… the quiet and hidden neighbors that live among us and are seldom seen, but because of the time I spend on the deck I have a twenty year collection of photos of them … our resident population of Bobcats! I have been privileged to spend hours every year in close proximity to them as they enter our yard or cruise by on the edge of the arroyo on the golf course. Both of the photos in tonight’s email were shot in our backyard … but only with a camera:-) These beautiful creatures and I get along very well and I have spent around half an hour with some of them,
One our cat before Katie delighted in chasing them out of the yard and in her life with us she chased at least thirty of them and probably more. During 2025 I’m hoping to get a lot of shots of them.
Time to wrap the day as I’m leaving for the lake early in the morning … have a beautiful day, share a smile with those you meet and greet today … keep breathing and be kind.
Cheers,
Ted
If you have spoken something beautiful,
Or touched the dead canvas to life,
Or made the cold stone to speak—
You who know the secret heart of beauty;
If you have done one thing
That has made gentler the churlish world,
Though mankind pass you by,
And feed and clothe you grudgingly—
Though the world starve you,
And God answer not your nightly prayers,
And you grow old hungering still at heart,
And walk friendless in your way,
And lie down at last forgotten—
If all this befall you who have created beauty,
You shall still leave a bequest to the world
Greater than the institutions and rules and commerce;
And by the immutable law of human heart
The God of the universe is your debtor,
If you have made gentler the churlish world.
If You Have Made Gentler The Churlish World 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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