This year in celebration of our 14th year together we went to Gaspar for dinner. The food was amazing.
Anniversary #14
Finally Humphrey
Up until recently I just had my camera handy near the back door in case Humphrey came along to feed. In an effort to elevate my photography, I started to light my Humphrey shots. Well of course when I set up my scene he never comes or decides to go elsewhere in the yard.
Well after days of waiting & pacing I think I finally have the shot. I’m having this printed & mounted.
Duckies 2014
Ok the long awaited day has come Blondie has 9 new ducklings. Let’s see how long they last.
Uh they lasted 2 days.
Squirrel Thief
The female ducks are eating furiously, which only means they will be giving us little duckies soon. This brings me joy, but what pi$$es me off is when their food is being stolen by evil renegade squirrels.
GBH moves in
Someone likes it over here. Guess we have better sashimi, less traffic, better schools & lower taxes than that other lagoon.
Oracle Fireworks 2014
Last night I heard there was going to be a fireworks display after the game. It took almost an hour for the action to start. My little G1X2 did alright. Unfortunately they all pretty much look the same. So I’ll just post this.
Best Fishing Spot
Apparently this side of the lagoon has the best fishing spot. The Great Blue Heron has been back everyday now. So the story unfolds as a rambunctious cormorant tries to push his way onto the spot. What follows is a very tense slow motion dance of body language, defiance and threats. To escalate things the cormorant shows ultimate disrespect to the GBH. This in turn is the crossing the line and the cormorant is cast off the best fishing spot. Sorry for the disgusting photos but I couldn’t stop laughing as this was happening.
Great Blue Heron
This morning I saw a Great Blue Heron in the lagoon so I grabbed my camera and tried to get close enough for a photo. Well it must have gotten comfortable with me (they usually fly away) because it got close enough for me to get a few really tight head shots. That took about an hour by the way.
Of course I was being watched… I’ll deal with him later.
Pfeiffer Beach
I chose to drive south yesterday (3 ding dang hrs). It looked promising half way down but as I got to Pfeiffer Beach it was overcast. That made for some very flat dull photos. I did manage to find a nice restaurant for dinner though.
Wiggle Waggle Walk 2014
Just outside our backyard was another event so decided to venture over to check out the Wiggle Waggle dog walk sponsored by FAAS. It was extremely hot I felt sorry for the dogs.
