Thanks Janet, it was nice to look at your pictures!

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From the other cam

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Lots of action this morning 
Together <a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090824/MainCamera_HighRes_20090824-1124.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090824/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090824-1124.jpg?" >[/url] <a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090824/MainCamera_HighRes_20090824-1128.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090824/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090824-1128.jpg?" >[/url]
One left <a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090824/MainCamera_HighRes_20090824-1132.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090824/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090824-1132.jpg?" >[/url] <a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090824/MainCamera_HighRes_20090824-1138.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090824/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090824-1138.jpg?" >[/url] <a href="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_HighRes/20090824/MainCamera_HighRes_20090824-1230.jpg?" target=_blank><img src="http://shakymon.com/thruway/archive/MainCamera_Thumbnail/20090824/MainCamera_Thumbnail_20090824-1230.jpg?" >[/url]
Leaving at 12.33
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[Kaver]

Here is a Kaver puzzle

Kaver(12) Jigsaw Puzzle

my time: 3.33 min (48 Piece Classic)

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  Thanks Joyce for sharing this nice story. Casey is a great dog!!!   

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  Very Good!!!!!

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[Aafke]

Happy Birthday Dale 



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[I took a video but Ed's mom was talking too loud to post it. Donna]

Very good Donna!!!
Have you more pictures?
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I took a video but Ed's mom was talking too loud to post it. 

Donna

O yes I know that, Robert always talk through my video's!  But I like to see it and will turn the sound down!
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 Very good Donna!!!
Have you more pictures?
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[Happy Birthday]

Happy Birthday
    bguitar Bonnie W. and Sharon Keukalake  bguitar 



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[bguitar Annie in Elkhart bguitar]

Happy Birthday
bguitar Annie in Elkhart bguitar



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[practise,]

Congratulations with buying a scope.
I'm not an expert so I can only tell you how I use my camera in combination with my scope, I also have a Swarovski.
I hold the camera right to the telescope, (in the beginning it's really difficult, but move the camera a little bit to the left/right, up, down etc. but keep it close to the scope) Than I play with the zoom from the scope and the camera until I have the best view. Most of the time I make pictures with a lot of black around, but I cut the right piece out.
The best you can do is practise, take pictures with all possibilities from scope and camera, zoom in, take a new picture, zoom in more take a picture. At home you can see what's the best.
For the combination of my scope and camera it's the best not to zoom in a lot with the scope. 
When it is an extremely sunny day it will be very hard to look on your camera, so start with a darker day.
I started with a wooden bird in my garden  and took pictures with all kind of combinations, it's easy because this bird didn't move.

When I bought my new camera I took my scope with me to the shop and I tried different camera's in combination with the scope. The  best combination is when you can see the view in your camera without a piece of black.
I took the picture of the spoonbill (here on the left) with my camera and scope.
Enjoy and show us your pictures!
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[Aafke]

I have some sunflowers in my garden, but someone is destroying them

Here is the one who is doing it.

The Ring-necked Parakeets again. They prefer to eat a little bit from every flower!!
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[Donna]

This is our Toby-all 22 lbs of him!

I have a fatty also and yes, that position on his back is the norm around here. I love it. Thanks

Donna

Donna, where are your pets?
I haven't seen them for years.
Everybody can share her pets.
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On Saturday, August 1, 2009 I woke up to find our resident deer twins had stopped by for a visit. They hung out for quite a while grazing on the brush around the edge of our yard. They tried to rest at times but you can see by the video included with my blog post about them that the bugs were relentless and did not allow much rest. It is always a gift to see these beautiful creatures and I can't wait for their next visit.  You can visit my blog - Bird Brains & Dog Tales to see the whole story with pictures and videos.
Cindy in Penfield, NY

Hi Cindy
You are sooo lucky to have them. I think one deer will be fantastic, but to have twins is awesome! I hope you see them again and take more pictures for us!
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