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Day 358: Christmas Eve…

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

…or not.  These are from Thanksgiving when the Dailylife Grandpappy was over to see his newest Great Grandson, ‘Stache! He got up before sunrise to go take photos with me of the a’fore mentioned sunrise.  The best photo came from a northbound freight running through Fife. (All photos Nikon P7100) The Dailylife Grandpappy and Great […]

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A Christmas Hawk Special!

Sunday, December 22, 2013

I dropped the Dailylife Wife off at work late this morning and came home to find a large Swainson’s Hawk sitting in the trees behind our house.  He stayed there for an hour or more after I got home. The first three are from the same image.  I made two for wallpaper and one for […]

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A Waterfowl Special!

Thursday, December 19, 2013

(I got way ahead with all of the Hawai’i photos, so I am running a few nice ones I have taken without a day tag.  I will resume regally scheduled and dated posts a few days closer to Christmas.) A Common Goldeney on ice. (1/1000s f/5.6 ISO320 244mm Canon 7D) A closer view… (1/1000s f/5.6 […]

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A Moonrise Special!

Thursday, December 19, 2013

It was cold (really cold!) and the sky was clear.  I was able to catch the Moonrise over the Highwoods.  Note the lack of clarity: the cold sky, especially by the horizon, is unsettled air and not particularly good to photograph through.  The bottom is just cut off by the skyline. A few minutes later […]

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Day 357: From Hawai’i to the Deep Freeze

Sunday, December 15, 2013

After our warm trip to Hawai’i it was interesting to return to /\/\onTana! and have the bottom fall out of the thermometer!  -33F before the wind got involved.  So here are two photos from down by the river and one from the backyard. A Common Goldeneye. (1/750s f/8.0 ISO125 100mm -1/2 stop Canon 7D) Warning […]

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Day 356

Friday, December 13, 2013

We got to spend two days running around Seattle and Tacoma with the Dailylife Daughter #2, culminating in a really nice meal in a converted firehouse. (All P7100) Then it was back on the road and home again, ending this year’s Hawaiian Adventure. Now we return to your regularly scheduled Blog! ~Curtis, home again in […]

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Day 355: Flying Homewards…

Friday, December 13, 2013

At last our vacation was coming to a close.  A last goodbye to our digs! (All Nikon P7100…except a couple…) A quick trip through TSA was marred only by them not being able to read my delaminated and faded drivers license…we didn’t have to take our shoes off.  We were pre-approved!  Then a quick flight […]

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Day 354: Our last full day on Kaua’i…

Sunday, December 8, 2013

We were hoping to see some whales.  The Mellon Head Whales (a type of dolphin) I almost got a photo of on the Dinner Cruise don’t count.  The Spinner Dolphins I saw from the Lighthouse don’t count because, well, they are dolphins.  And the photos didn’t turn out. It is a >>long<< ways down to […]

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Day 353: Our last full day on Kaua’i…

Sunday, December 8, 2013

After lunch we went back to the KÄ«lauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.  We do like it there! (Canon 7D) It is a great place to watch birds! I think they think they are Eagles.  I have photos from a couple years ago of Eagles fighting in the air like that. Then the ship we took last […]

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Day 352: Our last full day on Kaua’i…

Sunday, December 8, 2013

We went to Wailua Falls next, just a few miles outside of Lihue.  The weather was getting nicer, and it was a narrow, winding road. (Nikon Coolpix P7100) Wailua Falls. A five photo panorama! Local flora. * My last phot of the falls.  Note the rainbow on the right side of the pool. I took […]

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