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Entries from April 2009

Random Observations

April 30th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Birds · Photography · Random Observations

Yuki and Matt Visit

April 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Matt and his dog Yuki spent part of Sunday at our house. Yuki is a former shelter dog from L.A. who was just hours away from execution before Matt sponsored her. After having her for a couple of weeks he was smitten. She must have had a horrendous life for her first two years. She [...]

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Tags: Family News

Wildflowers Photo Contest – Never Mind

April 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Yesterday our friend Jill called before coming home from work to see if she could drop off something she found in the Orange County Register. It was an announcement of a Wildflowers photo contest. She was certain I should enter after seeing the photos posted here and taken with my new camera. I read the [...]

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Tags: Photography

A Walk in the Park

April 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So here are 7022 words on a spring afternoon in Whiting Ranch.

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Tags: Birds · Photography

A Thing of Beauty

April 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

After a long day at work, I came home to my most excellent spouse, Patricia, who promptly informed me there was a package waiting for me. At long last I can prove how little talent I have as a photographer! Of course, I had to get started right away. About 40 minutes and 72 shots [...]

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Tags: Birds · Photography

Spring Sunday Morning

April 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

My friend Jim called me from his home near Carson City, Nevada yesterday. He said one day last week it was 70 degrees. The next morning they had 3 inches of snow. Psycho-weather he called it. And I thought our weather had been kind of erratic! Today was nearly perfect weather. Before sitting down with [...]

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Tags: Birds