My friend Ryan called and told me that this nights..

Heat lightning was worthy of a an attempt at taking pictures,,,so I gave it a try,,

Emerald crab..

Green Mushroom..

moon and jupiter

zoanthids.

Almost forgot,,, this months contribution to the pic of the month,,

On BARS,,,

                                The theme was "inspiration"....I have a prediction.....LOOSER...lol


, my predilection..oops ....prediction...was correct...no donation to the monthly raffle for me...out of focus shaky cell phone pictures are all the rage,,,Damn you face book!!

yea..an oldie, they still hang in there...

HY511 tetra

Red hooks getting busy, once again,,,

A few days late,,,,,

On the way to the ritzy Chart House..

to celebrate Pops birthday...with Mom..and of course..Pops...I  wanted to leave him home...but, Mom insisted we take him with us...sigh,,,

My Tomini Tang, doing what I want it to do,.,

Like a baws,,,they are in the bristletooth family...excellent grazers of diatoms and such.

dentition,,,,,teeth,,,

Self indulgence at the salt mine, and critiques from fellow reefers ,

developed into this,,,

tonight's...

The Iron Lady..

The  oldest fish in my reef tank..has outlived two amorous suitors,, both of which perished under suspicious circumstances..

My contribution to this months pic' of the month contest,,

On BARS,,,,,

                                                        we shall see..


EDIT: all together now...loooooossseeeerrrrrr,,,,lol

How time passes..

After the hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004,and the eighteen days without power of any sort ,the photo before is all I had left of my reef tank.

nothing..but bare rock..

That is what I thought at first,,,this polyp wins the Iron Man award...

It was the only living thing left..

Took this picture last week...

It pays to hang in there sometimes...

This capture is named, "you know you are bored when.."

thank you...

Well....started last night...

with a disappointing contribution.... can't say this is much better...but I felt happier with the result...so now you know..

 

Septembers B.A.R.S Pic of the Month contest contribution ..

FAVORITE FISH...is the theme....

Scooter Blenny

edit....WINNER..Very surprising..

Tired of moon pictures yet?..yea...I can get them without

leaving my yard...and I like that,,,

Officially a Winner..

August's pic of the month contest on the BrevardAreaReefSociety.com featured "pests"...my contribution here...

Flatworm

winning.......

kinda sorta...this is my third win in three or so years. Collecting a prize yet?..hmmm..not so much a "Win"...

Note to self..get greedy and look out for number one...or not give a crap.....one or the other..

Useless face book response...

I had the time and the method..but not the skill... progressed forward anyway,,,

My friend Ryan came over...and pointed out this Brown widow spider

Outside in my car port..I have seen the web for a month or so...

I decide a picture was in order,,,the greasy spot that is left after the pic, ...not so much,,,

An inherited object from G'ma Stewart..

The Guatemalan  bus driver who drove me for a visit on my last vacation...said we should not worry for our species...therefore I will not.. 

gettin' busy with it...

Smokey bouquet..

I like this....

I do not know why....

yes..He lives..he lives his life..

I ruin his  necessary and monumental construction for gathering sustenance, every other day...and yet, he/she/it.. struggles on....prick...

I thought this was cool to do..

                                                    smoke...

Rain drop...

yea..it could be better...can't they all...

.

leaf...Croton (Codiaeum)

The Zebra Shark.....kinda like "honey badger"..but not..

got a one star review...better then most of my digital attempts..

part deux

                               
if you don't know what a honey badger is...ITS CALLED GOOGLE!!..oops,so sorry... here's a pic..

Decided to switch it up....

My new pic of the month..

lets all voice our opinion together,

LOOSER!!

thankyou,,,

edit...august 1st...yes I did lose...

Uh, yea,,,,,

OK, let me explain...

The fish room is not insulated,thus not air conditioned. I keep the windows, that have screens, open all summer. I also keep the lights for my different systems on until late in the night  , which is my preferred time to pay them the attention they are due.  So some bugs show up,,no big deal. And a small arachnid is taking advantage of the free buffet.

Once again the BARS photo of the month contest....

Is in full swing...the theme? Softies,,,my contribution..


                                                          Star Polyp

Cuban tree frog..an invasive species...trying to steal my cable TV,,

yup

I never use my 200 mm lens..broke it out..

because I could....cleaned of the front glass of the Reef tank last night,,so whatever..

iso 400
shutter speed 250
wb 10000 k,,

uhm,,,Ok,,forgot the rest,,,,

My last Gold Redspot Severum...

Months later,,when trying to purchase more of these...the wholesaler told me they had a 75% mortality rate,,,my mortality rate was worse...One of the six I purchased is still with me ,,,"sigh"..

Sending this one out too Mom...the only worthy

and deserving recipient..on my email list ,who would not be embarrassed or fidgety after receiving it,LOL..

worked with bulb setting and aperture..and an LED light..came up with this,,,,yes many are better..none done by me...

                                                               

My "garden path"...and the goon's I hired to keep

the riff-raff away....

go ahead...knock on MY door..

Fireworks..At Brandon and Debi's July 7 gala..