January « 2010 « Mississippi to Korea

Life moves pretty fast

Back in Mississippi now, I am trying to not let the reverse cultural shock get to me. I have a lot of photography projects that I am currently working on. I hope to finish them in the next couple of months.

I spend way too much time taking pictures and trying to learn new techniques, but can you ever really take too many photographs?

We are now living in Hattiesburg. You can probably find me eating catfish and turnip greens or looking for some good sweet tea!

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Archive for January, 2010

Snow and Birds

January 30, 2010

We are still in Kentucky and are here for at least another few days. The plan is to head to Little Rock on Wednesday to spend a couple of days with my aunt and then back to Hattiesburg,MS by Friday. We are in the middle of a huge snow storm here in Kentucky. We were supposed to get snow last night but it really didn’t start until about noon today. We have gotten a few inches already and are expecting about 8-10 inches total. Today was a pretty good day for photos. Here are a few from today:

Downy Woodpecker

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Redhead and Fruitloops

He let me get a couple of shots.

Grammy, JJ and Sheeba

Socks was not that into the snow.

Cutie

This guy loves this tree in my grandparent's yard.

Tags: Bald Eagle, Kentucky, Kentucky sno
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Who Dat???

January 25, 2010

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I had dinner with the grandparents tonight……………The Saints are going to the Super Bowl…..Hell has frozen over!!!! I have been waiting for a long time for this.

Tags: Saints Win
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Deer

January 23, 2010

Deer-Deercollage

As you can see, we had some luck with our deer cam. We put out a bunch of corn and they seemed to enjoy it. We actually have been having to feed them twice a day. There are a couple of does that have been eating all the corn during the day and then letting the bucks have the crumbs at night. I started putting out most of the corn right before dark. The camera is actually set up about 30 yards from the house. I still can’t believe that the bigger deer have gotten this close to the house! We have been experimenting with moving the camera around for the perfect shot. I am sure that we will continue to try to capture some more images. There is a 10 point around here that I really want to get a shot of.

Can you see the coon?

This one appears to be a singer!

These two have eaten all of corn.

Tags: Deer Camera, Kentucky deer
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Studying Korean and a Deer Cam Intro

January 22, 2010

The picture really does not have that much to do with studying Korean except this is the new background for my twitter page which has been my new way to study Korean. I found TWIPL which is a Korean application to post photos on Twitter. I commented on a couple of photos in Korean and exchanged a couple messages with Korean Twitter users. I also started posting a few photos on TWIPL myself. For the last few days a few of my posts have been commented on by Korean speakers and I have been trying to post as much as I can in Korean. I have been pretty proud of the amount of their replies that I understand but still am having to use my dictionary, Google translator and JJ way too much for answering messages in Korean. I have started back with my flash card system and already have about 100 new words to learn. I also am back using the Seogang Series of text books. I am following about 10 Koreans on Twitter and hopefully will begin to understand more and more of their messages without assistance.

Deer Cam
I put out a wildlife camera a few days ago. The first few nights the camera was set up away from the house in the middle of the woods. We had no luck so my grandfather and I bought some corn and moved the camera closer to the house. We had seen some deer tracks and hoped for the best. We did get some photos but are having some problems with the flash firing way too early or way too late. We had given thought to opening the machine and attempting to fix it but decided that it would be way too advanced for us to do it. I will post more over our results tomorrow! I will say that all of our corn was gone and today I had to feed them twice.

Deer Camera with corn as bait

You can see the quality is very low...Not even a megapixel

These two does ate all my corn.

Tags: Deer Camera, Korean Twitter, Studying Korean with twitter, TWIPL, wildlife cam
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Sunday Outside

January 18, 2010

JJ and I made it to 11am mass today. We picked up Billie who came out to the house for lunch. After lunch we watched Brett Favre lead the Vikings to victory. After the game I took Billie on a sight-seeing tour of the area. We came across a bunch of deer, a hawk, an eagle and an unhappy cow. It was great to spend some time with him and talk about future plans and school. My grandparents have already said that they are gonna kidnap him from church and make him come out and eat lunch again.

This girl was not too happy to pose for me.

I was a little too slow to catch this buck.

Sweet Doe

JJ and the unfriendly dog.

The neighbor’s dog has taken such a liking to JJ that she walked all around the lake with her today. This is the dog that will not even let my grandmother pet her. JJ has been giving her treats and I guess has won her over. I was shocked to see them in the driveway playing when Billie and I drove up.

Tags: Cow Photography, Kentucky, Kentucky deer, Kentucky Lake Cow
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Birds and Things

January 17, 2010

We had a nice second week in Kentucky. On Wednesday we took off to Metropolis to visit Harrah’s Casino. We stayed here for a couple lost a few bucks, had lunch, and came back. I have been going out on my walks everyday trying to get back in shape and grab some photos.

Today we stayed around the house and watched the Saints destroy the Cardinals. I ordered JJ and I a couple shirts that benefit the city of New Orleans from Louisiana Online Mall. They are supposed to be delivered before next week’s game. Tomorrow is church and then hopefully will watch the Vikings beat the Cowboys.(Sorry Seth)

Here are some photos from the past couple of days.

Even Sheeba likes Fat Tire.

This guy flew right by me when I was taking a break on my hike.

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I spent some time in front of the bird feeder too.

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Maybe a target?

Experimenting with my strobe set up near the bird feeder..Gotta try this again.

Tags: bald eagles, Bird Feeder, Fat Tire, Saints, Strobist Bird Feeder
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Our Hosts

January 13, 2010

Grammy and Poppa

My grandparents (my mom’s parents) have been wonderful hosts. They have been taking great care of us. My grandfather due to health reasons doesn’t eat dinner so lunch has been a huge southern extravaganza for every meal. We have enjoyed roast, greens, corn bread, hot tamale pie, hamburger steak, tenderloin, peach cobbler, chocolate cake and of course sweet tea~! My grandfather and I tend to work till lunch then after lunch I take off to hike around the lake until 3 or 4 everyday. We still have a lot of jobs left on the list and should be able to get everything taken care of in the next couple of weeks. We have already repaired the garage door, burned a lot of junk, hauled off a ton of scrap metal, fixed some frozen pipes and more. It seems to never end but it is really great to have the chance to spend some extended time with them. JJ has really been able to bond with my grandmother and I have been able to spend some quality time arguing politics with my grandfather. I never knew my father’s father and my father’s mother died a few years ago from Alzheimer’s. It really makes me appreciate my time in Kentucky.

Tags: grandparents, Kentucky Family
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Around the House

January 12, 2010

JJ and I just got back from a great dinner with our friend Billie from Korea. Billie was hired to teach at my school and he didn’t work with us long till we realized that he knew my grandparents. We saw him for the first time since he left Korea. We went out to a local sports bar and really enjoyed retelling stories from Korea.

JJ and I left from our dinner with Billie and drove to Paris, Tennessee. We had to drive to Paris because we are currently living in a dry county, so that means no alcohol sales at all. I was thrilled to find Fat Tire which I love! I fell in love with this beer when I was working at Yellowstone 9 years ago and have had the hardest time finding it. They are not allowed to sell it in Mississippi because of the alcohol level. Doh~!

Today’s photos are just a few random images from around the house here in New Concord, Kentucky.