Pretzel's Snack-A-Day (365 for 2014)

Pretzel · Aug 23, 2014

May not be posting much for a bit. In Florida for a week and focusing on R&R!

Marilynne · Aug 23, 2014

Have a great vacation. Didn't see you wave today. I kept looking.

wreckdiver1321 · Aug 24, 2014

Have a great vacation! It was a great run, and I am with you on the not forcing yourself to shoot every single day. I think it helps bring the passion back. Every relationship can benefit from some time away.

Alan · Aug 24, 2014

Have a great vacation...I just got back from mine. I have done a couple 30 day challenges but know that the 365 would not work for me. I can't force a shot everyday. At that point I'm not improving...I'm just doing to get by.

weebee · Aug 24, 2014

Have fun!

Vixen · Sep 1, 2014

Have fun

Pretzel · Sep 2, 2014

Quite a few pics to go through... have edited nearly 40 so far, but was so worn out I didn't post. Still quite a few more to put my touch on too, but will get some up tonight!

If ANYONE has job connections down in Florida, I want to go back in a MAJOR way! *hint, hint, nudge*

BackdoorArts · Sep 2, 2014

Pretzel said:
Quite a few pics to go through... have edited nearly 40 so far, but was so worn out I didn't post. Still quite a few more to put my touch on too, but will get some up tonight!

If ANYONE has job connections down in Florida, I want to go back in a MAJOR way! *hint, hint, nudge*

I've got family and friends there. What part and what kind of work?

I get wanting to go back, I just don't get wanting to stay.

Pretzel · Sep 2, 2014

BackdoorHippie said:
I've got family and friends there. What part and what kind of work?

I get wanting to go back, I just don't get wanting to stay.

Beach within 30 minutes, LOL. Dad lives in Davie, FL (a little south of Ft. Lauderdale) but anywhere along the coast, Atlantic or Gulf would be awesome. I'm currently a call center supervisor for one of the larger regional banks, so know quite a bit about banking and/or customer service, and the wife is one of the heads of HR at another smaller bank.

Something about Florida just clicks with my soul... no other way to put it. DREAMING about making a move, but it's hard to start over.

Pretzel · Sep 3, 2014

Ok, here are a few of the pics from my trip. Still working on some of the better ones.

(warning: there are a LOT more where these came from, too!)

1st, a shot of the Gouldian Finch Dad lets fly around his screened in patio.

Ghost crab trying to hide in the surf.

Just an old log that caught my eye.

My boy checking the surf's edge for shark's teeth.

And... some sort of piper? Long Billed Dowitcher? Anyone? I'm a novice when it comes to a lot of beach birds.

SteveH · Sep 3, 2014

No idea what the birds are in the last shot, but they are a great set of shots!

Tom Grove · Sep 3, 2014

I know that birds fly... that's about the extent of my knowledge of birds!

Pretzel · Sep 3, 2014

SteveH said:
No idea what the birds are in the last shot, but they are a great set of shots!

Thanks, Steve! My claim to fame is that better are yet to come! LOL

Tom Grove said:
I know that birds fly... that's about the extent of my knowledge of birds!

Heh... we're about even on that one, Tom.

@Marilynne, you know more of the coastal birds. Help a guy out?

Roy1961 · Sep 3, 2014

this is the best i can find? dont know about the location though

Wood Sandpiper - Whatbird.com

Marilynne · Sep 3, 2014

Pretzel said:
Thanks, Steve! My claim to fame is that better are yet to come! LOL

Heh... we're about even on that one, Tom.

@Marilynne, you know more of the coastal birds. Help a guy out?

Not near by book, but it does look like a sandpiper.

Pretzel · Sep 3, 2014

Few more...

Gull in flight!

And a poem... Gull in flight, black and white!

A few pelicans flying in looooooow...

And a group of royal terns. 3 adults, one juvenile, and one gull. Caught an odd one with a spur below his beak?

Royal tern showing off the royal wings. This was actually the juvenile, and he was hopping up to catch the wind every once in a while. Thought it made for a cool pic with his shadow and all...