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I just realized that when writing on this blog I am talking to a 30″ Apple monitor.  Not sure if anyone will see it.  Sure OF sees it he is my pal.  And he  looks fairly regularly.  And  D.P. sees it often. So for the most part I am doing this for myself.  Oh sure I have occasional comments from friends and such.   But in reality this pushes me to look beyond my current skill level.

Lately I have been dragging Butt.  Have several reasons why.  One that is just eating at me.  Losing a lot of sleep over it.  Wanda before you call me and ask about my health know it is not that.  Oh ….Wanda reads once and a while.  I have as of late been spending a lot of time meditating. Not cross legged humming.  Just enjoying nature and my surroundings……….

Tonight I watched this cloud grow and get very large.  It was beautiful.  I can say that I have never seen a cloud like this before.  Especially the vertical thin clouds within the big cloud.  Amazing.  This week I have spent time with Terns.  And seagulls.  Practicing photo-panning.  The terns performed well.  I was real lucky to get some fun shots.  Post those later.

Last shot of the night was this seagull as he flew by and s

He is a little different than the other two.  Like his mother was.  Born with a scowl on his face.  Probably wished he was still in the womb.  Warm and comfy in there.  I am blessed that he is here.  And what a great mother.  A natural if you will.  She is incredible.  Always has a smile.  Positive.  Loves her kids.  Elijah is another lucky one to have picked this family…..

Got a haircut yesterday.  Went back to the Barber today to show my friends the “place”.  I have never seen a barber shop like this before.  Walk in and see a couch, chair and a large big screen.  Sports paraphernalia everywhere.  Most of which revolve around University of Eastern Washington.  Division I champions last year in football.  Cheney is a fun community and Imperial Styling is a great place to get a cut!

After dinner and before sunset.  Still in Cheney.  The drives out around here are incredible.  The fields are being cut.  Harvesting everywhere.  Incredibly quiet 30 miles out.  Only one other car on the road.  It sure feels good to get out.

I am back in Washington.  Cheney to be exact.  Don’t want to get into details but the last month has been CRAZY!!!!!!   It’s good tonight to get a break.  Went out before dinner and found a couple of fun shots that screamed Black and White.  It is beautiful here.

1/1000 sec @ f/5.0,  70mm, ISO 200, 47 Deg-24′-59″ North,  117 Deg-16′-39″ West

Nikon D3s, 24-70mm f/2.8

9 frame HDR – range = 1/250 sec to 1/40 sec @ f/13,  32mm,  ISO 200,  47 Deg-26′-34″ North,  117 Deg-22′-47″ West

Nikon D3s, Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

Every new grandson reminds me that there is a God in Heaven.

I really like small animals and insects.  Like I have mentioned in previous posts I am always looking.  It is not too hard to find lizards in the warmer climates.  Just go to some rocks and look around.  The trick is getting them to hold still.  I have found there is a line in the sand you cannot cross.  If you cross that line they will move away.  Every time you move they will move.  Find that spot.  The I won’t move if you don’t move spot………

Always looking for bugs.  This one was shy.  I shot this with my 70-200 with extension tubes handheld.  I found in this situation it was easier to shoot in manual.  As you can see I almost had to in order to keep the bug in focus and have the plant out of focus.

For many years I have wanted a Quail chick shot.  My son screamed that he saw Quail chicks in our neighbors yard.  Before you could say “Nikon” I had my long lens out running around looking for the miniature birds.  Got one shot……..

Check out the size of this mini.  Notice the nails in the boards. Compare them to the bird.  The vertical boards are 3 1/2″ inches wide.  This weensy guy is about 1 1/2″ tall.  TINY!!!!

Flying almost everyday this week.  And driving between flights.  From Yerington, Nevada to Reno I found some wild horses.  How did I know?  No fences.  I have been told that wild horses frequent this area.  Lastly they do not act or look like domestic horses……..

I watched and followed them for about an hour.  After some time a big male horse approached the group.  As he approached another approached him and they engaged.  Not real exciting.  It was well over 100 degrees.  They probably did not want to exert to much energy.  The approaching male laid his ears back and walked head down straight at the other male.  Just as they met the male of the existing group quickly walked away.  And he kept his distance from the big new male.

Next the new big tough male wanted to see what I was all about (good thing I was protected in my car).  It occurred to me that he looked the bad boy movie star with the long bangs over his eyes.  I kinda think he felt the same way.