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"Octopus's Garden"

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 It is hard to believe that half of 2026 is completed. Time is just flying by and I just keep working in my yard trying to build an Octopus's Garden . And maybe take a few photographs too. In an earlier post I shared many of the different animals that I see around the home I own in Florida. I have gathered a few more photos of things I like to photograph including wildlife and fauna. This a Cassius Blue Butterfly. It is about the size of my thumbnail. I almost did not see it but I am glad I got this shot. Elbow creek has birds and manatees, and I often see a school of mullet. They like to swirl around by my yard. I think there is a leader, I just don't think they know who it is... My neighbor Rachel's pretty flower with a wasp, I think. My dad Harold gave me this cat a long time ago. Lately, I have been putting this star-shaped succulent as the tail, but it seems to be getting too long. I went to Jetty Park to take some photographs and this group of young teenagers ran by. ...
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Digital Hoarding XVII

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 I have gotten behind on posting my digital hoarding files. I plan to try and catch up with a few entries over the next few weeks. Here are the latest, some old, some new. Funny I like doing the crosswords each day in the paper. Sunday always has a large one. In May, the grid made me smile... I think you may have to be older to get this one...it made me laugh. Calvin without Hobbes... The world we live in at the moment... Another music reference that young people won't get... Mapping When I worked at ENSCO, I spent some time on mapping and map projections. I just find these interesting. The first one is that the states colored blue have less people than the red area, Los Angeles County. Size comparison between California and Italy... Japan if it was off the East coast of the USA... Texas versus Poland... Texas vs Africa... USA versus Australia... USA versus China... USA versus India... Interesting Local restaurant flyer; this was 2025; need to be ready for 2026... I guess I should ...
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"Don't Pass Me By"

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 I like my hobby of photography, and I often visit local Parks, Wetlands and Zoos to capture most of my animal photos, but sometimes my own yard can be filled with opportunities; Just Don't Pass Me By. My home in Melbourne Florida is a corner lot with Elbow Creek in the back. Therefore, I only have one neighbor's house. The Creek makes for a lot of interesting visitors from the animal kingdom, and my bird feeder brings in even more traffic. Some of that traffic is unwanted. Here we have one of the Gray Squirrels that like to eat lots of the bird feed I put out. Here is one of the furry rats sitting in the bottlebrush tree, which also brings some visitors. Another common visitor I have are the Blue Jays . Once in a while I put out some peanuts for the squirrels, but I have found that the Jays love them too. I usually throw out a dozen at a time, and the first Blue Jay will grab his peanut and then sit in the tree calling for the other Jays to come. I have planted some milkweed t...
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