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"Flying"

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 Today is Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. I decided to stay near home because the traffic had been very heavy lately with Spring Break and the Artemis Moon Launch. I did go have a few beer at Lou's Blues on Friday, and that driving convinced me to stay off the roads for a bit. Elbow Creek from my back yard. I decided that I would do some grocery shopping because no one will be at Publix on Easter Sunday morning. There was no one there, but because they were closed. They only close on three days a year, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. So back home to mow the rest of the back yard. First, I wanted to share the videos I took of the Artemis II Flying on April 1. They are not that good because it was windy which messed up the sound. The rocket roar was a lot louder than it sounds in the video. There are two because I stopped the video to take some still shots. I did want to share a few more photos of the full moon. The first was with default settings and the camera decides shutter sp...
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"Ticket to Ride"

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 Living on the Space Coast I have the privilege of watching rocket launches. Yesterday, April 1, was a historic launch of the return to the moon mission Artemis II. I took this picture from Jetty Park of the launch, it was a beautiful day, but let me catch up on the rest of the week first. Over the weekend, March 28 and 29, I had plans to do things but I ended up staying at home doing chores around the house. The only pictures I took were of the bird feeder and none of those were worth sharing. On Monday. March 30, I met up with my friend Ken at Lou's Blues for our Monday beers, and then I walked out to the beach to watch a SpaceX Starlink launch. It was scheduled for 5:15 PM. The local pelicans were flying in formation, and there were plenty of dogs running around Canova Beach... I think this guy was making a "pack" with his two dogs, they were shaking on it... The dogs were very willing to chase the sticks, but usually ran farther than the throw. Happy dogs! I had 20 mi...
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"All Together Now"

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 I mentioned in my last post that I had attended the St Patrick's Day parade in downtown Melbourne and I would share more photos in this post. In actuality, most of the photos look like any other year and there was nothing outstanding I caught in my photos.  One of the bands, the Space Coast Highlanders, are always a treat to watch and hear. You gotta love bagpipes. While waiting for the parade to start, I ended up conversing with Tim Shortt, who happens to be one of the photographers I admire working for the local paper the Florida Today. He was covering the parade for the paper. Here he is taking a shot while the parade starts, only about 30 minutes late. He is a nice guy and I enjoyed our pre-parade chat. Another guy I met while waiting was Michael Spooner, aka Rockin' Michael. He makes guitars that he gives to businesses. This one was made for Meg O'Malley's which he was handing to a cart in the parade with Meg people. He kept saying he may "do a Kramer" a...
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