“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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I loved the variegated colors in this Liquid Amber leaf so, I had a go at painting one using my Cotman Travel Palette.
This Is one of the few trees that we have here in N. Ca. with leaves that turn red in the Fall.
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The Blood Moon at Maximum Eclipse over the Wreck of Point Reyes, Inverness, CA. USA.
Single Exposure slightly cropped| Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Tripod| CS6
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A new Bird added to my “life list”! This little bird was far away and high up in an Eucalyptus tree so, this is a deep crop and not as crisp as I want it to be. I hope to get out here again and get another crack at it for a closer look and better image.
Nikon Df| Nikkor 300mm f4| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Tripod| CS6
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I’d never been to Galveston, TX, but driving through the old part of the city to get to Port of Galveston on our sailing day I saw it looked interesting. It reminded me of New Orleans a little. There’s an area with homes, shops with lots of wrought iron decorations on doors, windows, balconies, fences, and gates.
I wished we had had time to wander around a bit. Alas, I didn’t so here are few of my observations from the ship.
Galveston, TX from the observation deck on Deck 4-Port Side
Carnival Magic was also in Port. She set sail 30 minutes or so before we did.
She churned up lots of good stuff from the bottom of the channel. There was a group of 3 to 5 Dolphins feeding in the water. Unfortunately, they never lifted their snouts out of the water.
Western Monarch docked
We pulled away from the dock, and sailed past this Dry Dock
then we sailed past SeaWolf Park on Pelican Island. I didn’t know anything about it, but it looked interesting with the old submarine, and navy ship so, I looked it up when I got home. From the park’s website I gleaned this,
“Seawolf Park is located on Galveston’s Pelican Island on a former immigration station site. The park offers one of the island’s most popular fishing piers, picnic sites and a playground. The park is also home to tourist attractions, including the WWII submarine the USS Cavalla and one of only three destroyer escorts in the world, the USS Stewart. The remains of the WWI tanker S.S. Selma, the largest concrete ship constructed, can be seen northwest of the park’s fishing pier.” ~Galveston.com
Our first night on the ship was fun, and I slept like a baby until my alarm woke me up at O’Dark Thirty for sunrise. Grabbing my camera I opened our sliding glass door to our balcony and was greeted with this view:
We were in the Gulf of Mexico now heading to Cozumel, Mexico. On the Horizon is Carnival Magic all lit up. She was sailing almost the same route we were.
The bright Planet in the sky might Venus, but I’m not positive.
Nikon Df| Lumix FZ200| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film & Lexar Professional Digital Film| CS6| Hand-held
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Banded Garden Spider I can’t say positively this is a Banded Garden Spider since I didn’t see its top side. It’s web was huge! I found this spider on the side of the house when I went over there to turn the wagon around for #1 Grandson. The Spider was in the middle of its orb shaped web which spanned from one side of the fence to the house wall on the the other side; over 4 ft! The spider itself was about 2 inches long. Its head pointed down.
#1 Grandson was fascinated with this spider so he kept going back to see it all afternoon. Later we tried to identify it, and learn about them. By the size and position of this spider I’d say it’s a female. I didn’t notice a male anywhere.
Nikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6
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Inspired by Laura at createarteveryday I have tried painting a couple of leaves. This Ginko leaf from my front yard I like well enough to share.
Cotman travel palette on Strathmore watercolor paper
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The best things about traveling are meeting new people, learning new customs, hearing new languages, and trying new foods; especially desserts, and candies. While wandering around the shops in Cozumel recently I found these little chocolate bars called Kinder. We don’t have them where I live so bought a box of 8 bars to bring home.
They’re little pillows of milk chocolate with a soft milky filling. It’s tasty! I’m glad they’re small bars!
Nikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 macro lens| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6| Tripod
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