Take a few moments from your busy day to enjoy the cool breezes and spectacular sounds of the Florida beach. This Relax video takes you to a beautiful sunrise on the Florida beach. Hear the sound of the relaxing waves penetrate the harsh sounds of your reality. Watch the scenes or close your eyes and…
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Life Changing Moment
I started Tuesday posting an excerpt from JP’s blog ” Nothing changes your life like a life-changing moment. It may sound pretty obvious, but that statement doesn’t have real impact until a moment changes your life. One certainly changed ours.” — JP Davey Tonight, Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013, that life changing moment also happened to…
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Old Mill in Pigeon Forge
Old Mill in Pigeon Forge, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. This is a beautiful summer picture of the Pigeon Forge mill. This mill was originally built-in the early 1800’s as an iron forge mill which defined the city name. This same building has also been a grain mill, electricity generator building, and Iron foundry. Currently, as…
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–> The Bucks Stopped Here
The Bucks Stopped Here, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. This is an early morning shot of 4 big bucks in the early mist. I was fortunate to capture this once in a life-time shot. I went back to this spot all week long to try another shot and there were no deer. Via Flickr: Anniversary photos…
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Tennessee Log Cabin
It is getaway time. This year, as we celebrate our 40th anniversary, Jo, my wife, and I are doing something special. We are staying in a little log cabin along the Little River in Townsend Tennessee, the gateway to the Smoky Mountains. Just two weeks after our anniversary weekend blowout parties I decided to make…
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Purity
Purity, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. White birds with long white feathers have been admired for hundreds of years. In the mid to late 1800s these beautiful white birds were hunted for their feathers to adorn the ladies’ hats in the North East. These bird feathers were so “in style” that the desire to have these…
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Pink Sky
Pink Sky, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. I love it when there is pink in the sky. The Roseate Spoonbill is such an unusual bird that you have to look at it whenever it’s around. In the evening as the sun sets they like to move from tree to tree, looking for a suitable spot to…
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Great American Water Angel Egret
Water Angel, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. I was scanning through the pictures that I shot this weekend at Green Cay Wetland Park in Boynton Beach, Fl when I stopped at this one. Every once-in-a-while I see a picture on my media chip and wonder “Gee, who took that picture, it’s really nice?” It hit me…
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Alice The Alligator
I’ve done some crazy things to get photos but this may be the craziest thing I’ve done in a long time. Recently Jo, my wife, and I were walking in Loxahatchee wildlife management area close to where we live in Palm Beach, Florida when we came upon this 8 foot ‘gator sunning herself on the…
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. The Red-bellied Woodpecker is found on the east side of the US from Main through Florida, from the Atlantic to the Midwest throughout the year. In South Florida I hear these birds almost every time I walk outside and especially when Jo, my wife, and I are exploring the wetland or…
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Snakes Alive
Snakes Alive, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Snakes Alive, we often meet these critters in the wild while photographing birds, Alligators and Otters. Lovely creatures just a bit scary to unexpectedly come face-to-face with. This weekend, just a few feet from where I was photographing an Otter and 2 pups I looked up to see this…
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The Herd is on the Move
The Herd is on the Move, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: Very watchful this herd moves across the prairie field and through the Orange grove. The air is cool, the sun is setting and the warm glow offers a surreal like image of the passing deer as they carefully skitter past my position.
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Sleepy Birdy
Sleepy Birdy, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. I love taking photos of parrots, especially Quaker Parrots. Several times a year Jo, my wife, and I canvas the area to see the wild Quaker Parrot environment and take a loose count and evaluate the nests and areas where the nests are located. This particular spot is located…
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Bahamian Flycatcher, Rare in Florida
As a photographer my wife and I are in the wetlands of South Florida a lot watching and photographing birds. Our favorite birds are the larger wetland birds but every once in a while we get to enjoy the smaller species too. This sequence of shots are recent captures of the Bahamian Flycatcher, a beautiful…
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Cattle Egrets in the rain
This time of the year the Cattle Egret, a member of the Heron family, propagation is well underway. As Jo, my wife, and I explore the wilds of Florida we are noticing what appears to be an up swing in the Cattle Egret population in may areas we visit. These Ibis like birds, without the…
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Evans High School Reunion, Pine Hills, Orlando
Evans High School, Pine Hills Orlando – Separate Pictures , a set on Flickr. For the Slide Show Link Click Here Well, it’s that time of life when you are reminded of your age. This weekend Jo, my wife, and I were able to celebrate a milestone in life, a high school reunion, the 40th to…
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