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Picture-A-Week 2021 - Week 35


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Pictures taken between Monday, August 23 and Sunday, August 29.

 

Back to school season. More alone time. Get out and take pictures. Share! 

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

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Hailee XIX. The title refers to our Wonderful Granddaughter's 19th birthday that we celebrated this week, not her place in a line of royal heirs or her identification number in a sequence of beautiful but deadly clones destined for world domination. Ok. That last part was what popped into my head when I came up with the title. Probably the same thing that popped into everybody's head, right? No? Hmmm... Anyway, a chance to showcase our family is always a good thing but that’s not the main reason I have had so many opportunities to do so this year. This has been the year (and a half) of pandemic DIY projects that has now migrated from the back yard to the front porch leaving no time for fun photo projects. Thanks for the Picture-A Week save, Hailee! Happy XIXth Birthday!

 

Hailee XIX

 

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Though the heat and humidity are still awful, and will continue that way well into November, at least the selection and diversity in the wetlands is improving, as we start to transition closer to fall and some wintering or migrating birds are starting to show up.  Saturday's excursion to the wetlands had some nice mixes of critters:

 

White peacock butterfly closeup:

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Golden-winged skimmer dragonfly, head-on:

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Roseate spoonbill:

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A pied-billed grebe chick, up close:

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The beautiful yellow-throated warbler has returned for winter:

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Yes, green iguanas can swim!

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An impossibly small baby cooter turtle, just a hair bigger than a quarter:

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On the other end of the spectrum, George the alligator, the biggest, oldest gator in the wetlands:

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An osprey, high up on a lookout post - ready to use those nasty talons to snatch an unwary fish:

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