Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Mid-August already!




There isn't much going on at the moment. The cloudy, rainy weather is back for a few days and we're on hold waiting for the arrival of the septic tank so I'm messing around on the computer.

The Sandhill cranes are moving again, flight training for the young ones, and shorebirds are staging before their flight south. Elderberries are ripening and the trail down to the beach is overgrown with whatever... lots of green stuff. The camera on my iPhone is acting flakey, not focusing on still shots like the birds below but fine on video. Tap the camera to get it to work, I've read in the forums, Apple isn't responding to the problem. The video above was taken at Homer Spit where we walk the dogs. Really a beautiful location, wouldn't you agree?

Shorebirds

Elderberries

The beach trail



Tractor

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