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Monday ~ August 04, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on August 4, 2014
Posted in: Daily Posts. Tagged: Biking, Grand children, Photography, Wildlife Photography.

Josh and Grandpa

Happy Monday!  ~  228

If you read the blog yesterday you are expecting a post about the rising Phoenix.  It was not my intent to mislead you when I said that.  Things change and I found some very interesting things to photograph yesterday that I wanted to share today.  Well interesting to me anyway.

I had a reasonable day yesterday.  My vision continues to be a worry but I’m getting along with it.  I went for a bike ride yesterday and got a full 20 miles in.  Not too bad for my 3rd time out.  There wasn’t much left in the tank when I rolled into our driveway but made 20 and that made me happy.

The image above was taken by Angie with my little Nikon Coolpix point and shoot camera that I carry on the bike.  I rode over to her house because I wanted to show Joshua that Grandpa had a bike too.  It took him a little while to process me because he has never seen me in this get-up before.  You can see he is not real interested in holding my hand.

Angie asked me if I had a snack with me in case I got a little low on energy.  I told her I didn’t so she gave me some fruit chews to take with me.  It was a blessing because I needed them to finish the ride.

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Along the route I found this flower-pot just hanging by the side of the road in between some shrubs.  I loved the colors so I stopped and grabbed a shot with my little Coolpix.

I love being on the bike and enjoying the sights and sounds at a slower pace.  I also enjoy the challenges of making it up a hill with some gear left.  I haven’t found too many of them lately but that will come.  I made it up the biggest hill on my route yesterday without stopping and that was a great accomplishment to me.  🙂

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Finally out on my photo run I came across this interesting group of birds.  A Blue Heron sharing the dead tree log with geese and ducks.  Again not something you see everyday so I thought it worthy of a capture.

That’s it for today, I’m going to take a nap.  My stomach got me up way too early this morning.

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Enjoy your day (even if it is a Monday) and be careful.

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