gee, what a snappy title, too bad i never got a job as a title writer. just trips off the tongue, doesn’t it?
last thursday night, the moon was hanging over the horizon, huge and orange and beautiful. it’s always impossible to do it justice; i don’t know if using a fancy camera would make the picture better, or maybe it’s just one of those things that you can’t capture how stunning they are. anyway, this is the best i could do. also, it would have been a little better if i’d gone outside and taken the picture, but that sure wasn’t going to happen on a freezing thursday night.
this is a good demonstration of how hard it can be to get a good shot. kevin was up here in the house when i went down to feed the swans on tuesday, and he wanted to capture the moment. just as he took the picture, i walked behind the tree. oops.
this one is better, but i should have photoshopped the ladder out of the picture. i honestly could spend huge parts of every day retouching photos to put up here. but i won’t because there are other things i have to do, too. like feeding the swans, for instance.
yesterday they were standing around on the ice in the bay. i knew if i walked outside they’d see me, so i took quickly took this photo…
…but when i tried to get closer, it was too late, they’d already seen me, and they were about to splash down and hurry over for their hot meal.
i took this yesterday when mollie was helping me feed them.
today there are huge amounts of geese slowing swimming across the lake past the house. seven of them stopped by as i was feeding the swans, hoping for a few scrumps of popcorn, but all the swans had to do was make a little movement towards them and they scared the geese away. maybe they’re all swimming by now because they’re hoping for a separate feeding time.
i’ll have to buy a jumbo-sized bag of popcorn.
ok then,
mrs. thursday morning hughes.