Great Afternoon

It's been a long week at work and I was done with everything by yesterday afternoon.  The weather was just to pretty to stay in the office with nothing to do this afternoon.... SO

I went by Walmart and got one of those folding chairs and was sitting out back taking in the spring afternoon and looked up and spotted bird high in the sky so I ran in and got my camera and got a few shots... in the back of my mind I was thinking 'hey this is an eagle' but I really couldn't tell until I loaded the card in the computer and sure enough I his white head was there. My day was made then!!!   Then a little later I was sitting back out there and spotted another bird. This one was smaller than the eagle so I got my camera and it turned out to be an osprey.  Two of them! They were hunting over the lake here behind the house.  One time it looked as if one had spotted a fish and was about to dive, but he didn't.  They did put on a good show for me.. flying low over the lake (low it's what you may think) and I was able to get some pretty good shots.  It's hard to hold the camera with the 400mm lens and keep track of the bird at the same time.  I must say I love my old Canon 20D.  When I got the 400L lens I put it on the 20D and haven't taken it off.  Maybe one day I can get the 600L. 


I sure needed this afternoon for some reason for the past week I've just felt so bad.. just not wanting to do anything.  I hate feeling like that and I don't care what people tell you there's nothing that can make you feel better.  I think what worries me the most about this is the way I brush my friends off at work.  They mean well and God knows I don't mean to be cold, but there's times I just can't help it.  

Well this afternoon has been great... I enjoy the little simple things like shooting these pictures of the birds and also Lauren is back in town.  When my little girls are gone Dad worries about them... no matter how old they get they will always be my babies and until I go to Whitesand I'll always worry.

The picture is of the Osprey this afternoon..

Another Day Passed

This was the sunrise this moring about 6:30 and here it is almost 6:30pm.  The days just have a way of getting away from me.  It has been a busy day for me.

I had written a lot this morning and somehow I lost it all before I could save it.  

The business my buddies were going to open isn't going to happen it looks like.  I had big hopes for them.  This makes me wonder if I can do it.  It's like every time I have a little dream it never goes anywhere.   All I do know is yesterday afternoon I wasn't feeling good.  I don't know what the problem was, but I couldn't shake it.  It was all dark in my little world and I don't like this.  I was hoping to get a note from the couple I shot pictures for Saturday night.  Just something to tell me they didn't or did like the pictures.  

Debbie did call me last week and tell me that she has 2 weddings and at first she said because they were going to be so small and she couldn't pay me much she wasn't going to call me, but thing she got to thinking about it and told me that she couldn't do them without me. hahaha ... I guess I'm pretty good... I think things are just very bad right now and people are trying to hold on to their money and I can sure understand that.  

Maybe this dark cloud will pass on over in a day or so... I sure hope it does.