… more years ago than I can remember our friend, Anne, brought us some Iris rhizomes which she told us were from the original Iris gardens of Sedona Schnebly. We planted them in the front yard and they have alternatively thrived and stressed in the ensuing years … they are thriving this year. The photo below was taken five days ago and the photo above of the same stalk was taken this afternoon after I finished roasting coffee … from there to the backyard and relaxation in the shade of late afternoon.
No bobcats or coyotes showed up this afternoon, nor cougars … in the wee hours of today I was listening to a Cougar (Mountain Lion) screaming for several minutes so I was kind of hoping, but nos such luck. Enjoy this YouTube video anyway. The cougar sounded to be in the arroyo just beyond the tee box in back. I have seen cougars in the neighborhood, but not for a while. I have subscribed to this persons YouTube channel for years; he has a series of trail cameras set up in the Angeles National Forest and many of the shots are from the mountains looking our over Los Angeles. Highly recommend it to you.
Into the weekend and planning on a great one … for you too. Smile, keep breathing and be kind … back Monday morning, such is the plan.
Cheers,
Ted
To you who walk in shadows dark
And keenly hark
For kindly words if but to live,
Myself I give,
My life and all my heart and hand
Here where I stand.
‘Tis thus that both our lives will grow
I know.
I bring but this one common thought
My life has wrought;
That from the dregs of drear despair
Still everywhere
There is a joy I yet may sip—
‘Tis comradeship
With all mankind, the high and low
I know.
excerpt from I Know by Max Ehrmann
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The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com
In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.
Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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