03/05/2023
Every day on the farm with my family, my dog and my garden is the best day of my life.
Sometimes the joy comes from a walk down the lane with my little dog spotting birds and new wild flowers ( which are probably noxious weeds). It’s a 5-6 km round trip and it takes about 1 hour as I am never in a hurry. There is no need to rush passed all the little things as together they make my very big story. Today on my walk I saw two Black faced Cuckoo shrikes in a white box tree. They were very aware that I was there and cleverly hid behind branches and leave making it hard to see them. While this wasn’t the first time I have encountered these interesting birds, it was the first time I captured them in my lens.
My Konica Minolta SLR camera has a few years on it now. I believe it was purchased on the early 2000 to allow me to take family photos. I zoom lens was added when Jack started playing football so that I could get closer action shots. The problem has always been that I do not have a steady hand so with the zoom on my photos are often a little bit blurry.
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