Day Eight - A Bad Habit
I never check the settings on my camera before I take my first photo of the day! A bad habit developed because I used my camera on 'auto' for two years.
This morning, after I left the Seat of Knowledge, I found my way to the edge of some protected bushland. There is a walking/riding path that winds it's way around the bushland and while I let my trike roll silently along the path, I could hear different birds singing in the distance.
I decided to stop and sit for a while, with the hope that a bird or two might make it's way to the edge of the bushes and I could get a good shot.
So there I sat. It was a hot morning and there was no shade for protection. I could feel the sun burning my shoulders and the perspiration was building on my forehead and began dripping down my face.
Just as I had second thoughts and was reconsidering my timing to early morning or late afternoon, a Noisy Friar Bird landed on a branch very close ...
It made a couple of calls to another of it's kind in the bushes and then flew off!
They are not pretty birds, by any stretch of the imagination, but I had not seen one before in this area, so I was quite excited!
There are so many other birds in that bushland and I am going to attempt an early morning vigil, maybe tomorrow, to see what I can come up with.
This afternoon, Adoring Husband and I drove into The Bay and acquired a couple of iPhone 4Ss.
Then we made a quick stop to visit Vegan Chickie, the Bare-chested Chef and Chicklet. We all had coffee together and I got my Chicklet cuddles for about half an hour and then we headed home.
Yet another storm hit this afternoon .. a little more vicious than yesterday, but not damaging. We lost our power momentarily.
Since then we have been playing obsessively with our phones :o) I have been warned by a few people that iPhones become an obsession .. and I can see why!
Put a new gadget in Adoring Husband's hands, and suddenly the rest of the world doesn't exist for four days :o) (and lots of swear words are uttered frequently!)
It's all good fun!
Nite all.
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