Doves

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Mourning Dove – Blanchard Park – April 2015
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Eurasian Collared Dove – Mullet Lake Park – March 2015

“The thrustelcok made eek hir lay, The wode dove upon the spray She sang ful loude and cleere.” Geoffrey Chaucer

Middle English, perhaps we should create internet memes in middle English like the ones that say “if you can read this…..”.

Quote found at http://quotes.yourdictionary.com/dove

Bugs

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Dragon Fly – Blanchard Park – March 2015
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Dragon Fly – Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – March 2015

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Birds are getting scarce. They are nesting, and smaller birds have gone north. Dragon flies are epic.

Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/inspirational

Bird Day #7

Snowy Egret
Bad Hair Day – Gatorland – March 2015
wood-stork
BW Stork – Gatorland – March 2015

“But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.”- Alan Lightman

Off on a new adventure, been reading Alan Lightman – more to come.

Decided to try the monochrome conversion on the wood stork, he seemed to have pretty good texture and the image didn’t come out flat – like most of my conversions.

Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8933.Alan_Lightman