Header Compition #51 - Water Reflections of Inanimate Objects

The header theme this week by myself is "Water Reflections of Inanimate Objects". Mac, Gail's Man, Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that.

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The island of Lido, Italy brings me a morning reflection of one of the Lido canals.
The pump house at Lake Hodgson was pretty neat.

I really like this rock from the shore at Lake Hodgson.

It has a lot of character.
The final capture for the header comes again from Lido, Italy and a neat boat in the canal.

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My World Tuesday Season # 2 Episode # 51

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Last year I bought Yellow Knock-Out Roses and here is the life cycle of the blossoms. You can see all the blooms the plant produces.

 They first start out with a yellow bud with an orange tinge.

 They then open up to a bright yellow bloom.

 They then open up further and still have color.

 The final stage is to turn white and loose their leaves.

I think it is a neat cycle of life.

Header Competition #50 - All the Worlds a Stage

The header theme this week by (Gailsman the actor) and is "All the Worlds a Stage". He is in a play at this time and the theme is right up his alley. Mac, Gail's Man, Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that.

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I have not been to a play in quite a while so I will borrow from the immortal William Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" where it says "All the worlds a stage". I saw this stage near the shore at the lake today. You can only imagine the stories told here.

Mister Blue Jay trying to decide which peanut to chose, it is quite the show on the stage.

A Red Bellied Woodpecker was happy to stop and converse.

A mating pair of Dark Eyed Junco were telling me quite a story and were very thankful for the spill of the bird seed.

The one I finally chose was a Morning Dove that was acting on the stage this past week.

My World Tuesday Season # 2 Episode # 50

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I had visitors in the back yard.

They were unusual that two fawns were at such different stages of development. 

The bird feeder brought them into the yard.

They put on a great show.

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Sky Watch Season # 4 Episode # 10

                                         Sky Watch Friday 

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Bluebird skies make you look for something of interest. Here we see a set of contrails in the sky.

Here is the jet making the contrails. The telephoto lens sure helps.

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Header Competition # 49 "Macro"

The header theme this week by Mac and is "Macro- close-up". You might know Mac would finally say MACro. Mac, Gail's Man,  Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that.

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Macro is one of my favorite settings on my camera and this is a great time of the year with the Sedum in bloom. It attracts the butterflies and bees. Here are a few of my favorite shots this week. I'm told this is a Monarch.

This is a Great Spangled Fritillary.

Check out this bumblebee, the Sedum makes it wings look red.

This is a little Honeybee.

The header is my favorite because the black butterflies are so neat. This is a Red Admiral. Check out the antennae.

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My World Tuesday Season # 2 Episode # 49

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Wren,  Sylvia and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Click to visit other sites. 

I have been spending a lot of time on Lake Hodgson. I go out on weekday mornings except on Tuesday when the lake is closed. Being retired gives you certain advantages when fishing. I have been the only one on the lake at times. I caught a least 400 fish in August and the bite is still going on. It should get stronger as we move into the Fall. These are photo from 9/1 when I averaged 30 Black Crappie a day. The cooler lid  is 11" wide at the raised top. This is my cleaning station in the shade and a great eating fish it is.

Here is 9/2 and these are a different batch of fish. I do catch White Crappie but they are much rarer then the Black Crappie.

Here is 9/3 and a few of the Black Crappie I caught. This is a 13" wide cooler to give you a feel for the size of the fish. My brother John came over this week and together we caught 45 crappie. I have caught that many myself but it was a great catch under cold front conditions. He really caught two to one more then me on the fish. I was happy they were biting.

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Header Competition # 48 - With Strings Attached

The header theme this week by Dave and is "With Strings Attached". Mac, Gail's Man,  Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that.

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So Dave comes back from his break and throws this curve ball at us. I certainly had no balloons or kites so the only string shot I had is the header. I did have a flying wing, I think this counts.

I had a nice largemouth with the string attached.

This Channel Catfish has a string attached and is in a string net.

This is my favorite when I was a different Largemouth Bass attached to the end of a String.

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My World Tuesday Season # 2 Episode # 48

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Wren,  Sylvia and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Click to visit other sites. A Happy Labor Day to all in the USA, a day of rest.

I was on the lake last week when the same big orange buoy was giving another gift. This time a Great Blue Heron was using it as a perch.

I tried the same troll as close as I could to get photos.

But Great Blue Heron are craftier then Cormorants. See what others have to offer at the site above.

Sky Watch Season # 4 Episode # 8

                                         Sky Watch Friday 

This is the place. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were a lot of people with beautiful Sky photos last week. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post. You can link at 3:00 PM EDT on Thursdays. SWF is run by Klaus, Wren, Sandy, Sylvia and myself. 

Sometimes you get those bluebird skies without a cloud, so I used a little sparrow to brighten it. 

It does look a little wind blown in the close-up.

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Header Competition # 47 - "Change"

The header theme this week by Lanny and is "Change".   Mac, Gail's Man,  Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. Dave is on hiatus this week so only 4 of us head-bangers this week. 

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As soon as I heard "Change" I knew exactly what I was going to post for this weeks header contest. Lake Hodgson is ready to go through a dramatic change. Here is a look at the Summer lake.

This is a look at the Fall lake with its dramatic change. This would have been my header. I love the Fall and the fishing that goes with it.

But instead I went creative and so I present my pocket "Change", with a few special coins thrown in to spice up the "Change". Do you see any I wouldn't carry?

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