My backdrops came this weekend for my home studio, but I am quickly outgrowing my current workspace.
Time to move or nah? …..oh and Happy Monday! Of topic but, Who’s rooting for the Eagles in the Super Bowl? . . #eagles #flyeaglesfly #Super Bowl #nfl #football #photography #homeoffice #homedecor #homestudio #workspaceideas #comics #lifestyleblog
Working and blogging full time can be a serious commitment. It requires a lot of daily hacks. Such as taping my phone to the monitor to enjoy hands free shooting. • I also carry my Sony HX80 in my purse in case I luck up on some amazing lighting during the work day. It’s lighter than my Canon and has a convenient flip up screen to take selfies that capture more of you with less fuss. • Does anyone else work full time and blog? If so, what hacks can you share that help you manage it all??
I took this portrait of a Stellar’s sea eagle and I thought it was so cool that with its head down, it appears more as an owl? I don’t know if this is something similar to a tigers false eyes on its ears but I had to share.
I’m not sure if anyone saw this coming but Nelson Agholor literally went from a disappointment to one of the Eagles best players in the span on a year. This is Nelson’s 3rd year in the NFL and in his first 2 years if you watched him play at all you probably hated to see him get the ball thrown his way because it seemed like he either did nothing with it or he just dropped it. Basically, Nelson…
Brandon Graham has been known as one of those players that makes a big difference in football games but a lot of the time it doesn’t really show up on the stat sheet. Before this year a lot of casual football fans didn’t really appreciate how good Brandon Graham is, they looked at him as being ok because his stats did not jump out at you like some other players in the NFL do. In all of Graham’s…
What a game and what a way to win your first ever Super Bowl… WOW! Super Bowl LII had everything… hard hits, great catches, explosive runs, defensive stands, missed kicks and even an awesome trick play… ladies and gentlemen I give you the ‘Philly Special’
wish people knew more Eagles songs other than “hotel california” lol
Sometimes I actually forget that the Eagles who did Hotel California are the same ones who did Already Gone or One of These Nights. Like yeah, it’s the same band, but Hotel California as a song is such a strong stand alone that to me it feels almost out of place in their discography if that makes sense????
Silver Linings Playbook is a romantic comedy by director David O Russell, who brought us The Fighter three years ago. As far as rom-coms go, it is definitely one of the better ones.
In fact, it’s a pretty decent film all round. It may not be entirely dramatic but it is one of the more entertaining and enjoyable movies nominated for this year’s Academy Awards. Its strengths lie in the quality of the screenplay and the talented cast.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, who play Pat and Tiffany, carry the script and have enough chemistry to make a fairly basic story that much more appealing. Robert De Niro puts in another glorious shift as Pat Senior, reiterating the claim that his days of being a top actor have not passed.
The plot focuses on Pat who suffers from bipolar disorder and upon being released from a mental health facility, is determined to win back his wife who had cheated on him. Tiffany is a young widow with her own problems but they form an unlikely pairing which gives the film its sparkle.
This film is one of those unlikely success stories which happen from time to time. It may not change the world but never endeavours or promises to. The way in which mental health, depression and marital strife is handled is to be commended. Sometimes a feel good film does enough if it ticks all the boxes which it is designed to. This one certainly does.
One of the nation’s most iconic creatures continues its comeback. A state report indicates bald eagles are returning to Connecticut in record numbers.
It was a tough spring for Connecticut’s bald eagles. May thunderstorms destroyed three nests and caused another to fail.
But despite all that, Jenny Dickson, a wildlife biologist at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said 2018 emerged as a banner year for bald eagles.
“We had 68 chicks produced, which is great. That’s the highest number we’ve had since bald eagles re-established themselves as a nesting species in Connecticut.”
DEEP has been doing bald eagle counts since the late 1970s. Back then, eagles and other birds of prey like osprey, were still recovering from the effects of recently banned contaminants like DDT.
Breeding eagles returned to Connecticut in 1992.
Today, Dickson said eagles have recovered so well that biologists are seeing nests with multiple chicks.
“We have a fairly consistent number of active territories every year,” Dickson said. “Right now, it’s somewhere between 50 and 55 for the last three years.”
“When I was first starting in birding in the 20th century, it was a big deal to see a bald eagle.” said Patrick Comins, executive director for the Connecticut Audubon Society.
“Today, I can be driving down the road – I just was getting off of the Merritt, getting on 95 yesterday – and an adult bald eagle flew over. I saw one in New Haven the other day on I-91. You see them in [the] Hartford area,” Comins said. “Almost any place in the state, anytime of the year, you can see a bald eagle flying over.”
Comins and DEEP’s Dickson said fall and winter are great times to look for bald eagles in the state.
“Connecticut is the winter destination for a lot of bald eagles,” Dickson said. “When we get a lot of cold weather and ice up north, they actually shift down to Connecticut because a lot of our coastline and our rivers stay open throughout the winter, so it allows them to continue to fish.”
Dickson said DEEP will do its next bald eagle count in January 2019.
