How to fill time in retirement

 Yesterday, my nephew Brandon turned 50 years old. I received a few photo reminders but really I cannot believe it. I was a Junior in High School when Brandon was born. My brother Tom, his Dad, and my classmate and friend Robin, his Mother, were young and not quite ready for the adult world. But a baby was created, and that young man has been in my life for most of those 50 years,. Happy Birthday Brandon!! Now let us look at some photos. Of course, my digital hoard has many of Brandon through the years. Early photos are from family album scans and then later photos are digital. I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane. It was May 14 1975 that Brandon turned one, and I was getting ready for my graduation, and his mom Robin too, from Middlebury Union High School in June 1975. Here is Brandon with his first Birthday cake. Here is Brandon with his favorite Uncle, me. I had hair then and Brandon was just starting to grow his... Of course his other favorite Uncle was my brother John. We u

  There's a place I love to take photographs, it is my yard at my home for 40 years (on June 1) in Melbourne Florida. Between the plants and the wildlife, there is always something to admire and try to capture on film. Here are a few of my recent shots, all taken with my feet firmly set in my yard. The bottlebrush tree which is native to Australia, is actually a shrub. This one was on my property when I bought the house, and is now used to hold my bird feeders. There were about a 100 honey bees om the flowers but I caught mostly there butts so did not share. Mt birdfeeder attracts a large variety of birds but these pictures are from the last month only. There is a cardinal pair that frequent my yard. I liked this photo because the male was showing off his top. Probably happy because I had just filled the feeder. While the male cardinal was enjoying the feeder, I started to put down a board that the mourning doves like. They are too clumsy to land on the feeder. Of course there are