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Some gave all…

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Photography, TravelTagged Francis Bacon, Literature, Memorial Day, My Country Tis of Thee, Photography, San Bruno National Cemetery, San Jpse Nature Photographer9 Comments

In remembrance and gratitude for their service and sacrifice…

AMERICA

Samuel Francis Bacon

My country, tis of thee,

Sweet land of liberty,

of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,’

Land of the pilgrims pride,

From every mountain-side

Let Freedom ring.

San Bruno National Cemetery

SYLVA SYLVARUM, Francis BACON (jamesgray2.wordpress.com)
Public domain edition of America (My Country ‘Tis of ‘Thee) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Thursday Doors 21/52 5th & 35th Manhattan, NY

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016Posted in Architecture, Doors, Manhattan, New York, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Doors, Manhattan, NYC, Reflections, Thursday Doors14 Comments

For this week’s Thursday Door post I’d like to share one of the first doors I photographed while in Manhattan last week.

We (my sisters & I), were having a tea break after a long day of sightseeing when I spotted this set of doors.

I loved the green portico with dark wood, and gold accessories. What I love most after uploading it was finding the reflections of my sisters in the glass!

Doors

This post is part of Norm 2.0’s Thursday Doors. If you love doors and would like to see the doors others are posting, or post doors you’ve photographed and join other door lovers from around the world click here.

At the end of Norm’s latest Thursday Door post is a little Blue Link-up/View button click it to be taken to a page with all the links, or add your own.

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A New Day Dawns in Manhattan

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016Posted in Manhattan, New York, Photography, Sunrise, Travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel PhotographyTagged Manhattan, Midtown, Nikon, Penthouse View, Sunburst, Sunrise, Travel Photography38 Comments

I’m back from a fun, but busy week in Manhattan. My sisters and I crammed in as much as we could in 6 days; several iconic buildings, museums, squares and plazas, two Broadway shows, a sunset boat cruise, the subway, and a whole lotta walking, and yet…we didn’t even scratch the surface!

I fell into Eastern Standard Time (EST) really easy. I was awake by 5am most mornings and checked the sky to see if it was worth getting out of bed. Two mornings were. Mostly we had a mix of morning overcast gray skies which blued up by the early afternoon.

This image is from our Penthouse deck on our second morning.

Dawn in Manhattan

Unfortunately, now that I’m home I feel like I need to sleep until noon before waking up.

I hope to catch up with everyone this week.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 20mm f/1.8g| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2016| Single Frame

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Thursday Doors 20/52 Worn and Weathered

May 19, 2016May 16, 2016Posted in Architecture, Barns, Nikon, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, California, Countryside, Doors, Nikon, Old Barns, Thursday Doors, Weathered Barns17 Comments

I’m in NYC this week with my two sisters having our first annual Sisters Trip, and it’s also our premiere trip to NYC! When this post goes public it will be our first full day in the city. I’m so excited!

Not finding a good door over the week-end before I left, and knowing I wouldn’t be online much this week I dipped into my archives for this week’s Thursday Doors post.

I spotted this old barn or garage in Maxwell, CA while birding. earlier this year.

Old Barn

I’ll catch up with you all when I get back! You know I’ll be looking for doors while there. I wonder how long it will take to get my sisters hooked on doors and windows? 🙂

I’ll be posting on Instagram while there so, if you’re wondering what I’m seeing while there you can find my Instagram page here. I share more of my personal life on Instagram so images aren’t always pretty. Fair warning! 🙂

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015

At the end of Norm’s latest Thursday Door post is a little Blue Link-up/View button click it to be taken to a page with all the links, or add your own.

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California Thrasher II

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016Posted in Bird Photography, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Santa Clara CountyTagged Bird Photography, Birding, Birds of California, Bushtits, California Thrasher, Nikon, Santa Clara County30 Comments

Back in March while birding and photographing flowers in Santa Cruz, CA I was thrilled to hear and see a California Thrasher for a minute…long enough to get a few images, before I spooked it trying to get a little bit closer to it. You can see that post here.

I’ve been wishing to see one again, and be closer to it. Well, on Sunday I got my wish while birding down in the southern end of Santa Clara Valley.

California Thrasher

He was singing his little heart out!

California Thrasher

He sang for 10 minutes. Then he stopped, gave himself a real good shake…

California Thrasher

…took a breath, and began singing again!

California Thrasher

Two little Bushtits flew into the bush beside him and began talking to him,

Bushtits

so he turned around to sing to them.

California Thrasher

There were a few more notes sung by the Bushtits to the Thrasher then they flew off. It happened so fast I was only able to get 3 shots of the Bushtits. The image isn’t great. My lens kept wanting to focus on the branches in front of the bird rather than the little bird.

Then the Thrasher flew north. What a treat that was to hear him singing for so long. It was the highlight of my morning.

The California Thrasher is found in California and Baja California.

I found some California Thrasher Song sound files over on allaboutbirds.com that you can listen to here.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015

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Tribute Day May 14, 2016

May 14, 2016May 14, 2016Posted in Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Global Big Day, Macro Photography, National Train Day, Nikon, Photography, TrainsTagged Amtrak Trains, Bird Photography, Birding, Butte County, Global Big Day, Macro photography, National Train Day, Nature, Nikon, Santa Clara County Birding, Toys, Train Spotting, Western Wood Peewee26 Comments

Today is National Train Day in the States, and it’s also Global Big Day 2016 in the Birding World. I thought I’d honor both here with a short post.

Back in 2012 myself and two friends Dali, and Phil were looking for a particular waterfall called Phantom Fall in Butte county. We hiked through a woodland forest, along railroad tracks, crossed creeks, and climbed grassy hills looking for it. While on a grassy hill taking a break I heard the rumble of a train, and the low train’s whistle and turned to find the train.

I waited for it to get around the curve hoping it was a long enough train to go around the whole curve. It was a wee bit short. 🙂 Still neat to see, and hear though.

We hiked, and drove a lot of miles that day looking for that elusive waterfall, but didn’t find it. Dali and I found it a year or so later, but I’m saving that story. Not enough time has passed yet. I need to be older and the tale a bit more aged before it comes out in public.

Amtrak train

Here’s a fun macro image I made of a toy Bachman’s Engine some of you may remember from a post I made last year. This is from a train set we used to set up around the Christmas tree when my kids were little.

Toy train

To honor Global Big Day and my love of birds here’s an image of a Western Wood Peewee.

I took this image while looking for the Gray Flycatcher posted here The Western Wood Peewee is a “lifer” for me! That was an exciting day of Birding with 2 “life” birds added to my list.

Western Wood Peewee

I hope you all have a wonderful week-end!

Nikon D700, & Nikon Df| Nikkor 70-300mm VR, 200-500mm VR, and LensBaby

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Thursday Doors 19/52 Ainsley House

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016Posted in Architecture, Campbell CA, Flowers, Historic Buildings, National Register of Historic Places, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Ainsley House, Campbell CA, Carriage House, Flowers, John Colpitts Ainsley, Morgan Gallery, National Register of Historic Places, Thursday Doors37 Comments

For my Thursday Doors post this week I visited Ainsley House located a couple of miles from me in Campbell, CA. A little history about Campbell, and the house.

“Campbell, CA is small city located in Santa Clara County, and Silicon Valley. It’s bordered on the east, and north by San Jose, on the south by Los Gatos, and on the west by a small portion of Saratoga, and San Jose (which is where I live).

Campbell was founded by Benjamin Campbell, after whom the city was named. He came to California in 1846 with his father, William Campbell. William started a sawmill in Saratoga and surveyed the cities of San Jose and Santa Clara. In 1851, Benjamin bought 160 acres (0.65 km²) in southern Santa Clara Valley and cultivated hay and grain on it. This area later became Campbell’s historical downtown core.” ~ Wiki-pedia

This area was largely farm land and orchards in the 1800’s.

” In 1886 John Colpitts Ainsley, and Englishman, immigrated to California and made his fortune here in the canning of fresh fruit, which was almost exclusively exported to England. In 1925, he and his wife Alcinda, built this retirement home in the English Tudor Revival style.

The house is both a symbol of his success and a time capsule of the 1920’s. The house and most of the furnishings were donated to the City of Campbell by the Ainsley’s granddaughters, Geraldine Lloyd Hicks and Georgene Lloyd Bowen.”~ The Campbell Museum Foundation Ainsley House Front Door

The house was built in 1925. The house originally sat in the southwest of their 83 acre orchard on the corner of Hamilton and Johnson (now Bascom) Avenues. The historic home was moved to its present location at 300 Grant Street in Downtown Campbell in 1990.

Since its relocation it has been restored to its original 1920’s appearance inside and out.

Today the Ainsley House is a city run historic house museum open to the public.

The Ainsley House Campbell, CA

The carriage house is now the Morgan Gallery. It offers free exhibits and videos detailing the history of Campbell.

Ainsley House Carriage House Morgan Gallery

Since the museum/house was closed I wasn’t able to get in to see the inside or the backyard, but the Ainsley Volunteer Garden was open so, I popped in there and took a several images of the lovely flowers growing there.

Sunflower

Are these Button Willows? They’re lovely! Tall, and they spread out. They’d be too much for my yard I’m sorry to say.

I don’t know what this flower is either, but it has a lovely cone like center. Is it a Dahlia?

Ainsley House Garden

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm micro lens| Tripod & Hand-held| Delkin Digital Film

At the end of Norm’s latest Thursday Door post is a little Blue Link-up/View button click it to be taken to a page with all the links, or add your own.

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