A Snowbird's Life Through the Lens
Life on my own, on the Nature Coast of Florida, and beyond…
On the way home from our photography class/lunch with friends we made a stop to buy another cranberry cake for the bird feeder out back. That particular treat seems to be a favorite of just about all the birds who visit, including the crows, so we will try to keep the feeder stocked up.
The feature photo isn’t great, but I was amazed to see more than one species out on the feeders. Usually a bird flying in will cause whoever is already on the feeder to leave. But not yesterday.
This morning’s wake up call was the crows, apparently sounding off because my cup feeder needed filling with meal worms. Or so I assumed. I glanced out the window to a bit of color in the sky so I was off to the park asap. When I came home I found a crow on the new fruit and nut cake I’d put in the suet feeder, plus cardinals, a downey woodpecker, a tufted titmouse, and a Carolina Chickadee all vying for a turn at the feeders. I discovered that they didn’t mind me coming out onto the lanai and opening the door so I didn’t have to shoot through the screen. My favorite is when the photo ops come to me. Can’t ask for more than that.
If I hadn’t had to fight with my sweatshirt to get it right-side-out I might have gotten out a bit earlier when the color may have been better. But I’m not complaining. It was a very nice morning. All this before I even had my first cup of coffee!
This series of photos brought me right back to when my kids were little. I remember settling back into the wonderful antique rocking chair that my then husband had come home with one day, with a kid in my lap, and his/her body nestled into mine so comfortably, my cheek resting on the top of their head. Perfect moments, too soon gone. But remembered today…
I was on the other side of town today so I thought I’d go to the botanical garden and see if I could take some macro photos. We had a class on macro the other day, and I told myself that the lenses I already had would do just fine to try my hand at it. Flowers stay still you see, so you can even use your tripod and see how you do. But then a butterfly starts flitting around, and you spot a woodpecker in a far tree, and that’s the end of that. Had a very interesting conversation, well, I listened, the young man talked, about the miracle of nature and whether God is responsible. His time in the service has him struggling with this, he said. Words of wisdom didn’t come to me, I hope listening was enough…
When I took the feature photo I wondered if it would be only photo I’d get today. But the eagles came through again.
While waiting for something to happen I was a bit hopeful that the eggs had hatched already, if only because I thought that there would be more activity to see. Soon I think…
Wouldn’t it be great if we could roll the tape back a few seconds and correct whatever blunder we just committed? Take our foot back out of our mouth, or dodge the piece of truck tire before it hits the car and causes $2300 damage? Usually we can’t, but I went out this morning and found an instant replay of yesterday morning’s sunrise happening right outside the front door. The only difference was the lens I had on the camera…
Ever the optimist, I suppose there will be another sunrise tomorrow, and maybe the rain will stop falling, and the shop will be done with my car sometime in the foreseeable future…
A Snowbird's Life Through the Lens 