Eric bags his first Large Mouth Bass. He caught this on a cheap plastic worm from Benny’s. He cast the line and “worked” the worm – and brought her in all by himself. I’m the official hook remover though (I’m still good for something). I was going to have Eric hold the lunker for this shot, but the weight of the fish, and those sharp little “teeth,” put a stop to that. Ouch.
Eric waits for his pitch.
Christy advances to second base.
Not sure who’s more excited… the kids, or me. The kids are playing on different teams this year. Christy plays for the Rockies, and Eric plays for the Indians. Last year they played on the same team, but that was “when they were little.”
The kids named him “Hermie.” Not sure why. Hmm.
This shot was taken with the new 300mm lens, from about 15’ away.
This is called a Common Flicker, which is basically a Woodpecker. Thing is, they’re not so common, at least not at our feeder. So it was pretty exciting to look up from a morning coffee to see this outside the door.
Canada Geese at Osamaquin Park in Barrington, RI take wing at the site of my dog, Nigel.
The nice thing about Sparrows is that they’re not shy about getting their photos taken. The bad thing about Sparrows is that they’re not shy about eating all your seed before something more colorful comes along. Well at least my squirrel problem seems to be over.
Eric recently had the opportunity to sit in a real live police car and even work the lights. Officer Emerson, a friend of his grandpa, was kind enough to email Eric his department patch, which I’ll have to print out for him.
I was just rummaging through some old articles I wrote. I did this story when I was a reporter for the Chariho Times, back in 1993. I had one chance to pull off the photo. I was at the end of the run way with a film camera, so I was ecstatic after it was developed. The airport, which is the size of a postage stamp, is known by the locals as Richmond International Airport.
I dug up some more old photos that I just had to upload. These shots were taken during my own personal seal watching trip – via kayak off Rome Point in North Kingstown. It was a cold day in January of 1995.
Long Days and Nights 