cazalea
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Walking is for the Birds, Part 2
I left the bay, Northward, filled up the truck with gas, and headed East. A few nicely-maintained houses appeared.
Simple, middle-class houses from the 60s-70s probably
Lots of people in this neighborhood were engineers, or teachers, taking care of San Diego's aerospace industry before biotech and tourism became the major new industries.
I found a couple old trucks too!
Just old and kept around, not collector's items at this stage. Just old.
I wasn't looking for trucks, but for a place to walk. I found a canyon but this was peeking over a gap in someone's side yard. Not the best way to enter or exit (imagining the shotgun welcome).
I spotted a sign, just the sort I was looking for.
Down I went, on a very narrow path.
Soon it split. I decided to go East. Left.
The flowers were as high as an elephant's eye.
Something scurried into this burrow but I didn't get a positive ID
There were stands of prickly-pear cactus in the midst of live oak, eucalyptus, pepper trees and palms.
A few reeds too, so there must be water around here, coming to the surface.
Then it's dry and live oaks again.
Plenty of delicate flowers too.
And a noisy seed-eater. Notice the bulky beak for splitting those pesky shells.
Ice plant blossom meets cactus.
I stopped for a picture of today's watch, my Breitling Aerospace, and accidentally put the back of my hand on the cactus. Ouch!
No real harm here though. My wife noticed how fine the spines (and their shadows) were on the next cactus.
A curious green & yellow bird turned its head to look at me but wouldn't turn around on the branch.
We had a staring contest and he eventually got bored and turned away (while looking over his shoulder with one eye, as birds can do).
The path ascended and I could see a way out of the very-densely-packed canyon without retracing my steps.
The way out!
We had a staring contest and he eventually got bored and turned away (while looking over his shoulder with one eye, as birds can do).
The path ascended and I could see a way out of the very-densely-packed canyon without retracing my steps.
The way out!
For the first time I used the "Where is my parked car, Siri?" function on my iPhone, to save wandering around this neighborhood. It was only 7 minutes away.
When I got home I sat down to have lunch, and our local hawk was also looking for something to eat. Not my sandwich, no. He dove down in the brush and I swear I heard a squeak!
Cheers,
Cazalea
Walking is for the Birds, Part 1
Mrs. C was busy this morning so I went out on my own. First stop, Mission Bay east of Sea World. No penguins or killer whales in sight, but I did meet a friendly hummingbird. Sitting on top of a pine, as hummingbirds tend to do. He went through the typica...
Walking is for the Birds, Part 2
I left the bay, Northward, filled up the truck with gas, and headed East. A few nicely-maintained houses appeared. Simple, middle-class houses from the 60s-70s probably Lots of people in this neighborhood were engineers, or teachers, taking care of San Di...
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Are difficult moments to capture. I really appreciate seeing this process in your stills! Cheers, Filip
Thanks
I'm just taking single shots, no bursts or motor drive ... I have too many images already without automated shot-taking. Notice his color matches the pine almost perfectly. Hard to spot! Cheers, Mike ...
Amazing :))
I likewise never used auto-burst feature on any of my cameras, including cell phone photography! Cheers Mike, have a pleasant week, Filip
