a great feeling seeing that bird this morning...knowing that it had survived a long flight from somewhere and came back to our neighborhood. Now the wait for the return of the mate and their winged dance over the marsh.

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I took this early one morning as I was driving to work ...usually they are trying to hit me as I drive along.

Only three guesses as to who this loveable guy is....

Eastern Screech Owl