The story is – it is cold. as we get ready to car-pool to Blue Springs.

The story: We retired folks get to travel in Guided Tour Groups – together with a common interest in Photography and natural surroundings.

The story is – we are here to see and photograph the manatee.

The story – Manatee float under the surface and come up from time to time for a breath of air. See the one near the surface and the scaring on his/her side! More info: There are only five living species of sirenians, known collectively as “sea-cows,” including the dugong and the manatees.
Manatees are born underwater. Mothers must help their calves to the surface so that they can take their first breath, but the infants can typically swim on their own only an hour later. Manatee calves drink their mothers’ milk, but adults are voracious grazers. They eat water grasses, weeds, and algae—and lots of them. A manatee can eat a tenth of its own massive weight in just 24 hours.

The story – I was testing my new camera – to see if a hand held camera could capture the nose hair in the nose of a “Cow” that came up for a breathe of air. at quite a distance.

The story, I see an owl, do you? – Maybe you’ve seen the proverbial bunny in a patch of clouds, or a clown’s face in a mud splatter on the side of your car? Seeing recognizable objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It’s a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Everyone experiences it from time to time. Seeing the famous man in the moon is a classic example from astronomy. The ability to experience pareidolia is more developed in some people and less in others.

I see the buzzard on the left telling the buzzard on the right to be patient – “Wait until our dinner passes away!”

The story – Notice the green vegetation is floating with the wave action (boats wake wave) – I do not know if it is attached to the river bottom or is just getting it’s nutrition from the water it floats on – Look it up on the internet – then tell me! Oh, I see a sea monster’s face on the third
wave.

Bye – Of course I see the lighthouse sticking it’s tongue out at me -!