"Recent Snapshots"

The theme this week by Craver is "Recent Snapshots". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that. You can see what others show on my side bar.

I have wanted to share this photo of an osprey that had caught a shad and was taking it back to it's nest. I hope it was feeding some baby osprey.

Here is the osprey as it tried to get out of the water with the shad. A little hard to see but a cool snapshot.

How about a snapshot of a turkey when I visited Turkey.

My biggest ever freshwater fish. A 31" 21# Carp on 6# test line, caught on a minnow under a bobber. What a surprise.

She was full of eggs, check the belly, it is a Fish Ohio Award fish.

My Fish Ohio Crappie which was 14" long.

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Flowers

The theme this week by me is "Flowers". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that. You can see what others show on my side bar.

I did an easy Spring theme as the world up north comes ablaze. I chose my Cornflower (Bachelor Buttons) as my header. I bought a plant at a farm market and they spread like crazy. They do a beautiful Spring bloom.

Sometimes you have to choose the right flower.

They come out dark blue the change to this purple shade.

It is such a delicate bloom.

I especially like the Dogwoods on the lake shore blooming. This fish are biting.

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"MOM"

The theme this week by Kathy is "Mom". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that. You can see what others show on my side bar.

I thought I would concentrate on the one of the Mom's I saw at the lake this week. The Canada Geese co-operate in taking gosling during this time of the year. This Mom was keeping an eye on me.

I saw a family on the shore and tried to get a few shots of the family. 

The Mom moved them away from me but my zoom kept them close.

The Mom looked very attentive but the goslings were having a rile.

They enjoyed a little time getting to know each other. "He started it Mom".

Have a great  week with the coming of spring.

"SPRING COLORS"

The theme this week by Lew is "Spring Colors". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that.

I will probably have a different take on this weeks theme. Spring colors to me has to do with the colors I see on the lake. My mind is on fishing and capturing nature on the lakes I fish. My header is from yesterday and the colors of the 9 5/8" Red Ear Bluegill. It qualifies as a Fish Ohio Awards fish over 9" long. Check out the Spring Colors on this catch.

Spring does bring some great bites. Here is a Walleye in it's Spring Colors.

My friend caught a 13 1/2" White Crappie. It is also a Fish Ohio Award fish over 13".

Surprises abound even in black and white. Here is a bald eagle flying over the lake as the Spring Colors come to the trees..

How about these little Canada Geese gosling. They are neat in their Spring Color.

How about a Great Blue Heron walking the shore,

and this one flying past in it's Spring Colors.

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"TIMETABLE"

The theme this week by Mac is "Timetable". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that.

I don't have a lot of opportunities to see timetables. There is one place I do see it and that is at the Kent Stage. I thought I would show the timetable for upcoming shows at the Kent Stage. This used to be a double cinema and ran second run show fairly cheaply. It was converted to a live stage show with a lot of musical acts. These are photos of the current shows.

It is located at the top of the hill on East Main Street across from Acorn Alley.

Mucis is the main item on this timetable.

I did a few drive by shootings of the timetable.

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"Rain"

The theme this week by Craver is "Rain". Mac, Kathy, Craver, Lew and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT on Wednesdays and voting begins after that.

I'm depressed, I woke up a constant morning rain. It has continued all day. It's not a hard rain with dark clouds. It is just constantly falling and keeping everything wet. It is going into the 30's tonight. Will this Spring season really start, PLEASE? I decided to use this wet deck photo through the deck door to show the rain in my header.

The rain just keeps coming down and dripping off the chair.

The rain has made puddles on the deck.

Here are some drops from the rain on the flower leaves.

This shows two small Ohio Buckeye trees enjoying the rain. They came from the squirrels burying the buckeyes.

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