Flight of the bumblebee bee2 bee3 bee4 

Catching the sun in the riggingyardarm 

catch1 catch2 catch3 catch4 sunrise over virginia beach va

Sometimes vacations are just strange or your surroundings are a bit weird. Like our Motel manager just an all round off the wall hometown kind of guy. He told us about this place to go fishing for flyingshark and other flyingfish but it seems that they would not stay in the water long enough for us to catch any. flyingshark2 The people in this small mountain town rode to work like this bronco_dino guy and we saw this lady going_for_a_ride  to the store. After all this I think I will stay at home and watch Wild riverfrog Kingdom on my telly all week. What cha think?

Many tried but could not guess it. This is the photo _MG_0060  and this is what it is _MG_0059  at Jamestown they have a working Powhatan indian village from 1607 and to skin and dry animal hides this was the process.

Flower Bonus IMG_0164 

view of a yorktown _rail plus from the last challenge what is it? _MG_0060  

geese and/or goose are very abundent in Williamsburg and had fun shooting a few (pun)

HonkHonk  Morning_Bath  Fluffy mamma goose Lakeview 

stop goose crossing     

Just back from a great vacation in Wlliamsburg Va. Saw the birthplace of the nation, mountains, beaches and some amazing people. I will share with you the first of many stories with some great sunsets along the James River. Hope you enjoy.

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Today I took a group to Crystal River Fla so they could swim with the manantees (sea cow) I did not go swiming with the group this time , but stayed on shore. But with camera in hand I caught some interesting photos. Posting them all on this story.

man3 man4 mama and baby baby manantee then I caught a pair in the throws of love (believe it or not they do the missionary position)man1 man2  man6 man7 man8 she then just moves away man9  watched by freefloater2 freefloater and a white_pelican then the bouquet is thrown to the blushing bride reedbloom bluebell bluebell2  all in all a fun day.

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had to do a ps as it would be a real give away...maybe

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next week I am on my way to Williamsburg Va for a little R&R and photograph the birthplace of a nation. See ya later . . .

Last 2 from the turtle farm. justfriends  love_ya_big_boy 

and hidden_rabbit in the shadows followed by a blackiguana dragon 

Its 2 o"clock in the afternoon and it's nap_time , but if I sleep too long then it's rip 

underwater shots through plate glass

sleeping_hippo  fishbowl  fishbowl2 

last one I caught a comorant diving for a fish diving_for_lunch 

A selection of recent bird shots.

prettyboy  parrots highperch 

balancing_act  birds_sunbathing  blueboy  

In our beginning we lived in paradise one of my uncles 5 times removed on my mothers side redtop came running with the news that cousin Harry was beside himself after telling a joke about evloution  and thought it was so funny , but I being the thoughtful one did not think it was so funny that the tall hairless pink skinned far removed cousins were not related to us at all. I'll have to be more watchful in the future.

The summer is almost here and spring flowers still abound around us.

seaofred 

tigerorchid 

viper_orchid 

yellowforever 

whiteorchid 

flowerpower 

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