Dave wrote: Hi Jim, I haven’t sent you any pictures because we have had an open mild winter with nothing around. We got 8 inches of snow over night the first we have had in 2 months. My feeders were very active this morning. We had this immature male Sharp-shinned Hawk on one of my perches near he feeders.  He was quite cooperative and we took many pictures. Within  2 minutes of his leaving the birds were coming backto the feeders.  Dave

02 16 Dave Cesari

02 16 Dave Cesari

02 16 Dave Cesari

02 16 Dave Cesari

02 16 Dave Cesari

02 16 Dave Cesari

I want to show a Florida weather comparison – This one landed on the windsock at the Radio Controlled Airfield in Titusville last week – and I had my iPhone with me:

02 16 2024 JEB

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Enjoy the wildlife and the weather and if you do not like either, wait a day and both will change.

You must imagine your dream to become a winner – Joe Montana gave that advice!

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – I too, advise you to imagine your dream – what ever it is!

The more I study the opportunities for urban/suburban wildlife photography, the more opportunities I see. I was having lunch on my back porch. Thought I would be enjoying it with a Young Eagle. Oops, I think it was Mom that wanted a share of the youngster’s lunch. But she taught the youngster too well. Made me smile – Mon sat there a while trying to figure out why she failed.

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Enjoy the wildlife at your lunch.

Urban & suburban wildlife photography – sounds like a contradiction like a “square circle,” or an “honest politician.” You do not need long lens or tripods. TGO has many animals. New York City even has loads of animals – beyond the human kind seen in Time Square. I really like this guy on the bank of Lake Judy. I used PhotoShop to place his jaws over the water to show how his lower lips follow the contour of the waves.

JEB 2-1-2024

JEB 2-1-2024 – Just to show you the size of this guy on the bank of Lake Judy.

MORE ON URBAN WILDLIFE. My daughter lives in a suburb of NYC. Urban wildlife is a key part of her life – often sending me photos of her life. She txt me a video this morning. I wrote back – THANKS FOR ENTERTAINING ME THIS MORNING WITH YOUR WILDLIFE. Here is a frame from her video. She wrote: “See the flightless bird under my bird feeder. To the mouse the dove must look the size of an elephant. But elephants are afraid of mice. HaHa.”

HAB 20-4-2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Enjoy the wildlife – No, not the crazy nights of your youth – I mean the animals in your backyard!

Think about it – a photograph has one job to do – create emotion. The variety of island colors are a large part of my emotional life. In this case, the red of the freighter arouses the emotion of calmness created through the blue.

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Think about the emotion created by color – Then photograph that emotion – Bet you did not know you could photograph emotion

On the TGO nature trail. Is it Valentine’s Day love in the making? I plan to show the rest of the story at this Fridays photo club meeting. Then I will post it here

JEB 01 30 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Enjoy the mysteries of life. More to com on next post.

Photo-art is like my dreams – not always in focus and often do not make a lot of sense! But, I sure enjoy practicing.

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Just enjoy your practice of life! It is the process of practice that is fun!

Even if there is only one – Protection is my game said the bee lady – but it was not the game of the cameraman – Guess where that bee went next – yep – ouch!

JEB 01 27 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Be careful but do not miss the photo opportunity.

The instruction manual that came with my drone said “To be a safe drone pilot, you must stay focused”

JEB 01 26 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – If at first you fail, read the instruction manual – but challenge what your read!

I wrote: Photography is a great hobby. I spent hours photographing signs in TGO. Last week, Nancy posted an unlimited list of photography things to do. Every day photography can help us enhance the enjoyment of RV travel, nature, or……… Photography lets us explore our creative imagination & exercise our brain. Photography’s advances helps us stay modern – AI, Social Net-works, & things yet to come. Photography is the perfect hobby. Here is a piece of photo art I created:

JEB – 01/24/2024 – Signs from TGO turned into Photo-Art.

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Challenge your brain every day and keep it modern.