On Location

Lucy snapped this photo of me while I was on location atop the Mississippi River Levee capturing some images of Oak Alley Plantation.

The Angels

Saw them again this morning with Lucy and Christian. I never get tired of the ear piercing jet blast combined with the smell of JP5.

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Last Post

This will be my last post this morning. I'm off to New Orleans with Loosey to capture some more images. The St. Charles line is running again for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. I hope we get to ride it. BTW this is a pix from my side yard. Loosey thought I should post this.

Mark's Flowers

This is a flower from my buddy Mark's yard.

Perfect Location.....

to film a car commercial. I can envision the Red Corvette coming around the curve.

My Sister Lucy

She's standing under the shade of an oak tree. In the background is the Mississippi River levee. She is probably only 20 yards from the waters edge but you would never know it.

Cemetary

Lucy and I visited a cemetery on River Road yesterday. These are some of the neatest places in Louisiana. This was not the fanciest grave, it was the shady peacefulness of this site that caught my attention.

Stop Flushing!

I wish all you Yankees would stop flushing your toilets so much. The Mississippi River is very high this spring. This picture shows you how high the river is. This photo has terrible color but beyond that look how much higher the ship is than the cars in the parking lot. This isn't a Photoshop trick. The levee system allows the water level of the river to be higher than the adjacent ground. The result is that ships will appear to be floating on land.

I-10W headed for Houston.

I will be there all week for meetings. I brought my camera gear....hopefully will get a chance to snap a few exposures.

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Mardi-Gras

Any of you that know me would be surprised to learn that this parade is one of my favorites. You see, I'm not really a dog lover but the Krewe of Mutts is something I look forward to all year long. The kids and I have so much fun watching the parade with all the dogs in their costumes.

My Backyard

Here I am snapping some photos in my backyard. This is my primary bird viewing area. I've been feeding them and providing nesting boxes for 3 seasons now. I have lots of hummingbirds, eastern bluebirds, common grackles, cardinals, mourning doves, sparrows, wrens and mockingbirds. Occasionally I will see blue jays, red-winged blackbirds, cattle egrets, and woodpeckers. I've recently started to get some squirrels too. Today I caught one of the squirrels on top of the bat house. The first season with bat house I would count 70+ bats living in the house, but they have not been back for 2 seasons. Let me know if you have any ideas why they won't come back. They helped with controlling the mosquito population.

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Argument

Who's going to babysit the chicks???

Courage

"Soon I'll have enough courage to spread my wings and take my first flight."

Peek-a-boo!!!

If you look closely you can see the chick's eyes.

Mom & Dad Bluebird

Breakfast time

My bluebird has found breakfast for his young chicks.

Eastern Bluebird

My best bluebird picture yet!! Today is the first morning with good weather since I got my new Canon 100-400 lense. So far I'm impressed with it :-)

I'll have more to post later.