Birds Just Wanna Get Cool (Not Art Nbr 27)
Great Blue Heron on Float – babsjeheron
Come on in, the water’s fine!
(File this post under pure silliness…)
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Even the Great Blue Heron and Great Egret are looking for relief on this very hot summer day.
Egret pondering paddle boat – babsjeheron
How many birds will this boat hold, anyway? I promised the whole gang a paddle boat excursion today.
Let’s see, there’s one of me, plus eight herons… Maybe we need two paddleboats!
Well, if that won’t work, we can always soak up some rays on the beach, and hey, look, the lifeguards are still on duty!
Egret just wants to have fun – babsjeheron
Guys, believe me, this is going to be a great afternoon.
Why look, there are picnic tables over there! Wanna see if they have any goodies for us?
What do you mean birds shouldn’t mooch people food?
The pigeons and seagulls do it all the time. Why not egrets and herons?
Guys? Guys?
Well, that’s the last time I agree to coordinate a meetup for you guys.
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Thanks to Cee for her CFFC: Nature Animals.
Thanks to Cee also for her CMMC: Eyes. The Great Egret is eyeing that paddleboat and beach picnic with great interest.
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This week’s Lens Artist challenge from the always inspiring and creative artists Patti, Tina, Amy, and Leya, focuses on our Wonderful World. Check out the Lens Artists’ Shade and Shadows photos here:
From Patti Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge 153: Wonderful World .
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From Tina Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge 153: Wonderful World .
From Amy Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge 153: Wonderful World .
From Leya Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge 153: Wonderful World .
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Folks, now that some areas are opening back up, please consider supporting your local Arts communities – whether music, theater, crafts, visual arts venues, and others. All have been impacted over the past year and they need your love.
My brick & mortar presence in Massachusetts dates back to 2009 in several local venues/galleries.
2015 (May), 2016 (March and July), 2018 (May, June, July), 2019 (December), 2020 (January) several one-woman photography shows at TCAN – The Center for Arts Natick
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2018 (September, October) one-woman photography show at Natick Town Hall
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2013 thru now 2021 Five Crows Gallery in Natick
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2009 one-woman photography show at a local Audubon Sanctuary
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From December 4 through January 28, 2020, my Great Blue Heron photographs were once again on display on the walls of the lobby and theater in a free one-woman show at the Summer Street Gallery, of The Center for Arts in Natick.
Many of the photos in the exhibit were shown for the first time, and do not appear on the blog. As always, many of the photos were taken on the waterways of the Charles River watershed.
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Thanks to Erica V and WordPress for the recent WPC: Place in the World. My favorite place is where the Herons are, of course it is. And the Herons? Their place is near the water, but also on the gallery walls and my blog. How else can I share them with you?
Thanks also to Ben H and WordPress for their WPC Challenge: Liquid. The Herons are drawn to water, as am I.
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Remember: Walk softly and carry a long lens.™
The Tao of Feathers™
© 2003-2021 Babsje. (https://babsjeheron.wordpress.com)
Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, TCAN, Five Crows, Natick
Posted on June 27, 2021, in # Lens-Artists, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Egret, Great Blue Heron, Humor, Nature Photography, Wildlife Photography and tagged # Lens-Artists, #fivecrows, CFFC, CMMC, egret, heron, postaday, TCAN. Bookmark the permalink. 27 Comments.
Babsje Heron 
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Thanks Leya! I hope you are staying cool too. 😊 Best, Babsje
Trying!
Oh what marvelous shots you have for us all to enjoy. 😀 😀 Thanks for playing along this week.
Many thanks Cee. Stay cool there like the birds. 😊
These are very beautiful captured. The last one is fun! 🙂
Hi Amy. Thanks s9 much. I’m glad you appreciated this fun little post. Stay cool! Best, Babsje
Same to you, Babsje.
Thanks Amy. Trying to!! 😊
All so fun but the egret pondering the boat was my fav 🤍
Many thanks for your kind comment. And yes, that Egret was really inspecting that paddle boat for quite a while. Best, Babsje
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your passion shines through
Thank you very much for seeing and saying that. Your own passion for the Eagles and Orcas abounds in your own excellent blog. Best. Babsje
a person without a passion is like a day without sunshine!
Best comment I’ve ever heard. Thank you!
It’s true! Few people have passions to follow, they simply fill time
Sadly you’re entirely right.
the trick is not to retire from something but to retire “to” something.
I watched over the years many men on my street retire and die within 5 years. Such a sad state of affairs!
That’s excellent advice, retire TO something!
both of us love wildlife photography, so we can keep doing that for many years!
You need to heal and get back out there! All the Herons are starting to ask questions?
Big smiles, thanks. I can only imagine them saying Where is she?? I so want to visit their special spots and see who has returned this year and who is eager to show me the new generation they have brought forth.
I bet If you got 4 dozen of them they could lift you! Just like that movie “UP”!
Steering them might be a problem? A real long pole with a fish on the end?
Haha. Very good!
Wildlife photography is pretty “future proof” when you think about it. Wondering what camera gear will be like when we’re 85. My first camera was a Brownie inherited from my grandfather when I was 7. If he only knew about the seed he planted.
those Brownies were a excellent camera!
Yes indeed. Would love to experiment with one again!