Looking for Dinner

A few days ago a mother duck lost her babies in a storm drain. It wasn't long before a city worker spotted them and helped them back to safety. There were 8 and all were saved. Only 7 in picture but last one arrived shortly after this was taken. There were two males, that along with the mother, were frantically running up and down the curb quacking all along. I would have missed this had I not happened to get up from the table at lunch and catch it happening.

A day or so later another female duck was in the same area but didn't have as good of luck. I don't know if she was too trying to get some chicks out or just happened to be in the street. The geese and ducks tend to walk across the street here to go from a non-pond side to the pond behind our house.

The next day after seeing the duck lay in the street one of the local buzzards found dinner. Problem being dinner was at the corner of a very busy intesection. I figured it would either be one of the buzzards or a hawk that we have in the area that would make a meal out of the duck. Final out come though was the buzzard couldn't take the traffic and one of the street crews picked the duck up this morning, not the same guy that saved the babies though.

The buzzard flew by the hawk on the pole to say "it's all yours buddy". You should have seen the little bird to the left, just above the wire, do a 180 degree flip when it found the hawk on the pole. Below is the hawk on the neighbors deck last year.

The hawk on the neighbors deck last year.

Another First of the Month, Another Morning Picture

I didnt' think I was going to get this one posted. I saved it the wrong way and even though I could open it in a couple of my programs it was not going to open in any of the photoshop programs or the blog's. Finally with Windows Live Photo I was able to change the file name to something usable.

As you can see the day was not looking the best to start with but it turned out great. I got a lot of stuff done outside.

Today is another story or may just a repeat. More of the wet stuff. Sump pump wasn't running yesterday, first time in exactly two weeks. Today it started out slowly but he pond has risen and the water table is up again thus the pump is only off for about 10 seconds. The 4" tile is 1/3 full feeding the pit holding the pump. We aren't close to the backup but that can change in a heartbeat. The little 9GPM isn't on yet and shouldn't be needed. I have ordered a generator that may arrive tomorrow. It will only run the generator size wise but that all I need. Rain all week except Wed. and Thur. is the forecast.

Middle of the Month Posting

A little late but I did get the shot. Spring time in Ohio means get up, get out and get things done before the weather changes to rain. This day was suppose to rain. Ended up absolutely perfect.

Aviation Marker Lamp

It's amazing at the distance these little lights can be seen from.

A New Toy

    But not mine. Left Dayton Wright Bros. Airport and was at the Williston Air Park in FL. 1.7 hrs. later. Not really a toy but it is a good way to travel if not the only way to travel.

I Did It

If a really good opportunity and or a really good deal comes along I find it very hard to pass it up.

I got a notice from Adobe about PS5 being available for 66% off list and if I wanted Lightroom 3 I could get it for 30% off. Only stipulation was the buying of both together. I had until 4/4/11. I procrastinated up to the very end. I really hate spending money but on Sunday, the 3rd, I tried to go online and buy them. Got an error that said it couldnt' take my code that was given so I tried to call the Adobe Store. They were closed so I contacted support and they confirmed that they wouldn't be open until 5 AM PST. He said no problem, the special pricing was good until mid-night. Monday morning at 5 AM PST I was on the phone. Placed my order and was told 7 to 10 business days. Two hrs. later I got a FedEx tracking number and then again that evening I got another. Yesterday, not 10 minutes apart, two FedEx trucks dropped off two orders from Georgia. One Lightroom 3 and one PS5. I'm a happy camper. Now the learning curve.

April Fools Day Sunshine

Nothing like the bright sun to make your day.

I have been posting these first and 15th of the month pics since last November. There aren't too many that have the sun shining and believe me when I say that wasn't the intent. I was hoping that I would show the suns travel across the eastern horizon from November to November by picking the same day each month.  Not that it mattered but I even added the second day, the 15th. One thing is for certain in that I got lucky with the time change. Of the two pictures here the time is the same....8 AM but by springing ahead an hour the sun moved to the left

side of the image. The telephone pole and the radio tower in the distance are my center points. Eventually the sun will come up from behind the trees on the left.


I had to use a filter due to looking almost straight into the sun so the enhanced appearance. Like I said, it's all about the location of the sun.