Great Horned Owl

The spouse and I headed out to the park where a pair of great horned owls nest every year.  We just found about it last year.  On Sunday, we went searching and found the male sleeping in a tree.  From talking to people at the park, it sounds like the pair was nesting, but that they lost the nest after the last big rain (not the rain from today).

We were there in the middle of the day and I was also shooting into the sun. 

We also heard spring peepers in a more open portion of the park. There was no way to get a picture of them, but I did snap a shot of the location they were singing from as a way to remember. 

Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck……….

It’s great to get rewarded for doing the right thing.  I am very brain tired, but not body tired so I swam tonight. Between the parking lot and the gym, I ran into this.

Here’s a close up of the one on the end. 

By the time I was done swimming, most of the ducks were stepped on.  Since it was subtle, I’d like to think it was by accident by people who just weren’t paying attention.

What I Learned

Yesterday, during the varsity show for MONDO, I played around with taking pictures of the performers and that was a total bomb. Not the show or the performers. It was the pictures. I was using my phone.  One of the things, I learned is that burst mode did not work for capturing movement the way I wanted to capture it.

Other than the show, I did not take many pictures. I was too busy with other things (smile).  This one is my favorite. 

I like how it turned out.  In addition from an experiential perspective, I like the stillness and concentration it evokes in the midst of a lot of joy, noise and chaos happening close by.

Morning Quiet Before MONDO

I am taking in a little quiet this morning.  The rest of the day I will be at MONDO, which is also so very, very good after a 2 year hiatus from juggling festivals.  

These are Hammett  in silhouette.

Earlier this week, I also got a fun picture of Chandler using my new camera tripod. 

March Precipitation

The pine tree had these beautiful tiny little drops at the end of its needles after it rained, sleeted, and snowed over night. 

This morning, there was a cat in a bag.

Yesterday, we went to the Minnesota Marine Museum in Winona, so we also stopped by the bank so I could get a long-needed fix of Louis Sullivan architecture. 

Action Photo

When I saw that one of my cats was getting ready to yawn, I decided to take a picture.  While it would have been a good time to use burst mode, I did not. 

It was surprising to see how much a cat can open it’s mouth.