Photo of the Week: Horsing Around at the Beach in Okinawa

Look what I found one day when I was supposed to be grocery shopping.

See, sometimes I let the wife stay home and rest.  Like I promise to do the shopping, all by myself.

That saves lots of time and money and everything is done before noon.

What I do is sneak out of the house early in the morning with the shopping list and cameras in hand.  I know how to shop.  Trust me.  If the list says bread, dog food and coffee.  That's what I come home with, just bread, dog food and coffee.  Day old bread if I can find it.

Nobody, I know eats a whole loaf of bread in one day.  So, don't make fun of me buying my bread at half price.  The bread you bought yesterday is a day old.  Do you throw it away or eat it ?

Back to my photo.

It was so early in the morning, I knew the store wouldn't be open, yet.

The sky was pretty blue and I had to drive right past this secluded beach that you can't see from the highway.

I smelled horses. So, that's where I went.

GIRLS WERE RIDING THEM !

Well, that just made my day.  These girls were used to cameramen.

They agreed to sign Model Releases for me in exchange for a free photo.

The horses didn't like that.  See the evil eyes and the way their ears are pointing ?

Whoa, Silver and Trigger,  I'm just a poor cameraman trying to earn a living, here.

The horses settled down after awhile but, I won't forget the first few photos, ever.

CUZ

That's the kind of looks I get from the wife when she figures out I took six hours shopping and come home with twenty bucks worth of dog food, coffee and two day old bread.

To top it all off,  I'm the one who gets accused of HORSING AROUND

AT THE BEACH IN OKINAWA !

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Down in the Mangroves of Okinawa You Can Observe Nature

The mangrove forests of Okinawa are great places to observe nature.

Even a crab, like me, gets invited to come on in.

There are medium-sized birds like this Egret among the uncaged and free-roaming wildlife.

And there are small, fast-moving birds like this Wagtail.  You can observe all of them hunting for food.

If you look deep into the center of the mangrove forest and be very quiet, you might see a Grey Heron.

What's he doing in there ?

He went in there to finish his lunch somewhere away from me observing nature with my noisy camera !

NOTE:  THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN NAHA AT THE

MANKO WATERBIRD AND WETLAND CENTER 

Trees, Flowers, Ferns and a New Redneck Stuff Page

Today I've been busy as a beaver trying to get organized for the New Year.

If I learned anything over the months of 2011, it was this:

People like to look at pictures of trees, flowers and ferns.

So, I spent the better part of the day making a new page for them to click on.

Now they can find Trees, Flowers, Ferns without having to dig through the whole pile.

Not wantin' to leave anybody out,  I made a special pile of REDNECK STUFF, too.

Ya'll better hope it quits rainin' soon cuz this stayin' indoors is drivin' me crazy !

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Sunday's Silly Sign (Photo) DEC 11, 2011: My Lit Cigarette

My lit cigarette always

points towards others,

never toward myself.

YIKES !  The dude has something like a flamethrower in his hand !

GET OUT OF TOWN !

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The Lunar Eclipse Photo You Want Isn't Always The One You Get

Last night we were supposed to have one of those total eclipses of the moon.

That'd be the second one in a year.  The photo above was taken in Okinawa, Japan JUN 16, 2011.

We loaded up a car with all kinds of camera gear, way before sunset.

That way we'd find a good spot, up in the mountains for some clear shots.

The science people were saying the best views would be from the Asia Pacific Region.

That's where I live.

The weather looked sort of like this on the way up to the mountains.

That was my first clue that I wouldn't get the photos I was planning to get.

But,  island weather can take sudden turns and we had a few hours before the eclipse.

Things didn't turn out as we expected, though.

This is just a wild guess but, I'm thinking, if we'd have stayed a fifth hour in the mountains, this is sort of how the total eclipse of the moon would have looked from Okinawa, Japan.

About 9PM, after unloading all my camera gear from RyukyuRu's car, I was walking home and saw the moon peek through some clouds.

The man in the moon was probably thinking he'd see something like this.

Well, what if the dude in the moon was trying to catch a shot of us eclipsing down here ?

Maybe he got something like this.  Hah !

Better luck next time.....

Did anyone out there catch the DEC 2011 lunar ecplise photos they wanted ?

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