Loon Love...

It's been a rainy two weeks.
Had a break in the weather last night
and caught the last half hour of light.
We professional photographers call it
"the sweet light".

And it is.


There she was in all her glory.
Beautiful light.
She looked magnificent.

National Geographic:

"We have never seen  such an extensive collection of loon photographs.

We would love to feature your work in our magazine."

Me: "SPEECHLESS"

What you put out into the universe you get back.

I'm putting it out there.

I got a lot more than just loon love.

It's all coming full circle.

Be love. 

Do good things.

Be love.

And love comes to you.

Do good.

And good will find it's way. 

One Love. One Peace. Always and all ways.

Life ....

has been busy. 

I keep trying to find my way back to blog world
and every time I turn around I am sidetracked by
one thing or another.  But it's all good stuff.

Let me start with her...


She's tenacious.






About a month ago we found her on the nest.
Sadly enough when we went back after a very
stormy weekend of rain and high winds her nest
was empty.

I happened t to go fishing in our favorite place the other day.
Looked over my shoulder and thought I saw her sitting.

Sure enough, there she was. She'd come back to try again.
Nest built higher this time.
She was ready for whatever winds came her way.
Sometimes we have to go back and take care of things
the right way before we can move forward.

She seems to know us.  Hannah was with me,
we sat for an hour and she never fussed.  An eagle
flew over and then she started to call for her mate.

I'm smiling because I have a pretty good idea when
those babies are going to hatch...

timing is everything.














One Love. One Peace. Always and all ways.

My Camera died....sniff.

Don't let that little sniff fool you, had I not been able to sell my
soul to Amazon in the way of a credit card purchase you would
find me in the depths of hell right about now.

Can I afford a new one? NO.
In fact I have no pride when it comes to cookbooks or cameras.NONE.
Will accept any and all donations fora camera. You bet.
Where's my back up camera you ask?
Oh I gave that away in a moment of pure generosity.
Do I wish I had it now? yeh...no. it was a good thing I did.
Do I wish I had the winning lottery ticket? YES.

A camera is like a lung. I need it.
At least I tell myself I need it.
I know its a want.
I know I know.

It's also my life. My sanity.

I was out on the boat shooting the loons.
Still too far away for a great crop but I got a few.

Fired off about 64 shots when all of a sudden
there was an error message on the screen
mid shoot. Crap. Heart sinks.
Its internal. Nothing I can fix.

Loon comes within five feet of the boat.
I'm scrambling thru batteries, memory cards,
trying any and all combinations to bring her back to life.
Nothing works.

Loon swims off. Babies swim off.
Heart sinks again.

I'm closing all blinds in my house.
I don't want to see the cool lighting thnx to
magnificent clouds that have filled the sky all day.
I don't want to see that the wind is almost nothing
so the water would be like glass.

You'll find me cleaning house.
Anything to fill the time until the new camera gets here.
Which is looking like Monday.

Is this worse than a broken heart?
Quite possibly.


Take my camera and I can't function OUCH.

Well. Time to get busy.
Am going to try not to click that my account button
on Amazon any more today. It will get here when it gets here.

yeh I wouldn't believe that either.

I hope it rains all weekend.
HA.

reality check.
there are people living homeless
and without food.

I can take this one in stride and call it good.

This and That...

First thing...

I do have food coming, reviews, n wot not.
But its summer and I'm on the lake every chance I get.
Looning. I know its not a word.
In the summer food gets put to the side
while I chase the parent loons and their babies, gently chase.
Okay I stalk them. Let's be honest. I'm a respectful stalker of loons.


I'm updating my website frequently.

ONE TREE PAST THE FENCE

you'll find the latest pictures over there.

I can't tell you how thrilled I am.
I have been photographically following these birds for
four years now. I hadn't expected or rather tried very hard
to find the nest, but I did. I found it.

Last night I checked it and they were already gone.
Lo and behold while fishing with Ryan and Hannah
I spotted two loons in the distance. I had a feeling.
Sure enough, there they were, with two babies.

I had fifteen minutes to grab 200- 300 shots.
I never want to stress the birds. The mother and father
showed no displays of upset. None. We ran along side
them for a few minutes...I got what I got and I think I got
some good stuff. I'm always left so grateful and humbled...
these loons have been a saving grace for me and take me
away from a world that can be challenging. 15 minutes.
That's all this girl needs.

So you foodies have lost me for a few more days to
these magnificent birds.

One Love. One Peace. Always and all ways.