… a female House Finch is flaring as she departs the pinon pine in my backyard where the bird feeder is hanging in the tree and below a a Scrub Jay is just pushing off from a branch in the tree as he prepares to depart the area.
I pretty much feed the whole spectrum of wildlife in the neighborhood either directly or indirectly … the feeder directly feeds all the song birds and other smaller birds and indirectly the Coopers Hawks who feed on them … directly squirrels and rabbits (who feed on the seed knocked out) and indirectly the bobcats and coyotes who feed on them … directly the deer who stand up on their rear feet and eat large quantities of seed from the feeders and indirectly the mountain lions who feed on them … a full service place, plus water basins for all of them!
Its the weekend, have a beautiful day, rest and relax … we are here, breathing and enjoying the day, friends and family … back Monday morning!
Cheers,
Ted
Will future generations understand
The turmoil of these days, the strain and stress
The dawn’s despair, the night’s uneasiness,
The greed of itching palms throughout the land?
Will they conceive the fires fanatics fanned,
Of time the universal wastefulness,
The strange philosophies the mobs confess
That every throat cry out some new demand?
Time was when men held saner counsel here.
Will that time come again? Shall we ehold
From this grim madness some new love unfold?
We pray for gentler times, when men shall cease
His brother man to bully or to fear.
Great God, among ourselves let us have peace!
Crisis by Max Ehrmann circa 1900
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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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