Coming Cold

Busy watching the moon for intersections and almost missed the sunset to my right. Switched from the 180mm with TC201 extender in manual to the 18-200mm on P mode for about three shots.
Hand held.

for Steve

The jets were busy today polluting the heavens with their contrails.

vulture moon

After the walk on the gay dike today with the great contrasts in dark and light sky, I waited about fifteen minutes at the end of the trail, watching the vultures heading for roost. One or two passed within range of the moon. Hand held.
Still hoping to capture the sandhill cranes in the formation crossing the moon.

Goldfish bandit

Went outside to leave for the lake, a large bird flew from the little pond in the front yard. It was a Great Blue Heron. I went back in and waited, he flew back. I watched about thirty minutes as he walked about the pond slowly, stabbing our last remaining large goldfish!
I left and Melanie said that he returned, hanging around most of the day. Odd when he has ponds all about the area to choose from. Ours is covered by trees and such. Interesting he would find it.

how now

brown cow of Cline Feagle Road.

Caretaker place

on Cline Feagle Road the caretakers place.

feagle beagle

the beagle would give me no quarter, following me barking the entire way through the Cline-Feagle road.

cotton oak

heading southward behind Lutheran Crossroads looking toward Providence behind Baileys.

tobacco row

home,shed and two tobacco barns,revealed by the cutting of the trees.

in them fields

round bales here, square bales there, i do think i prefer the round bales.

Homecoming

The old homeplace next to Mt Tabor cemetery on Cline-Feagle road.

Arky Tree

Saturday morning before travelling to Williston that afternoon, I first rode the route I used to cycle, in the foggy morning, looking for scenery. There was much scenery out there. Imagine that.
Well, aesthetic scenery took a little lining up and composing to make it reveal itself, but it was there.
Did I ever mention that foggy mornings are my favorite time to photograph next to late, late evenings about ten minutes before sundown? We'll I am telling you now.
Yesterday afternoon following church, meme, Crede and I rode to Allison's to pick up Pearce and my sister Paula to travel down to my brother's church, Westside Baptist, in Gainesville for their Christmas program.
We met my brother there with the tickets and we enjoyed the production, complete with live camels,horses, donkeys, etc. Very well done.