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Tizeye

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  1. Wasn't a good day at the beach this weekend. Rainy and windy through forecast through Wednesday. Perhaps should plan going to the beach next weekend. They say if you hold a conch shell up to your ear, you can hear the ocean.
  2. As taking photos of the owl high in the tree, this greeted me 20' away.
  3. Outside bedroom window and mate would answer.
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    Saturday!

    Racing the rain as forecast to start later today and nasty through Wednesday. First coat yesterday but got the second coat on the sidewalk early this AM. (1 hr dry, 4 hr second coat, 24 hr traffic) Should have 10 hours before rain, but ar worse, 3rd coat on the outer exposed area next week if rain damaged. Black furniture will go under cover when rain starts. Still beed to do the wooden slats - replacing two- but wait til next week for staining. Trench along entryway will have red landscaping brick border. Trenching simplified painting to edge and I can lay the border during the rainy period as most is under shelter. Original color was unpainted concrete and the new color matches the trim. Later project is painting the driveway, but thinking a lighter shade of 'concrete' gray as the new color may be too bright, plus takes a different type of concrete paint.
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    Better pics

    Nice, but doesn't it get lonely out there all alone in the desert?
  6. Cars? Oh don't be silly. It just means that you have more room for more clutter.
  7. On a related note, a couple months ago had to replace my 20 y/o Craftsman/Chamberlain screw drive garage door opener. Replaced with a Genie 3155 belt drive that they advertised as "quiet." This garage door opener is so quiet it borders on freaky. Literally do not hear it open when, like right now, in the room where the opposite side of the bedroom wall is the garage. When I installed it, I also lubricated the rollers on the door which helps quieten the operation of the door.
  8. I pick out the dark (roan??) cow for chocolate milk.
  9. 1. Remote attached to the visor in each car 2. Wired wall switch at interior house to garage entry 3. Have a keyed wireless remote but haven't determined where to hang it for combo entry from outside. Wife doesn't want visible from front street. Next to rear exit door behind rear fence, or next to actual garage door up front but behind landscaping.
  10. Out of season. Cheez its, beer and football all go together for a complete meal...or appetizer prior to wings. Forget breakfast!
  11. And their streets are laid out like somebody dumped a bowl of spaghetti, then named them all Peachtree.
  12. The abbreviated version (and I actually did this, but to calculate cost per serving and net savings over pods) 1) Get the postal scale out 2) Weigh either the paper filter or the screen filter 3) Add coffee measured for the 4 cup brew and subtract the filter weight to get true weight of coffee 4) Divide 12 oz (or whatever size the bag is) by the coffee weight that will give you the number of 4 cup brews 5) Assuming one 4 cup brew per day, that is the number of days it will last.
  13. I keep wondering as we have seen the constant increase in 1st class and parcel postage, have bulk rates increased? Doesn't seem that the amount of junk mail had decreased and almost 95% of what I receive. With the increase in rates, are we subsidizing delivery of junk mail?
  14. Safe travels, and it was a pleasure meeting you.
  15. I am waffling on the subject. Prefer IHOP, but Waffle House is so retro. Last time in, about a year ago, wasn't impressed and wished I chose Cracker Barrel across the street.
  16. B batteries are Bad while A batteries are Awful.
  17. Somewhere near a Magic Kingdom. At least that is what they say, but I think they call it DismalWorld.
  18. Here's a tip... Don't expect anything from this crowd. Although there might be an exception as Bud Light Lime comes to mind. Have to get rid of it somehow. Tag, you're it.
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    Todays Hike

    This will give you an idea of the camera toting around. I didn't try to be in front of that motley crew. Just stood there as everyone gathered for a group shot as everyone gathered - even stepping back some. But smaller individuals took the opportunity to hide behind me.
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    Todays Hike

    It appears to be, and they are common to the area. However, does lack the yellow patches on either the throat or around the wing...but nothing else has that yellow patch on the tail. It appears to have the forward body of a marsh wren, but then the yellow. The three are Kingfisher at a distance, and both the Yellow-Rumped Warbler and the Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher were in trees at water edge along the path.
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    Todays Hike

    While large birds dominate, I am trying to capture more small birds. They are even more difficult as they hop around and focus wants to focus on branches. A couple from today.
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    Todays Hike

    That is a Sandhill Crane, both at the top and the end. They were the same family but taken at different times with the ones at the end during the hike. There is an absolute requirement to give the at least 20', but with the lens it looks like very close (same way with the gator - obviously kept distance) The camera I use is a Sony a7rIII with a Sony 200-600 lens. Occasionally will carry wife's camera, but that camera/lens combo is 7lbs 3oz. and at least a 2 mile hike. Only twice today did I wish I had a shorter lens (use cell phone as alternative) but many of those were a reach even for that lens and have significant cropping which the 42MP full frame sensor could accommodate. While the a7rIII is several years old, thinking about upgrading to the a7rV, but ironically it is the 61 MP sensor and resulting file size that is holding me back. The pink bird is a Roseate Spoonbill.
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    Todays Hike

    While have been to the Wetlands many times with and without a local photoclub, today was a first. While 11 of us met, it was the maximum seating for an hour and half tram ride operated by volunteers. Our driver also happened to be a photographer and know of sites outside normal hiking range and where to stop. Afterwards we did our normal dock/loop hike.
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