Weekend Camping in the Desert

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We went for a great camping trip in the desert over the weekend.  We went to the Anza Borrego State Park, and went for a hike up Palm Canyon to an oasis that is up the canyon.  The oasis is really cool because you start the hike in dry desert where you can’t imagine there… [Continue Reading]

Dragonfly Macro

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I have been trying for a while to get a good dragonfly picture, but those little guys are fast.  Most of the shots I get are blurry or they are too fast and are out of the shot before I get a chance to take the picture.  I finally got a chance to get my… [Continue Reading]

Sweet baby hummingbird

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My birthday is next week, and I found an awesome deal on a zoom lens for my camera.  I found it at Target for only $99.  It is a Canon EF 75-300mm zoom lens.  Today I had my first chance to see how well it works.  We were outside, and my daughter pointed out a… [Continue Reading]

Yosemite Valley Bear

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Our annual trip to Yosemite Valley started out with me stressed from work.  I was overwhelmed at work, and had to bring work with me on the long weekend trip, so I was not feeling the fun, rest and relaxation that I had hoped I would feel. The weather was beautiful and I did eventually… [Continue Reading]

New animal Quest: Bats in a cave

I have decided on a new animal quest for this year, since I achieved my last quest.  My new quest is to see bats in their cave.  I have seen wild bats flying around in the evening before, but I have not been to a cave where bats congregate.  I have seen one bat in… [Continue Reading]

Animal Quest: Birds of Prey

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I love animals and I really love getting to see animals that you don’t get to see every day.  I was inspired by some pictures that I saw last summer, and made a goal to find and get pictures of a nesting bird of prey.  Mind you, I never said that they had to be… [Continue Reading]

Summer is over, what have you done

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Well, summer is over.  I was off work all summer, and really luxuriated in the laziness of it.  I took a photography class, and posted some of the pictures on the photography section on  day 1 of class, day 2, more from day 2, my favorites from day 3, and then some extra pictures from… [Continue Reading]

New Snake Eating Dinner

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Here is a picture of our new pet eating his dinner of baby mouse.  It is so cool.  I had no idea that you could buy the baby mice frozen.  Such convenience. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Our new pet

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Ok, I vowed that we would not be getting any more pets.  I think that two dogs and two guinea pigs are plenty of work for the average family.  I guess that I am now eating my words.  We now have a new pet king snake.  It is my favorite type of pet though in… [Continue Reading]

Meet My Adopted Son Fred

We went to the tide pools today in Laguna Beach.  It was beautiful.  We had just started looking at things when I saw this little guy in the water. He is a little sea lion pup. He started to come up on the rocks, so we just sat down and watched him and took pictures…. [Continue Reading]

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