Mike's Other Pixtures #4

Every month, on the 25th .... I buy Linda flowers.

The 25th of May is her birthday and a number of years ago her gift was flowers .... every month for the rest of her life.

One of the many things that I learned during my "year of pixtures" .... is that you can shoot a pixture a day, for more than week, in one vase of flowers.

So now .... Linda's monthly flower gift, is a gift for me too.

Mike's Other Pixtures #3

On a hot day .... like this one.

The best thing for a bear to do is to take a nap .... a very long nap.

Mike's Other Pixtures #2

I love the Zoo ....

Where else can you go and KNOW that you are going to have a number of great photo opportunities?

And variety too .... as the opportunities will be different every time you go.

For a number of years now I have been buying an annual pass, a Family Pass .... so Linda and I can take the grandkids.

I go 6 or 7 times a year .... the grandkids want to go maybe once.

Mike's Other Pixtures #1

My "pixture a day" project has come to an end.

I am just a little bit relieved that that I won't have that daily obligation any longer. Although, the truth be told I long ago stopped "taking" a pixture daily.

I told myself I would "post" daily .... but even that got derailed by life, with some regularity.

But .... I am not at all ready to let go of the idea of  "telling the story" behind the pixture.

I  will continue  bi-weekly postings to "Mike's Scuba Pixtures".

But what about the pixtures I make that have nothing to do with scuba .... and so is born "Mike's Other Pixtures".

A monthly, or bi-monthly or weekly posting of the pixtures I take when my head is dry.

I am starting that Blog with the same pixture that ended Pix365.

A shot that was taken the day that Linda, Jaedyn and I went to the Zoo.

On that day, we saw a number of good things, including a visit to the new Elephant Passage .... and I shot quite a few "keepers".

But it was the Hippo who stole the day .... with an exceptionally good and spontaneous show, in and around his pond.