Friday, April 20, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 20


Bird


This is not a dove.  This isn't a close-up.  This isn't even in focus.
This is, however, the only bird shot I had for today's theme.



I am an idiot.

I had the perfect opportunity to get a close up, focused and clear shot of a bird and I blew it.  When I entered my room to go to bed on Thursday night, I startled what I first thought was a "Money Bat" (a Black Witch moth common to the Bahamas that can grow very large in size) since there was all this flapping going on.  After turning on the light, I discovered it was only a mourning dove.

Knowing that it wasn't going to leave the room because it was too dark by then, I left it perched atop one of the ceiling fan blades to stare sideways at me (you know, in that creepy head-bobbing way that mourning doves do) for the rest of the night.

There it was, the following morning, sitting on the ceiling fan.  So, I opened the door to the balcony to allow the dove to regain its freedom and then plodded off downstairs to grab my morning coffee.

As I sat at the table sipping coffee and clearing the sleep out of my eyes, I glanced over to see what was up and coming in the list of tortures themes for this challenge.

And there it was:  Day 2o: Bird.

Needless to say, the dove had already flown the coop.

I am an idiot.



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This is part of the 30 Days of Photographs II challenge, spawned by Ziva & BonyMike (a.k.a. MikeWJ). Please visit the others that are contributing to this lunacy:




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Thursday, April 19, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 19


White





There are many beautiful white things:
The White Cliffs of Dover,
white chocolate,
white knights,
white unicorns,
white noise,
but there is nothing like digging your toes into the
white sands of the beaches in the Bahamas.



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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 18


Fire




So, my backyard bonfire was a bust.  The nice little campfire I built in my portable charcoal barbecue burned too quickly and, as I added more fodder, the wind picked up, snuffing out the flames, creating billows and billows of smoke that wafted into the house.  Luckily nobody suffered any ill affects from smoke inhalation.


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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 17


Time






Time.  

There doesn't seem to be enough of it.

It eludes me.  It hates me.

It is my nemesis.

I will be late to my own funeral.  It's inevitable.




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Monday, April 16, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 16


Ordinary Matters




Sunday dinner.  For some, it's truly ordinary.  For some, it truly matters.

I really had no idea as to how to interpret today's theme so I took this shot last night of the dinner table arrangement we never see at our house.  We had Sunday dinner with our visiting Canadian friend, a quasi-relative if you will, and it's a very rare occasion that my mother and I ever get out together.

It was fun.  I made a point of replacing the Scary Glass at the place settings for me and my mom with shorter ones but "Margo" (not her real name) said she was fine with hers.  I chuckled sardonically and with Margo sitting opposite of me, I thought her glass would be safe from my reach.  It was.  Halfway through dinner, Margo dumped her own glass over, spilling wine all over the table.

Sunday dinner.  Ordinary matters.



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This is part of the 30 Days of Photographs II challenge, spawned by Ziva & BonyMike (a.k.a. MikeWJ). Please visit the others that are contributing to this lunacy:

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 15


Wood


Trees are still made out of wood, right?

Before y'all start asking me what kind of tree that is, it doesn't matter.  The islands of the Bahamas are comprised of limestone, a form of calcium carbonate.  Basically, they're rocks.  Because of this, the depth of topsoil is relatively shallow, forcing the growth of trees to spread outward as shown.  

Some of the more mature trees will develop very intricate trunk bases with very lengthy root formations.  The one I was hoping to photograph for today's theme is presently covered in yard cuttings (I wasn't going to risk getting a centipede sting clearing it away) but I'll try to post a photo of it in the future.  It's a fig tree, one of the oldest and tallest trees in our yard and one of its roots extends to a length of approximately ... wait for it ... 42 feet.

Heh, heh.

(And just to satisfy those of you with inquiring minds, the tree in the photo is a Poinciana.  One of its empty seed pods can be seen at the bottom left and the tiny weed-like things seen between the roots at the upper left, centre and lower right of the picture are saplings of the same tree.)


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This is part of the 30 Days of Photographs II challenge, spawned by Ziva & BonyMike (a.k.a. MikeWJ). Please visit the others that are contributing to this lunacy:

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 14



Forty-two

I'm pretty sure there were no lions in Camelot.


"Hitting the wall" is a term used to describe the point at which a long distance runner or cyclist experiences extreme fatigue and, in some cases, hallucinations due the loss of glycogen in the body.

This term might be appropriately applied to this 30-day 'Marathon of Madness' to describe the point at which a participant may experience extreme exhaustion and, in most cases, hysteria due to the lack of photographic ideas for the daily themes.

I hit that wall yesterday.  With very few hours of sleep and having so many things to do, my thoughts were in a deep fog leaving me completely desolate of ideas for today's entry.  But just as I was about to succumb to the pressures of this challenge, a vision appeared in my mind.  Like peering through the mists of Avalon, there it was:  My Camelot!

Many of the houses and residential complexes here on our island are surrounded by walls, some being more ornate than others and some, like the one in the photo, slightly on the extreme side of exterior decoration.  This is a private complex, is surrounded by four walls that are similarly adorned and is named "Camelot".  Really!

As for the number of lions appearing on the pillars and in reliefs along the walls, I have no idea.  I lost count at forty-two.




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