Swede1952

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Hazy Heights

Yesterday, this turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) flew high overhead. I guess today is high big bird day. I took this with my canon 400mm lens stacked on a 1.4X Extender. There are a lot of both turkey vultures and black vultures around, so I take photos fairly regularly. I post one now and again but discard a bunch as well.

You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.

Take a look:
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #TurkeyVulture

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Sunbeam

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Feathered Mirage

This is a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) who flew high over my yard several months ago. The hawk seems to be screeching while it flies.

"The Red-tailed Hawk has a thrilling, raspy scream that sounds exactly like a raptor should sound. At least, that’s what Hollywood directors seem to think. Whenever a hawk or eagle appears onscreen, no matter what species, the shrill cry on the soundtrack is almost always a Red-tailed Hawk." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #RedTailedHawk #raptor #Birdofprey

Swede1952, 3 months ago to ilaughed

Good morning, friends. 🏵️🏵️🏵️

10 February 2024

"Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy ..." - Paul Simon

There is something to be said about living in the slow lane. Take me for example, I get up early in the morning let the dogs out, then if I feel like it, I take a nap, if not I come here, into my office and write something in this blog, then take a nap. I know, it's a rough life. Every now and again, there is something pressing that requires doing. My next major engagement is Valentines Day in the week coming. I'm going to have to go to the store before Wednesday to get a card.

“Laziness is the natural child of success. Who, after struggling up the ladder, feels like building another ladder? The view is already good.” - Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #flower #retirement

VeroniqueB99, 3 months ago to random

They must heal on the 4th step...🤦

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Good morning. 🕊️🕊️🕊️

9 February 2024

Hmmm ... what will I ramble on about this morning? How about car seats? Do you remember vinal car seats? They were the thing for years. I wonder if they still make vinal car seats. A fashionable car seat back in the day, was black tuck and roll vinal car seats in a souped-up car. I suppose vinal was popular because it looked like leather. I only dreamed of getting something like that done to my old cars, but they had vinal seats ... cracked vinal, but they were vinal :). That was the problem with vinal, after a while, it cracked revealing the foam stuffing. I don't want to forget the torn cloth ceiling liners in the old cars.

“No, no, no. There's no such thing as cheap and cheerful. It's cheap and nasty & expensive and cheerful.” - Jeremy Clarkson

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #morning #ars #pigeons

9ValleyMaiden, 3 months ago to accessibility

I'm trying to find more accounts that are committed to using alt text and only sharing things with it as well. I checked the #accessibility hashtag, and that wasn't helpful. It's all tech stuff.

I don't want to be an advocate. I just want to have a good and equal experience online and chat with people who care about if their followers can participate or not.

I feel very alone in this, and because I'm not #blind, just vision impaired, I don't seem to fit in anywhere.

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Twilight at My House

Last night Charlie and I were in the backyard putting bird feeders in the shed. I turned around a saw a little color, so I pulled out my phone and took a picture. If you look carefully at the doorway, you can see a shadow at the bottom of the storm door looking out. That's Ben, waiting for me and Charlie to return.

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #twilight

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Dune-top Drama

This little sanderling (Calidris alba) was running atop a low sand dune at Holly Beach, Louisiana.

"The Sanderling’s black legs blur as it runs back and forth on the beach, picking or probing for tiny prey in the wet sand left by receding waves. Sanderlings are medium-sized “peep” sandpipers recognizable by their pale nonbreeding plumage, black legs and bill, and obsessive wave-chasing habits. Learn this species, and you’ll have an aid in sorting out less-common shorebirds. These extreme long-distance migrants breed only on High Arctic tundra, but during the winter they live on most of the sandy beaches of the world." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #sanderling

Swede1952, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to ilaughed

Good morning. 🌳🌳🌳

8 February 2024

Why does the month of February have an "r" after the "b"? Am I mispronouncing the name because I pronounce it as "Feb you air ee." I've tried to enunciate that extra "r" but it just doesn't work. I just watched a video of how to pronounce that month name and the "r" after the "b" is still silent, so why is it there to begin with? Do you think it has anything to do with ancient aliens?

"Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it’s funny. Don’t you think it’s odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?

Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life." - Bill Watterson
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #February #trees #sky #CalvinandHobbes

Swede1952, 1 year ago to random

Good morning. ☕️☕️🌖

My wife and I went shopping yesterday. When we got home, my PC was broken - again. 😢 I do believe it was my fault, in the army, I would maybe say that I had a case of the dumb a$$. But live and learn. If you’re curious, I just installed a new PSU. My PC is a tower I purchased a little rolling platform to set it on. Well … the platform is shorter than the base of the PC … bottom line I covered up the fan so the PSU wasn’t venting like it should. So pop goes a power supply. It’ll be a couple days before I get a new one.

In the mean time, I’m loading my photography tools on a laptop, something that I’ve been procrastinating over for a while. I have snail paced internet service so it’s slow going.

I’m doing this on my phone.

It’s time to start building a new PC.

#morning #moon #mistake