I had fun though – Play on the computer a lot – Here is one example of my computerized Photo-Art:
On the farm – Watch out for “THE CHASE B4 MY EYES”
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Find a hobby for those rainy days. – I had fun!
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This tortoise friend of mine is a very picky eater – It chooses no weeds – only nice green grass.
I did on-line research at “GREEN LANE FARM BOARDING KENNELS” and found this: “They’re actually omnivorous like us! They will often eat things like insects, slugs and carrion in the wild, but generally it’s best to stick to plants and leaves when you’re keeping one at home.”
Omnivorous like us ???????? Do you eat insects, slugs and carrion??? I am not sure you should trust my on-line research! HaHa
A tortoise friend of mine – I speak to it almost every day some weeks. – Then it does not show up for weeks.
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Take time to think about the menue of your pets and the animals you see out your window or on your walks.
I still have many photos of animals eating I want to show you – But first I just had to make a new road sign for Florida after driving Interstate 95 and no one seemed to travel the speed limit – even as we passed a State Trouper’s car. Oh by the way – see the angel cloud watching over us!
The angel is watching over us as we speed along.
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -Please drive with care!
Watching animals eat is fun. Their eating habits tells us alot about them. See Perla, my Icelandic horse. The rest of the hered is not eating – they are finished eating. But Perla comes from Iceland where food is often scarce. That has trained her to eat anything – grass, weeds, dandylions, anything – She is not picky – she continues to eat even the dry brown hay. By the way, those boots protect her feet because she “Foundered”. Founder is a contition caused from eating too much rich grass. Perla ate too much early spring grass weeks before this photo was taken.
PERLA – Being a true Icelandic – she has the trait of a smooth gait (called a Gaited horse) but she also has the trait of eating each blade of growth in front of her – grass, weed, brown hay, what ever!
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -pause to study the eating habits of the animals in your life. They tell you things about those animals – how they protect food for their young, how they prepare the food to go down the gullet, how they find it, how the save it for scarce food times, ……
If you are not a member of the TGO Photo Club FaceBook group you have not seen these. If you are a member, then you most likely have seen them. Sorry for showing them two places.
If not a member of the TGO Photo Club group, I think you can become a meber by asking the adminstrators for a membership to the group.
TGO EVENING SKY BEFORE A STORM – OCT 31, 2023
Hopefully, photos help to explain things I see and want to tell you about. Today, I saw and want to tell you about Radio Controlled (RC) gliders. To minimize drag, this RC glider has a single wheel centered under the fuselage. At rest, the glider rests on a wing tip. To get off the ground someone throws (hand launches) the glider into the air. The pilot pushes power to the propellers. The glider flies like a regular plane. When the pilot wants to glide he turns off the power and the propellers fold back against the fuselage When he is done gliding, he lands the glider on the center wheel. When it stops it leans over and rests on a wing tip, ready to be hand launched again. Look at the photo. The man on the left is the RC glider pilot. The man on the right is “hand-launching” his glider.
I always have Photoshop Digital fun – this time in the sky
More fun in the sky over NYC area – on final into Newark Airport on Halloween.
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -Have fun with your camera – often – then share on digital media.
DAVE WROTE: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. It has been the poorest fall migration I have ever experienced in all my years of birding. Other than at my feeder set ups there are no birds on our property or the surrounding area. It gets very discouraging when we travel around looking for birds and not finding anything in areas where I know I should be finding birds. Dave
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
10 1 2023 Dave Cesari
Last night the clouds over TGO were remarkable.
Photo art – Double image of TGO clouds
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -SMILE MOST OF THE TIME!!
I saw this as I was out and about in TGO – beautiful powderpuff hiding the bee – took a picture with my digital device to show you all. Then I took the same digital device and ask it what the tree was called – It is a Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
Say it over and over – It will be on the test one of these days!
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk
Powderpuff tree
Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. The last batch I sent was of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. I mentioned that we had another species of Kinglet the Golden-crowned. Well here is a shot of a Golden-crowned Kinglet that showed up in my yard. Also some Bluejays with colored leaves. Dave
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -Try to identify what you see
Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. The last batch I sent was of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. I mentioned that we had another species of Kinglet the Golden-crowned. Well here is a shot of a Golden-crowned Kinglet that showed up in my yard. Also some Bluejays with colored leaves. Dave
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
10 18 2023 Dave Cesari
I am studying Premier Pro – I tried to write a visual story. I wanted to tell you what bad things may happen if you hassle wildlife with your drone. Learning to make good story videos will take me months – maybe years!
I found I needed to get the video file down to 100 MB. YIKES. Had to cut a lot out and still try to tell the story! I will show you my first attempt:
I have tremendous respect for folks like our own Doug Jensen when he gets to display his videos on CBS’s Sunday morning show.
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -Study every day, try to learn new things, even if it takes you months or years to learn.
DAVE WROTE: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. Ruby-crowned Kinglets. We have 2 species of Kinglets in the US the Ruby-crowned and the Golden-crowned. They are very small and very active birds. They come thru my area in the spring and fall. Here are a few shots. Dave
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10 08 2123 Dave Cesari
10 08 2123 Dave Cesari
10 08 2123 Dave Cesari
10 08 2123 Dave Cesari
I stood by various tents at the art show – eavesdropping on potential customers. Without exception, they talked of how it would fit the room and the message they saw in the art. Hanging in their home it would tell of their hobbies, their family, their interest in wildlife, boating, etc – to them it was a way of saying something they wanted to say to folks entering their room.
That inspired me to do the unthinkable. Take a photo of a piece of art, use PhotoShop to change it to tell MY stories – send MY message thru art. I did not feel comfortable sneaking a photo of art hanging in a booth, so I ask Gloria if I could do the unthinkable to one of her’s. She said sure, “Here is one I have been practicing on”. THANK YOU GLORIA!” I made 5 images showing MY message. First, Gloria’s original:
Gloria’s Original she allowed me to use.
My first message is, “In our wonderful country of America, by disagreeing we vote our belief’s and that way we find the best best!”
Second – I not sure of the message – maybe it is saying – “As much as I try to avoid large cities, NYC is beautiful to see and great to try to experience how life is for those who enjoy living there”
Number 3, Being on a sail boat in the sun-set is a good way to join friends at the end of the day – it is like being on an Island where every one knows your name.
Four is showing that first year of retirement where Mrs. and Mr. enjoy their life together with a round of golf every day.
Number five was inspired by the story on CBS Sunday Morning show today (Oct 8) about the American Exchange Project (AEP). These two birds live different lives but it looks like they may be talking. AEP suggests by having graduated students, soon to be our leaders, spend a week in the world of other graduates world’s they will have less division because they will better know and understand each other. It made me a big believer in the goals of the AEP. I wanted to tell you that through this piece of art I created.
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – find a passion like the passion Dave demonstrates for our wildlife and our environment. Then tell YOUR story through photos and art.
Animals have been a major part of my life – even now that I have given up all my farm land, I have tons of photos of my domestic and wildlife animals friends. I have been thinking how to title their photos – here are a couple of my attempts:
DRUMMOND ISLAND
TGO
TGO
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Each day, stop long enough to watch an animal. Little things like ants are wildlife and they can be fun to watch too.
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