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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Some more shots from the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest:

 

[SueDonJ]

A few more bird pics ...

This female Northern Flicker showed up in the backyard yesterday pecking away at the dry grass area (homeplate for wiffleball):

This guy and two of his friends have been hanging around for the last three weeks, screeching NIGHT AND DAY for hours on end. Finally today I got him taking off from the tree but didn't manage to shoot the baby that convinced him to leave. Next time ...

 

[RDB]

OK, Robert.,.....how did you get on THAT flight? I know you are retired service, so imagine that's how you got it. The other thing....Caroll should have had her seat belt..or floor belt on! She could have been hurt if the ride got bouncy. But glad you made it OK.

Government...YES. The flights go anyway... it is great we can get aboard if there are seats and we are patient. NO ticket or reservation. Often we have to wait days, not knowing when. It is good to not have to be somewhere on a specified date.

Not so neat for TSing.

That C-17 doesn't bounce unless big things are happening. The "fasten seatbelt" is used for such.

 

[cotraveller]

There was a swallowtail butterfly in the garden today. That was not unusual, they visit frequently when the flowers are blooming. Usually they leave before I can get the camera but this one stuck around for a while.

At one point a wasp came up behind the butterfly while he was on a flower. When the wasp got close enough so that the butterfly noticed, the butterfly turned around to face the wasp. At that point the wasp flew away. Maybe the wasp decided that the butterfly was a lot bigger than he was. I didn't get a picture of the face to face meeting, but I did get this one as the wasp was approaching. Cropped and resized to fit here but otherwise jpeg straight from the camera.

 

[SueDonJ]

Beautiful, cotraveller!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

A couple more shots from the Grand Canyon

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

And two more:

As typical, DS likes to get up close and personal

 

[HatTrick]

Cropped and resized to fit here but otherwise jpeg straight from the camera.

Great shot!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Grand Canyon - Yavapai Point

Yavapai Point is the limestone bluff on the right edge of all of the photos. These five pics were all taken the same day in mid-June, from various locations as the later afternoon passed through evening and sunset.

The first shot was taken about 5 pm near the Bright Angel trail head. The second photo is about 6:30 pm, taken at Hopi Point. The third is about 9:15 pm, taken at Grand Canyon Village near Verkamp's Visitor Center. By the time of this picture, the setting sun is just above the rim and shining down the canyon. The last photo is 1s fifteen minutes later, 9:30 pm. The sun has dropped below the rim, with one last fading slot of light illuminating Yavapai while the rest of the Canyon behind Yavapai is totally in the shadows.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Yavapai Point

And here's the concluding picture, taken five minutes after the last picture in the previous post.

 

[cotraveller]

Riverside dining, with transportation. Bayeux, France.

 

[homer timpson]

A couple of photos of a New Year trip to St Andrews - pretty good view from my breakfast table!!

Jack Nicklaus is revered here in Scotland - a true golfer/legend in every sense of the word

His portrait hangs in the main bar area of the Rusacks Hotel - the hotel balcony overlooks the 18th green, fairwayand Clubhouse.

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[heathpack]

Snorkeling Waianae, Oahu

Note: No octopus was harmed in the taking of this picture.






H

 

[heathpack]

Ipo with Long Shadow

Shortly after sunrise at Dillingham airfield in Oahu. Mr. Heathpack went flying in a "trike"- a powered hang-glider. This is a photo of the instructor's little dog Ipo. When she heard the trike coming in, she trotted out to the taxiway and sat down to wait until it came into sight. "Ipo" means "sweetie" in Hawaiian.

 

[heathpack]

Snorkeling with Dolphin, Waianae Coast, Oahu

Snorkeling trip Waianae coast, early March when water is particularly clear. This is about 30 minutes from Ko Olina. Great swim with spinner dolphin, who rest near shore during day and feed further out at night. They swam in slow, lazy circles beneath us. Here a few of the pod surface for air.

 

[jerseyfinn]

Snorkeling trip Waianae coast, early March when water is particularly clear. This is about 30 minutes from Ko Olina. Great swim with spinner dolphin, who rest near shore during day and feed further out at night. They swam in slow, lazy circles beneath us. Here a few of the pod surface for air.

Nice photo, but probably more important, a very inspiring thing to experience.

Barry

 

[heathpack]

Nice photo, but probably more important, a very inspiring thing to experience.

Barry

Yes, it was really an extraordinary experience. A totally different world.

H

 

[heathpack]

Mission San Juan Capistrano, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano, May, when roses are in full bloom. About 30 minutes south of Marriott's Newport Coast Villas, where we had a great stay courtesy of TUG member Adible.

 

[heathpack]

Lily Ponds, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California

Lovely lily ponds at Mission San Juan Capistrano, with koi swimming quietly. Beautiful and peaceful.

 

[Ridewithme38]

Wow...These are Amazing Pictures!!!

 

[heathpack]

Gardens at Mission San Juan Capistrano

Pretty purple flowers in the mission gardens.

 

[heathpack]

Wow...These are Amazing Pictures!!!

Thanks, Ride. The mission is really a beautiful place. Makes it easier to get a few good snaps.

H

 

[Rose Pink]

Oh, thank you , thank you for the garden pictures! I so needed a boost tonight and they were a godsend.

 

[heathpack]

Laguna Beach

Hiking in Laguna Beach during same trip to Marriott's Newport Coast. Great luck that we had a rainy spring and the wildflowers were still blooming. This is a California poppy. Love the grains of pollen.

 

[heathpack]

Laguna Beach Green Grass

Then, on that same hike, we came about this patch of grass with the light shining on it just right, so that it was burning like green fire.