Category: Pondering

Osprey Eyes

On By mvschulzeIn Birds, Close Up, Curiosities, Jersey Shore, Photography, Pondering5 Comments

Photographed at our local Osprey nest on Barnegat Bay last week, Dad (left) and Mom (middle) are seen raising three offspring, shown here at a young age of about eight or nine weeks. It’s late afternoon …dinner time, and a fresh fish is the meal at their feet on the right.  What intrigued me was the color or their eyes. 

Below: A closer view of the light gray-eyed adult, contrasting strongly to the orange of the fledgling. 
And below, this same color distinction is seen here with the mom, (now staring at me,) and the orange eye color of the other two siblings.

Thanks for viewing, zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcome M 🙂 

Insulators

On By mvschulzeIn Photography, Pondering, wildlife3 Comments

          Some twenty-five years ago, my carrier often took me on the road, occasionally providing time and places to explore. In this case it was a few miles east of Wellsville, NY – Allegheny County, just a few miles north of the central Pennsylvania boarder. I walked along an old, rickety railroad track that had seen better days, and captured these images, and a souvenir hidden in the Brush with a long ago downed and forgotten telegraph pole.

Thanks for viewing, zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcome. M 🙂

Home Building: A Backyard Labor of Love

On By mvschulzeIn Close Up, humor, Photography, Pondering2 Comments

–->ZOOM IN for a Nice Look…

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“Hmmm, Here we go!”

 

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“Ahhh, a ‘ramp!'”

 

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“This is not easy!”

 

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“Euunnuphheugh”

 

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“Finally, THE spot”

 

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“Whew, a little rest”

 

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“I love Naptime!”

 

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“But, I’m on the clock, …work to do!”

 

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“feel like I’m being watched!”

 

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“Lot easier going down”

 

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“Take this short-cut here…”

 

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“A little levitation here!”

 

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“Another awesome  landing!!”

 

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“Yahoo!”

 

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” …and a little end run to do it all again!!”

 

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“WAIT!   …Am I being Photographed????

Photos from our back yard, late April 2019

Thanks for viewing, Comments are always welcome. Note: This is a REAL Squirrel, no actors are used,   and zoom in for a closer look, …but good luck trying that!  M 🙂

Higher Education: The Marginal Takeaway

On By mvschulzeIn 1960's, 1970's, History, humor, Pondering3 Comments

Above: “Bounce,” an early envisioned form of nuclear deterrent.

 We’ve been busy cleaning out our attic, including boxes and boxes of old high school and college workbooks and paraphernalia. Lurking in the margins and edges of these otherwise “academic” journals are the innermost and most provocative thoughts and revelations of higher education …the DOODLES!

 

The Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Woodstock, Social Pressures and Change – Doodles.

Thanks for viewing. Zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcomed. M 🙂