A Killdeer made a questionable choice in nesting location—four eggs left exposed in a busy area. Animal control was notified, and the site has since been cordoned off. The mother, initially protective to the point of confronting both people and passing cars, eventually calmed down.

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New family on the way in my yard.

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You ever taken a dailypic of a green bug and think, people would not like this… then the next day come across a spider and it’s dependants and know they will not like this so much more.

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In a quest to find a missing item that reminds missing- I have even more old stuff I have found instead. Last night the old coins, today a box of slides I took in 1996. This here is my first studio. The lights were bought that day, I drove to WB Hunt in Melrose and bought my first studio lighting kit, bare bulb, metal dishes, constant lighting. They recently returned to me by way of a friend who bought them when I upgraded. It is kind of neat to have them back for nostalgic purposes. On the same day, I made those sawhorses and stand, I recall driving back from Medway Lumber with 2x4s hanging out of the window my bright green Geo Metro. I had cleared a space in the garage of the renovated barn (foreshadowing) that served as my first apartment here in Medway.

Now the camera is the best part, it is a twin-lens Yashica Medium format 120 camera. The thing as a well used, hand me down. I can say it deserved a better tripod than the KMart special it is sitting upon in this photo. I was just thinking earlier this week how it took me so long to realize a tripod is a worthy investment. I cheaped out on them for so many years, decades even. And just recently I believe I have the two tripods I will probably have for the rest of my life. Invest in a good tripod kids.

Why this setup? It was a lighting assignment for one of my college photography classes. I have 23 photos of eggs. Just eggs. I can tell as the light was moved what I was going for, boredom. I remember shooting both slides and 120 film that night. I developed the film by hand, I am sure the negs are around somewhere. The eggs have never ben seen again.

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Happy Easter Lego style.

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