Archive for January, 2010
The Round House and a Bird
42 years ago
When my Grandfather retired, he and my grandmother moved to New Concord, KY. They left their regular style home in Greenvile, MS and built a round(actually an octagon) house on Kentucky Lake. They have lived here for over 13 years and everyone in the area knows about the round house. In fact, the pilots at the local Air force Base use it as a turn around spot. My grandmother has met a pilot who was thrilled to meet the lady who lived in the brown round house near the lake.
My Grandparent's Home
I was sitting in the den looking at the bird feeder when I noticed a huge black form in the top of one of the trees. I quickly realized that a bald eagle had landed in one of them. I ran out with my camera and was able to get a couple of shots before it flew away. I guess he was camera shy. It was an awesome site and I hope that I get a chance to get some more photos.
This was about when he noticed me.
I think that I am going to rent a longer zoom lens for a couple of weeks. I am currently using a 70-200 f/4. I am thinking about renting a canon 100-400 and maybe a teleconverter. I did have to crop the eagle photos a little too much. I would love to have some super closeups.
Kentucky Day 1
2We arrived in KY last night and were greeted with the smell of my grandmother’s pepper-steak. What a wonderful way to start our visit. We got unpacked and moved into our room. Grammy and Poppa had fixed everything up for us. I ended up hooking up the wireless internet last night as well.
My grandfather has built a bird feeder that sits right in front of the picture window in their den. The next couple of photos were taken from inside the den. We spent time today watching football and birds! We came here to relax and it seems like we are getting our money’s worth.
Black Cap Chickadee
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
JJ and I went out for her first driving lesson. She did very well and didn’t hit anything 
I really need to take her to a straighter/flatter road to practice on.
We also went down to the lake shore and walked around today. This is about 5 min from the house. That was when we noticed the bald eagle flying around. Hopefully, I can get a closer picture later!~
Happy New Year!
32 years ago
I hope that everyone had a great New Year~ JJ and I are starting the new year off with a trip to Kentucky to visit my grandparents. We will be in New Concord KY for little over a month. I have a lot of work to do helping my grandfather with some maintenance around his house and I hope to be able to get some great landscape shots of Kentucky Lake and some of the older tobacco barns. It also sounds like we will visit a couple of the distillers while we are in KY. I am looking forward to visiting Jim Beam.
We played around with some sparkles tonight but pretty much had a quiet New Year’s Eve. We spent most of the night packing for our trip! We will leave as soon as we get up in the morning!
Happy 2010
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