August 2009 12 of 12 - Summer Swelter

Credit for the "12 of 12" goes to Chad Darnell. Thanks Chad.

5:33 am - Philadelphia/Roxborough, PA

Arrived at work. My humble office. Yeah, I spend most of my time on the course.


8:00 am - 3rd green

Can't say for sure what the weather will be today. It's been unsettled at best for over a week now. At the very least it will be hot and humid. So I need to water, at least a bit, just in case the sun comes out.


8:54 am - 12th hole

I've been trying to get a shot at this youngster for about 2 weeks now when I heard him crying for his momma. This guy is in his first year. You can tell by the dark band running across his chest. The older Red Tails are in molt and can't hunt very well right now. This is when these young fellows learn to hunt, but he keeps crying to be fed. Makes me want to go find him a mouse.


12:43 pm - 7th Hole

Joe and Joe... a couple of my friends from my old course come out to play.


12:51 pm - 14th hole

Okay, it's green.


1:02 pm - 15th hole

These guy are evrywhere around the course, but they tend to build their homes inside the wood line. I think this is due to the number of nieghbors who walk their dogs through the course. However this guy recently dug this hole on the boundry betwen the wood and rough.


1:07 pm - 12th hole

Here's our young bird on the wing crying as he's flying.


1:25 pm - 18th hole

I found this a bit interesting. This is whats left of a locust tree that up-rooted about two months ago. At first I thought it was coming back to life, but those aren't locust leaves.


5:06 pm - Broomall, PA

Produce aisle at Giant Foods.. my supermarket of choice. Okay a bit of camera shake, but didn't get too many shots inside the store.


5:09 pm - produce aisle

Okay, pop math quiz. Which is the better value... 2 lbs of carrots at $1.89 or 5 lbs at $2.49? I love to eat these things for snacks. So guess which one I bought. This was the last photo I took in the store before some manager asked me not to take any photos. Its against store policy. I think the whole world has gone just a bit paranoid.


6:15 pm - Upper Darby

This is the before photo of my fridge. Now you know why I went shopping


6:31 pm

That's better and that's all for this month folks.