LAST WEEK AROUND THE CANAL COTTAGE …

 

 

Florida Blues (in late November!) including my nemesis bird, the Kingfisher.  We see these birds fairly often, but  they usually  fly away as soon as I even think "camera".   So I'll take their picture any way I can, even this one, a too-far away shot through the car window.  

 

 The only other living creature I got a picture of last week.  (Well, two pictures — one after he had enough posing).  We stopped in the road to let this guy cross to a runoff canal beside the road.  

Here are some of my better efforts:  

 We made a photo gallery wall in the Canal Cottage from pictures I've taken over several years.    The idea was Geoff's and the framed pictures were a gift from him and Lisa.

Bill hung them (I told him we should never move, because this wall is perfect.)   It's really just one long wall with the burrowing owl in the center.   I couldn't get back far enough to get the whole wall in one shot.  

 

If they look the least bit crooked, it is because of the pictures I took of the wall.  They really do look perfect in real life.

 

Grateful for the memories and hopeful (almost certain) that we will get some more good birding opportunities this season.

 

Thank you to the hosts of these sharing opportunities:

 

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