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The front page sits for 15 seconds – time for you to read – before the vodeo starts. The video has audio – so turn it on!

Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. I haven’t sent you anything in a while because there hasn’ been much around to shoot.  Not much like winter here in upstate NY. Bare ground and green grass. Temperature to 52 degrees F.  today. Took a ride out to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge today. That is out in western NY. Thousands of Canada Geese , a few hundred Sandhill Cranes and 100 plus Tundra Swans with a few Trumpeter Swans.  Dave

Used my imagination and few modern tools.

Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. I haven’t sent you anything in a while because there hasn’ been much around to shoot.  Not much like winter here in upstate NY. Bare ground and green grass. Temperature to 52 degrees F.  today. Took a ride out to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge today. That is out in western NY. Thousands of Canada Geese , a few hundred Sandhill Cranes and 100 plus Tundra Swans with a few Trumpeter Swans.  Dave

I want to test using a video on the Blog. If it works I want to say I hope this guys down jacket was adequet for last night’s cool temterature:

As I travel TGO on my bike with my iPhone, I am always snapping away.  But,these are from my front porch and driveway before and after bike rides. I did crop and enhance color/contrast a little.

Most kids in my school lived in Company houses in a tiny Appalachia coal town. The view out their window was of other Company houses or the Company coal train.  I felt so privileged, at Christmas, to have a view of the old homestead barn out of my bedroom window – I dreamed of the Christmas manger being there.  So, for this image, I started with an old photo from my bedroom window, added a manger scene from Fairways Drive and a photo of our Nature Center Christmas tree . ……  My wish for you & your family is that you have a great religious holiday season.

I moved this Jeep from Windsong to an orange grove and gave it new headlights. Look at the license: ORAN JEE. (Orange Jeep). There’s a curious habit that we share – bestowing names on non-human objects: a trusty boat, a cherished golf club, or maybe even a community like TGO. On my ranch, I named dozens of animals. For example: Red (Dog), Black (Horse), Gone Again (Emu), Goofy (Cow), Barn (Cat), Not Sure (Llama). Psychologist say the act of naming objects is a way of bonding with the object – extending ourselves. The named object now flows as part of us – a conversation starter, helping us socialize and share life experiences – enriching our lives.

I like our Photo-Club’s show and tell time.  For example, sometimes the purpose of my post-processing is just to have fun.  Here, I used two photos and a screen shot with the purpose of confusing the kids. Their response was:  “Where in the world is Dad? I told you he is too old to be out there on that tractor alone”