08/13/2015 by steveo
What’s in your wallet shell?

And a bonus image below since the guy above was a little camera-shy, slipping under the water too quickly, making my only opportunity a rather long distance photo.

Dragonfly X-Wing Starfighter
Tags: dragonfly, nature, photography, photos, turtles, x-wing starfighter
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08/11/2015 by steveo

Sandals Beneath Our Feet
Most of the time, for most of us, but not always, things like these are immediately beneath our feet. Like old friends they’re comfortable to be with, have seen some miles with us, have many more miles to go and have more than a few stories to tell.
To see what’s under other feet, click here.
Tags: beneath your feet, old shoes, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek, sandals, shoes, weekly photo challenge
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08/06/2015 by steveo
This one had his eyes on me.

Turtle Watching Us
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08/04/2015 by steveo

Green Heron Looking Up
Here’s a not often seen angle of a green heron. I was standing under a tree at the edge of the pond looking around the pond for the heron which, once spotting me and the camera, had just flown away – as was the usual game he played. When I looked up, the green heron was in the tree above me calmly looking down and a second one in the next tree. Go figure.
Tags: birds, green heron, nature, photography, photos
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08/04/2015 by steveo

Red Hot Riplets
Hot, Hot, Hot!
If these were labeled gourmet or craft chips, we’d easily be paying 3 times their current price. But they’re not. So get them while they’re hot, hot, hot.
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Tags: aldi, calories, food, old vienna, potato chips, price, red hot riplets, review
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08/01/2015 by steveo

Inspiring Hummingbird Named Norm
What’s my inspiration? This is sort of like Muse II. I didn’t do very well discovering an inspirational muse. I’m not going to do well with this one. But the answer is everything and nothing.
Everything, because everything has a story to tell, something to learn. Nothing because, once everything is inspirational there’s no differentiation between inspirational and not inspirational – neither exists without the other. Inspiration just becomes the new norm.
To see what inspires others, click here.
Tags: hummingbird, inspiration, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek, weekly photo challenge
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08/01/2015 by steveo

Smooth & Mellow
Whole Bean Coffee
Trader Joe’s
Smooth and mellow? Reasonably so.
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Tags: coffee, price, review, reviews, smooth and mellow, tj's, trader joe's, whole bean
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08/01/2015 by steveo

Vegetable Biryani – Trader Joe’s
Somewhat disappointing.
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Tags: calories, food, price, review, reviews, tj's, trader joe's, vegetable biryani, vegetarian
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07/30/2015 by steveo
Look in the water just in front of the log (click on the image to enlarge).
My best guess for both is yellow-bellied slider. Although, they’re a bit out of their range here.

Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle
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07/26/2015 by steveo
Oysters have pearls, pine cones have this.
While looking for a unique angle to photograph this pine cone up close, I noticed something twinkling at me.

Pine Cone Macro Crop
Also note the reflection above of the LED bulb which is illuminating the cone (click on the image to enlarge).
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Tags: close up, macro, photography, photos, pine cone, postaday, postaweek, weekly photo challenge
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