More?

Funny thing about bees.... I always want to shoot more of them. These are the last day's worth of efforts. Hope you like them.








Care to sneeze now? I did!

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Bees

Bees are fascinating creatures. I watch them on our lemon tree and other blooming flowers in our yard. I'm not going into a treatise on the common honey bee but, more information can be found HERE.   Please read the article linked on the sidebar of that page titled, "The Vanishing."
My interest is more in the images I can capture. Here are a few-



What I usually see, the famous "Bee Moon."






Ever hear the phrase "Busy as a bee?" I don't think I could ever be that busy...

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Self Portraits

Things at work have got me down today so I took these as a way to help evaluate myself or as therapy if you will. A good thing to do from time to time. In no particular order, here they are:

I'm in a rather pensive mood.



More relaxed now so, I guess it's helping.



The pathfinder look?



BW version



What I like to call the Alfred Hitchcock Profile.

What do you think? Any good?

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Old Farts

I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only old fart receiving it.

Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see. Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; 
during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. 
Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment.  
They know the words and believe in them.

 Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. 
They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing.
 They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam.

 If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. 
If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. 
Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women. 

 Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, 
when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
 Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children 
and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.

 Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. 
They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.

 It's the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, 
but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

 This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility,
 pride in their country and decent values..

 We need them now more than ever. 

 Thank God for Old Farts!
  
Pass this on to all the Old Farts you know.
  
I was taught to respect my elders. It's just getting harder to find them.

Click on the picture to see it full size. But beware, it's not for the easily offended or feint of heart.



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Baker to Vegas

What an experience I had this weekend. I had the privilege to formally shoot the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay for a local communications group, K6CSS. I left for Pahrump NV Friday afternoon. At 0 dark thirty Saturday AM, I got up and along with the videographer, Chuck, drove back to Baker, CA where the race began. We shot the setup, start, all over the place that day and into the night. We got to sleep around 2200 Saturday night. At 0 dark hundred, we arose yet again to drive to lost wages to shoot the finish. What a cool experience it was. Here are the images in no particular order:

Here is myself and Chuck:

From Baker to Vegas 2010

I am humbly yours... ARRRRRRRRRRRRR me Hearties!

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Exciting News!

The Momma Hummer has babies! We noticed that the Momma was not sitting on the nest much during the day and lo and behold, there are some babies! Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. Click on the images to see a larger version.



Momma on the nest.




Babies sticking their beaks out of the nest.


Momma getting some much needed nourishment.


Now for those of you who don't believe I can cook, here are some images to kill that notion. Among other things, I can make salsa!

From Kitchen

From Kitchen

From Kitchen

See the mess I can make?

From Kitchen

See? It's me!

From Kitchen

The finished product

From Kitchen

From Kitchen

Tammy likes my salsa. But then, so do I. It was yummy!

Until next time,

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Flowers in Cabazon

Hi All, this weekend Tammy's Dad and Paula visited us. Their dogs or their children as we call them, came along too. It's his birthday this week so, we celebrated his birthday. Long story short, we went out to eat at Lotus garden for Chinese food on Saturday with them> Sara, Matt, Shelley and Steve came along too. We had a pretty good time but, there was an oriental mob there for a baby shower at the same time. The food was good as usual but was a little slow getting out to us. Saturday we went out to the outlet stores since a favorite activity with them is shopping. I was able to get a few decent pictures of some flowers in back of the outlet stores so, I'll leave you with these images. African Daisies, some kind of purple thing and a couple of old smoothies out galivanting around the countryside.

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