Virginia Breeze

My eyes cracked open at the crack of dawn today. And I wobbled over to the window and looked out through more cracks in the blinds and the spaces between the leaves outside. And I was happy to see. . . COLOR!

That’s right sports fans. There was a little bit of pink or light red in the sky and this is a very good sign.

Because it means that in about thirty minutes if your intrepid photo guy can put on his pants and find his way down to the James River we may end up with something like this to show you before 8 am.

I even had time to go to Starbucks for a coffee and blueberry scone before heading down to the Pony Pasture to see all my winged friends. Because I have done this before and kind of know what I am doing now.

This is why you need a nice camera dude! What did you see last night on television that can compare with this?

The Tudors? Well, alright. You have a point. But you can record that sucker and go to bed. Or you can sleep less and do both. But in any case you need to be out there when the sun comes up.

Because this is when the magic happens.

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Here is a larger view on Blogger

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In this photo we can see the reflection of the sun as it peaks over the hill on the scales of this large fish. The Osprey is having him over for breakfast.

Who says birds are not hospitable?

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We took a walk this afternoon over to the U. I was hoping there would be some seagulls there practicing their flight lessons as they were doing last weekend. But no luck. Earlier I made some adjustments on my camera that I hope will make the photos a little better. There is some graininess creeping into some of them that is especially evident in the slide shows. Somehow the ISO was at 700 so I put it back on automatic. The temperature was around 65 degrees and there was a nice breeze. I needed a photo with a reflection in it for a photo contest (not water) and managed to find something.

So it was a pleasant walk and here are some of the things we saw.

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Saturday evening we all went out to dinner at the nearby Graffiti Grill. They have excellent food there. And I had

Smoked Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon

Shiitake

Brandy Demi Glace

Bruschetta with Goat Cheese, Garlic and Tomatoes

Two glasses of wine

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Some of us had fun with the name for the mushrooms. And the food was really good. But I overdid it and am paying for it today. So it hasn’t been a good day to blog or do just about anything else. I did go down to Belle Isle again and take some more photos. The cold air helped my headache a lot.

And I continued to try and get Vista to do something other than send out warning messages. Are you sure you want to do this? Yes, Vista. You just asked me that ten seconds ago. Vista is paranoid as h*ll and probably a true reflection of the master wizard himself.

Bill.

If you had 80 billion dollars you would be paranoid too. Did you ever see a picture of his house? Many years ago I saw a photo of this house build into the side of a cliff overlooking the ocean. It was amazing. Maybe he no longer lives there. Maybe his body double lives there along with the body doubles of his family.

I never did get Vista to work with my LCD monitor. So I decided to order Windows XP Home Edition and wipe out the Vista OS. It’s on its way with one day shipping from Amazon. And it’s the best OS Windows ever made. I’m tired of being a Vista lab rat. If it ever starts to be a reliable OS I may try it again.

Beth and her parents went to see the Dancing With The Stars people downtown tonight. They love the show and are very excited about it. Beth tells me they have been invited to go back stage and see someone named Cheryl. I’m not sure about her name but I know they adore her. They are very excited.

If I got to go back stage and meet “Someone” I would be very excited too.

I saw these two ducks at Belle Isle today and they almost let me come with in ten feet of them. They were busy eating the little fish that were falling over the spill way. The fall may disorient them and then they are eaten.

Not a good day for some of the tiny fish either. But I did get some photos of the ducks.

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Zach tells me that the hobo king and his minions live on a hill in the middle of Belle Isle. I was thinking about climbing up there and meeting some of them. Maybe they would let me take their photos and I could post them here. That would be pretty cool.

But maybe I should wait until Zach and some of his friends are around.

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We went out this evening and discovered some Christmas decorations. People will light up their neighborhoods at this time of year. As with many things it becomes a competition.

This contest quickly becomes one to see who can be seen most clearly from outer space. Congressman are called. Favors turned in. NASA is ordered to turn the SPACE STATION around and start measuring the light output.

And I think we may have a winner.