Random Images From Yesterday

Yesterday in the morning I was working on trying to get another squirrel image with its tail hanging down. I got a squirrel with its tail up and Steller's Jay image instead. Next I went down and repaired the lock on our back gate and then photographed the locks on the back gate to our property. Our driveway/road has a shared right away with five property owners or entities having rights of access. Unfortunately someone bypassed my lock and took it off. Had there been a fire or other dire circumstance it could have been pretty bad with me or my family being trapped with no way to get out. Needless to say I was not very happy with the person who did it as it tells something of their moral character. Hopefully they do some serious thinking about their actions as I will forgive them. After that I spent some time making and baking some cookies. I stopped in mid mix to photograph the eggs. I'm not a studio photographer but I do have fun trying to get better at it. The cookies were delicious! May you have a marvelous Friday. God's love and blessings to all, chris

I'm Feeling Crabby!

I really like photographing smaller critters. It's not to say that I don't like photographing bison or elk because I do. It seems that I'm often drawn to photographing much smaller wildlife. It also gives the viewers a better image of more of the wildlife found in the environment. While in Costa Rica I had a great time trying to get images of the sand and land crabs. This meant that I often times stood for good lengths of time waiting for them to come out of their burrows. Other than the sand crabs two of the coolest crabs that I encountered were a female land crab with eggs at our hotel in Tamarindo. She was on the walkway just outside of our room. She raised her claws up in defiance when I stepped out of our room and then slowly backed away. Her lower carapace was just loaded with eggs as you can see in the last image. The other encounter was getting to see part of the crab migration. I was driving a dirt road near Langosta beach and I kept seeing flashes of red as I was driving along. It dawned on me that there were hundreds of crabs crossing the road towards the coast. The little red and black crabs migrate at the beginning of the rainy season to mate along the coast. They travel sideways in fairly straight lines only making turnes to go around objects they can't climb. It was a pretty amazing sight to see so many crabs at one time. God's light and love to you, chris

Some Christmas Fun

After a trip to the grocery store it comes as a bit of a shock to Bob when he finally discovers where Christmas ornaments come from. Bob immediately calls his wife Sharon at work and tells her about his amazing discovery. She hangs up on him and then explains to her boss that she has told her husband not to call her at work. She further states that Bob is going through a troublesome time right now. Her supervisor says she understands.

On her way home Sharon knowing that Bob often stretches the truth a bit goes to the store and buys some eggs just to prove Bob wrong. Much to her dismay she too finds out where ornaments come from when she starts to cook dinner.