Misc.

Today I went over to a friends and discovered some of the mysterious workings of a Porsche. Eck gads when the hood lid is stuck and the cable breaks – you have to take the dang wheel off and the inner wheel well to hunt around for a little wire that is suppose to be an emergency release. The opperative word here would be suppose. I am glad I do not own a Porsche with milk, chicken, eggs, and beef stuck in the trunk!

Moving along down the road I stopped at a site where I have seen a couple of Egrets hanging about. No Egrets oh well. Lots of ducks flapping their wings and diving about. I have the 80-400mm lense on locked at 400mm and all my attentions focused on a duck across the little creek when I here a jingle similar to that of dog tags hitting each other. All of a sudden there is a dog jumping about the water in front of me chasing ( his owner later told me) a beaver. I somehow got the camera refocused and actually came out of the wet affair with a picture.

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I am getting better at catching the action but not clear as they could be – need to work on the shutter speed deal.

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I am seting here with a blank mind. Well not totally blank or I would have stopped breathing and would not be able to type. Void of ideas for a post. Void void void . … Never sleep into past noon and expect a thought provoking day. Annie was relentless in her persuit of a frisbee partner. Catfish just wanted to cuddle up and watch television. Osoa stayed in her little doggie kingdom ( her crate) age has it’s rank. I spent my day watching television while throwing a frisbee across the living room.

I updated the firmware on my Nikon and made hamburgers for dinner. Such an exciting day eh? Usually my mail box is full of political messsages from Femfacal and camera info from Fishonxx – nothing today. I guess they had an exciting day also.

I actually got out of bed early this morning – early for me anyway. I found my way downtown and to McKinley Park. Lots of ducks and kids throwing bread. I took my camera and my friend Chucks 80-400mm lens. After walkin around a bit I came to the conclusion that trying to take pictures of the birds when the kids were feeding them was a bust. Either the birds took off for the bread once I got focused on them or the birds chased some poor scared kid and I felt it my duty to save them LOL!

I decided that sitting down in the middle of the group of birds and waiting would be fun. Eventually a couple of birds came and took a look at me and a few even took naps near me. One bird in particular really liked me. Well, at least it followed me around for a bit ( a think it wanted bread :0 ). I named this bird Wrinkle cause his/her beak was kind of wrinkly. Wrinkle and I walked about and took some pictures of ducks. We watched a squirrel and had a cup of coffee with bread.

Now I will introduce you to Wrinkle:

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I suppose I should re-learn my birds. I do have the Egret v Crane down ( I think) and the Coot. Somehow it is just kind of fun enjoying their beauty without having to identify them.

I am not sure what is going on. First my WYSISG did not work. I got that worked out by turning on and off all my plugins again. Now my tags have disappeared. I have not a clue as to why they are no longer showing up. Of to read UTW info and see if that is where the prob is ….

WordPress updates have been good to me – up until now. I will tag this post and see LOL

Update: their back – I turned on plugin that I am not using anymore landingsites and they came back – I guess my tags are like a bundle of wire that is all tangled up LOL. Bubblegum, duct tape, and wire Yup that is holding it together.