a little more...

Just more stuff I seen around the place...

this past weekend

just found some stuff around the place...

Bird poop? Better poke it first!

Kauai 2009

More Kauai

My hottie wife and I in front of a Navy helicopter. I've been wanting this photo for a couple of years now. We were sure 'gonna do that tomorrow' and we did it on our way off base as we were headed back to the AP. Momma bear took the picture. I guess I could have sucked in my gut a little. Oh well... I'm retired; let someone else do it.

Kauai 09

This was our 'cottage' at Pacific Missile Range Facility (AKA Barking Sands). It was inexpensive and nice. It was also very private. NICE.

I got a new toy. Here are some pictures. Obviously just because the toy is new doesn't mean I can shoot any better, but you can be the judge of that. I'm still learning. Like, every time I go out!

This is a very hard bird for me to get good pictures of.  It is a swallow tailed kite.  They're here for a little bit before they go to Brazil.  They're WAY high in the sky and I'm afraid my 300mm just ain't cuttin' it.

This is Eaty.  It isn't an exotic name, she likes to eat so that's what we named her.  I also thought about Nicky because of the nick in her left ear but no.

She's my green eyed lady.  

Don't let her looks fool you, though.  She is a highly efficient killer.

Be sure to always look UP while hanging out in the bush.  Trust me...

Busy little pond here!

perhaps the ugliest creature in the world but just another one of God's awesome creatures.  Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to pet one.

New Stuff

It's new since the last 'stuff', anyway...  It's getting warm again here and has been consistently in the 80's.  Gators are breeding and birds are making it happen, too.  I'm just here to take pictures.  of the 300+ pictures I took, this many were keepers in MY opinion.  But I'm half blind most of the time so you be the judge!

Sometimes when you're hacking through the bush with a razor sharp machete, you have to control those swipes so you don't destroy this kind of wildlife.  It is well worth the self discipline involved!

Around the house...

The first time I saw one of these was in Florida.  I thought the same thing many people think - "neat crab"!  This is really no larger than the fingernail on your pinky.  It also smiles at you, which is fun.  However, these guys will string a web from the ground to the roof.  I hate walking into them...

More stuff from Florida

The Cat Files - one of the twins

Been a while

life gets busy and sometimes hobbies take a back seat. I don't mean I haven't been taking pictures - just my hobby of posting them has taken a back seat. Hope you enjoy these in some way. Seems to me that the thrill of the east coast wildlife is starting to get repetitious. I may have to find something else to do...