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Doe and fawn. Perhaps without language or words for everything, we could communicate more effectively.
This past weekend, Ken and I visited the Jesse Owens Memorial Museum and Park, in Oakville, AL, where this remarkable Olympian was born. This seemed very apropos as the Olympics are in full swing!
Sculptor Branko Medenica of Birmingham AL designed and created the eight-foot, one-ton bronze statue of Jesse Owens. The statue's inscription reads: "Athlete and humanitarian whose inspiration personifies the spirit and promise of America."
From humble beginnings as a sharecropper's son in Oakville, Alabama to standing atop an Olympic podium wearing gold, Jesse Owens made it look easy, but it was not. Racial and socioeconomic barriers were just a few of the obstacles Owens overcame.
Equipped with a hard work ethic that he learned from his parents and feet that could fly, Owens did what no other had done before - he won four gold medals at one Olympiad.
1936 Olympics
On July 11th, 1936 at the Olympic Trials in New York City, Jesse breezes to victory in the 100 meter, the 200 meter and the long jump. The next day Jesse meets Babe Ruth at a dinner honoring the Olympic athletes. When Babe Ruth asks Jesse if he is going to win at the Olympics, Jesse replies, "I will try." Babe tells Jess, "Everybody tries, I succeed. Why? Because I know I'm going to hit a home run just about every time I swing the bat. I'm surprised when I don't. Because I know it, the pitchers, they know it too. Know, Jesse, that you will win!"
Jesse Owens departs for Berlin three days later.
Beginning on August 1, 1936, Jesse Owens wins the gold medal in the 100 meter with a 10.3 second time, tying the world record. On the 4th, he wins the gold medal in the long jump with 26 feet 5 1/4 inches, setting a new Olympic record. On the 5th, he wins the gold medal in the 200 meter with a 20.7 second time, setting a new Olympic record. On the 8th, Jesse, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff win the gold medal in the 4x100 relay with a time of 39.8 seconds, setting a new world record.
Returning home to a ticker tape parade, Owens' life was changed forever. However, what endeared him to so many were the lives that he then changed forever with his humanitarian work that spanned four decades.
As you can see folks the parent never took her eyes of the sibling, and here you can tell that the young one is just starting to get a little color on the side of the body and the back, I found this quite astonishing, anyway thank you for stopping by and have a great day everyone.
These new parents look tuckered out, no doubt with 22 babes!! Guess where the chicks all are in this picture?!
Took my parents to see the "Sensorio, Field of Light" in Paso Robles last night. Fiber optic threads sprouting to endpoints via octopus tentacles connected to buried bulbs - 58,000 of them planted in rolling hills amongst craggy oaks. Scrambled to get there before evening light disappeared, and barely made it. Definitely not part of the Central Coast thing growing up! Really unique experience. iPhone snaps - we'll see how the camera shots turn out later (though they ban tripods, so that was a separate challenge).
SIG visit to Wollerton Wetlands in August.
My camera. not having seen daylight all weekend, I can only be thankful for my archives!
While out at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, all the babies had been born. That includes the prairie dog...pups were everywhere with their parents. This was a bonding moment!
31 years ago today my mom died. This was her last picture. My youngest son was just 6 weeks old, and my parents were going to Florida for the winter. I was going to miss them. They would be back by April to file their income taxes. Home shopping club had been advertising this new telephone device, that you plugged your phone into it, and if someone had the same device, you could see them while you were talking to them! Futuristic for sure! We didn’t buy them. My mom died the next day, after they arrived in Florida to their house trailer from a heart attack. She was 70 years old. That was a Sunday morning August 8, 1991. I was just remembering our conversations of how I was going to miss her and how I wished we had those devices to see each other while we talked. 31 years later, I just finished talking to my older son and daughter in law from my Ipad with FaceTime. We FaceTime all the time without thinking about it. 31 years ago it was a dream. I never had another phone call from my mom after she left, and she didn’t come back in April. My Dad came back two days later. I saw my mom at her funeral. She has been with the Lord these past 31 years. My dad joined her on October 31, 1999. Time sure does fly by and things change so much in this world. The Good news is The Lord never changes! His Word doesn’t change either. Some people think it should change to accept today’s changes. I have peace that it doesn’t change. The Bible says, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8❤️
Looking for my special hoomans ♥
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Back at the Hunter Wetlands, a great day with Archie McCafferty!
I took many photos of these Moorhens with their babies but not many came out ok, I think it had something to do with the time of day and reflection off the water.. that's my excuse anyway ;-)
This young Barn Swallow had landed on this bolted sticking out the side of this food bridge and the parent went down to encourage to fly. I was less than 5 feet from them, so I took a quick couple shots and backed off and watched until I saw them fly up out of the area. Thinking teaching a kid to walk is hard, try to teach it to fly!
These Parent shieldbugs were in the same place as the Parents with eggs that I photographed earlier in the year though I haven't seen them there since they hatched despite looking. There were many leaves all covered in these bugs in various stages of development. There were about six leaves all covered in these bugs in various stages of development - a good year for Parent Shieldbugs
July 2016 TQ150693 - TQ150694
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This mother loon patiently watched out for her chick as it spent most of it's time with it's head under water searching for minnows.
MacLeod Lake
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
Alberta, Canada
A least tern parent patiently helps its chick get the hang of swallowing a fish. You can see that the chick drops the fish, then the parent gently picks it back up and lets the chick try again. Love the look on the chick's face in the bottom left frame--so intently eyeing its meal!
A beautiful day for a wedding
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I'd made it most of the way round Strumpshaw Fen when I came across two large swans sitting rigt in the middle of the path. My heart sank when I saw they had two cygnets...I crept very slowly passed them...within 3 or 4 feet and was only hissed at as I stepped away from them - they then congratulated each other on a job well done ;-)