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Waters of Dawn

This image was captured about three years ago at a small, secluded pond on the outskirts of Albany, Georgia, hidden away between hotels. The original scene featured two birds: this immature white ibis (Eudocimus albus) and a great egret. However, in my mind's eye, I envisioned the ibis and the water isolated, just as they appear here.

If you enjoy wildlife and nature photography, check out my photo gallery here:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

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Good morning. ☮️✌️🪻

4 April 2025

Yesterday, we spent time working in the backyard. I repaired a hinge on the back gate and mowed the lawn for the first time this year. I also trimmed around the fence until the battery on my trimmer died—I had forgotten to recharge it after its last use. In that moment, I couldn’t help but think, 'What a wonderful feature: built-in breaks! 😂' It turned out to be the perfect excuse to call it a day. Meanwhile, my wife was busy in the raised garden, planting something new. I noticed several little seed packets in the kitchen, hinting at her plans. This is the first time in years that something other than weeds will grow in the garden. I can't help but wonder what’s gotten into us—where did this burst of energy come from? Must be biorhythms at work.

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them—that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.” - Lao Tzu

#photo #photography #nature #morning #flower #yardwork #abstract

“Minnesota lost a legend yesterday in wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg. Gwen and I are sending our love to his family.

Here’s his photo ‘Chased by the Light’ taken in Ely.” - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
#NorthernWayOfLife

Get fucked, Traitor Trump. 😡

Ghost leaves.

#Photography

💔💔💔😭

#RIP Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100

Carter had been receiving hospice care since February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he lived with his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-president-jimmy-carter-dies-100-rcna42410

Finch Above

This is a male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), you can tell by his rosy plumage around his head and chest.

You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.

Take a look:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #HouseFinch

Tommy Westphall has a snowglobe of the entire US healthcare system

When you got pizza sauce on your hands and you're out of napkins

#otter

@RickiTarr when I hear people call themselves a founder I think of the intransitive verb

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founder

Sitting in the Morning Sun

In the water off the beach at Gulfport, Mississippi, there are several timber piles, reaching up out of the water a hundred meters or so offshore. Birds use them to rest on, particularly the birds who dive for their food. This silhouetted bird appears to be a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis).

My photo gallery contains more that 900 images that I've chosen to share. Most are there for their visual appeal but there are a few novelty images. You can check out my gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #BrownPelican #Gulfport

Fuck Maye Musk and her Grotesque offspring.

Elon Musk’s Mom Suggests She May Break Voting Laws https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-mom-suggests-she-may-break-voting-laws/

Good morning. 🦆🦆🦆

19 October 2024

I'm going to break my personal rule about not talking about politics this morning because this election for president is so, so critical and if we get it wrong it could change our way of life. So, if you are a citizen of the United States of America and are 18 years of age or over, please go vote.

If you want my advice: vote for decency, vote for democracy, vote for sanity, vote for stability, vote for reality, vote for truth, vote for kindness, vote for the earth, vote for the country, vote for freedom.

My wife and I are planning to go vote this Monday. Early voting started in Louisiana yesterday. I'll keep who we're voting for private, but she is not an insane, cruel dancing clown in a blue suit and red tie.

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #ducks #lake #election #politics

Mockingbird on Mystic Branches

I saw this northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) on this rather interesting looking tree, while looking out the window of my hotel room at the ocean last year at Gulfport Mississippi. I took the picture through the window. It turned out okay, don't you think?

My photo gallery contains more that 700 images that I've chosen to share. Most are there for their visual appeal but there are a few novelty images. You can check out my gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #NothernMockingbird

Bright Yellow Bird in the Wild

Here is a photo of a female scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). Unfortunately, the chance that I have of seeing one of these around here is during migration. These birds are members of the family Cardinalidae and are closely related to cadinals, buntings, and grosbeaks.

I don't post all of the photos that I post here to my Pixels gallery, but I post the photos I like best. Some don't make the cut. I usually wait a couple of days and see how I feel about it then.

You can check out my gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #ScarletTanager

Mess Maker Mess Maker Make Me a Mess

Yesterday a Mastodon friend said that some birds can be picky. Here is and example of just that, this blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is searching through the seed mix to find a peanut and swatting the unwanted seeds out of the way.

As I've mentioned, I have a gallery of my favorite photos at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

Go there and take a look. Prints are for sale along with other doodads and I suppose it is kind of a business for me. But it's the kind of business where I don't care whether I sale anything or not. If you want something, by all means you are welcome to make a purchase. But I just want you to visit and maybe mark your favorites or leave a comment. Cheers 😄

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #BlueJay

Oh my god.

Only missing, "you let those people burn your city to the ground"