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An Arty Old Bird Shows Me Carters in Colour
I love old family photos – I use them a lot on my memoir blog, The King of Isabelle Avenue. I think they are fun to look at and they give me a chance to add some ridiculous captions. Recently Val from...
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Something Funny in my Brownie
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my family’s history with cameras. Paula from Stuff I Tell My Sister, commented and told me she wanted to send me an old Brownie camera for my collection. A few days...
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The Bluebirds of Happiness Move Into the Neighborhood
Spring is showing its face at the newly remodeled Stonehouse Buffet and Condos. Potential new tenants are stopping by daily to check out the facilities. The Bluebirds of Happiness are considering...
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Does the Friendliness Gene Exist?
Last Summer I wrote about a pair of whitetail fawns growing up in the field beyond the local Elks Lodge. The Lodge sits on one side of a hollow at the base of Pine Mountain, my house is at the top of...
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Cardinals Celebrate the First Day of Spring at the Stone House
Spring in the Ozarks – redbuds, dogwoods, bluebirds, snow…SNOW? You heard me right, snow. Tonight we are under a freeze warning for the 3rd night in a row. I am heating the cellar to keep the pipes...
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Grandpa and a Schwinn Bicycle
Reblogged from The King of Isabelle Avenue: On my 6th birthday I got my first bike. It was purple and had training wheels. It was a classic 20" girls Schwinn. That bike meant freedom to me. I was not...
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Goldfinch Paparazzi
Don’t you hate it when you just can’t find something? Your car keys? Your cell phone? Your stalker? Where’d she go? She’s not down there… She’s not back there. Where the heck is she? There she is! I...
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Taking my Fisheye to San Francisco
I am a fan of Allan at Ohm Sweet Ohm and was talking with him about shooting the Golden Gate Bridge – he works on it every day – with a fisheye lens. I have been meaning to put a post together ever...
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February on Film – Roll #2 – 1983 Olympus OM-G
So it’s almost April and I am just getting around to posting my February roll of film. If you want to know more about my roll-a-month project you can check out the first post in this series January on...
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The Cardinal Rules of Camoflage
I have often wondered about the color differences of a female and a male cardinal. He’s so very flashy and red, he has that black mask and intense expression, he’s showy and casts an air of bravado –...
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I’m Over the Moon
Last week’s just past full moon – I’m over the moon about the response to the eff stop. I don’t typically write posts about my blog, I kinda prefer to write about photography or to at least put images...
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The Effects of Gravity on the Pine Siskin
Although these tiny birds flutter through the space between the black walnut tree and the feeders on my patio like butterflies on speed, siskins are not immune to the effects of the earth’s gravity....
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It’s a Small, Small World
Early spring in the Ozarks is a mixed bag. Soon the hills will erupt in color, but not just yet. The trees are still bare but budding. Sometimes if you want to see what’s going on you have to get...
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Holy Macro!
I have been out taking a very close look and am happy to report that spring is springing. It’s not busting out all over yet, but if you look close, very close – it’s all there to see. Yesterday after...
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A Cowbird Love Story
I don’t have any cows, but I do have a pair of brown-headed cowbirds – here’s the story of how they met… I’ve been looking to settle down, I just need to find that special guy… There’s a perch up there...
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Cowbird Dance-off
Last weekend I wrote a quick post about Cowbirds. At the time I thought I had a single pair of the odd creatures. Over the last couple of days it has become clear that I have a single female cowbird...
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The first of many
I don’t typically post multiple times a day, but this is important. Today on the way home I saw it. It was there in the woods waiting for me… The first of many… Today the first dogwood made it’s...
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Coming into Focus
A couple of years ago I bought my first “bird” lens. There were a couple of options for my camera set up and budget played a big part in my decision. I read a lot of reviews and there were some who...
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Clash of the Siskins
There have been some brawls at the buffet lately. I don’t ordinarily tolerate fighting in my establishment – but if pine siskins are doing the fighting, it’s about as dangerous as kittens boxing. I...
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I Told You to Put Your Toys Away…
Sunshine! I almost tripped over your silly soccer ball when I came home today! Ooooo! This looks promising! It’s soft – I think I can make this work – if only I could get to… …that soft stuff inside....
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