Went for a chocolate ice cream today.  Actually, have had many chocolate subjects, but I keep eating them before I have a chance at taking their picture.  Not sure of the difference between the theme “luscious” and “chocolate!”  Oh, this could qualify as “self-portrait” since this is my hand.

Here is a another shot of the same ice cream cone a few licks later with the background included:

This is my neighbor, Mark Mich.  He is 89-years old and drove down from Minnesota in his new white truck towing a new custom trailer, alone.  He spends most of the day sitting in this chair, in this position soaking up the sun, alone.  He is not unfriendly, but just feels that after being a farmer all his life, he deserves the chance to sit down and certainly feels no pressure to participate in any social activities.  Sometimes I think he is the most sane person in this whole RV park. Oh, and he never married, thus he’s always been alone.

As I’ve mentioned before, it is spring here. One evidence are the Mourning Doves cooing at all times of day, each in their own stages of mating, breeding and raising their “squabs.”  I managed to take a photo of this domesticated scene only hours before the two juvenile birds in this nest were ready to leave home. I assume this is their father in the nest because of the time of day and the fact that the male feeds the juveniles.  But I could be wrong.

I took about fifteen pics trying out different settings on my Canon SD950IS Powershot.  This next pic is a close-up: Continue reading »

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