August 2008 12 of 12 - The Continuing Adventures of Hibe ...or just another boring day

July 2008 12 of 12 ...Zoom Zoom Zoom

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom... That's my theme for this month. I got a new toy... Sigma 150-500mm OS Lens. So I will throwing up some tight shots. My day started early... got to work at 3:49 am. I had to irrigate which meant I had to get wet. So I really couldn't risk bringing my camera with me for most of the morning.


3:49 am - Hackettstown, NJ

Okay, here I am at work to water my tees and greens... Oh Joy! Now... to turn on the lights.
3:49 am

There, that's better... or is it? Yeah, it's a little blurry, but at this time of morning, what did you expect? No more pics for a while going to be really busy for the next several hours.
11:18 am

Okay done with irrigation for now. This poor little frog pond is all but dried up. There's barely enough water to keep these little frog's butts wet. I felt sorry for them so I hooked up a hose to the irrigation system and ran it to the pond. More on this later.




11:45 am

Here's a view of the gold dome to the main building at Centenary College. I figure it's about 2 miles away.
12:12 pm

I put the hose in the end of the pond away from where are the frogs were. At 125 psi, it could blow them right out of the water... literally. As soon as I turned it on and they heard the water they came a runnin (make that "hoppin"). This little fellow was enjoying being right up there, getting splashed by the water being tossed by the force of the hose.


3:24 pm

More happy frogs. which brings up the question... How many of these fellows do you have to date before you find your prince charming girls?


3:32 pm

Another froggy pond this one has a fountain which we run to try to keep some water in it, but it does dry up faster than the other.






3:46 pm

Just a photo of a weedy flower rising above the hay. Queen Annes Lace I think?
3:49 pm

Looking for a perspective shot. Here the golfer has hit his shot and you see the ball in the foreground hopping towards the green.

3:56 pm

I small pin hole leak in the irrigation system causing a mist beside the 7th tee.

4:16 pm

A nice wooded shot looking back up the mountain.

4:19 pm

At the end of the day, I guess we all are just looking for a little shady spot where we can enjoy our nuts. My day hasn't ended yet. I took a couple of hours break for dinner and was back here at 10 pm watering fairways all night long. Got home at 11am Sunday morning, which meant I was up for 32 hours straight... UGH!!











Bonus Pic

Took this two days ago. I wasn't going to put this in, but I got quite a few good shots of this Red Tail Hawk and I thought I would share one with you.

June 2008 12 of 12 - Critter Cam

Greetings from Hackettstown New Jersey. It is a rather busy day for me. I started at 5:00 am and I didn't leave work until almost 11:00 pm. Friday wasn't much better so that's why I'm late getting this in. This month's theme is creatures and critters of all sort.

4:45 am

First critter... me.

5:22 am

Okay, no animals here. It just looked cool. I love fog layers.

5:46 am

A little light breakfast browsing.

7:53 am

A groundhog otherwise known a a woodchuck... and no, they can't chuck wood.

8:20 am

A lone ant crawling on an oak.

8:29 am

A Red Wing Blackbird. They love sitting on cattails along ponds and marshes. This one found some poison ivy to perch on.

8:41 am

One cool frog.

8:45 am

Red Tail hawk riding the thermals.

3:41 pm

We have these bluebird boxes set throughout the course. They're mainly in or near our "naturalized" areas.

3:47 pm

I guess this dragonfly got away from the frog.

6:05 pm

I shot this right outside the kitchen door. They're waiting for someone to come out and feed them. The kitchen and wait staff bring out stale bread and feed them and the fish as well. These are actually this years brood. Mama is the one standing on the rock.

9:23 pm

Talk about caught in the headlights. I found a few deer hanging out in one of our naturalized areas while spraying my greens. This one just stayed laying down while I snapped off about half a dozen shots using my Speedlight. I saw four others later together including a fawn, but they were too far away and my shots didn't come out.








Bonus Picture
This I shot this today and even though it doesn't fit the theme, I thought it was worth putting in.

May 2008 12 of 12

Here it is May already. Seems that most of this spring has been cold. Today proves to be no different.





Hackettstown, NJ - 5:30 am
On my way to work on a cold, dark, rainy morning.
Hackettstown, NJ 1:56 pm
Stopping at the clubhouse to make some copies and drop something in the mail before picking up some lunch.
Hackettstown, NJ - 1:58 pm
The salad bar at the local supermarket.
Hackettstown, NJ - 2:03 pm
Okay, I bought the chili too. It's cold and rainy out. Nothing like some nice comfort food on one of these days.
Hackettstown, NJ - 2:34 pm
Back at the office to eat my lunch.


Hackettstown, NJ - 6:59 pm
One last trip around the course to see how it fared through all the rain before I head home. The geese didn't seem to mind the rain.

Hackettstown, NJ 7:03 pm
The ducks seem happy too.

Hackettstown, NJ 7:06 pm
Looking back up the mountain.
Hackettstown, NJ 7:08 pm
A nice Dogwood.
Hackettstown, NJ 7:09 pm
More Dogwood.
Hackettstown, NJ 7:14 pm
Looks like I just missed them since it stopped rianing less than 2 hours ago.

Hackettstown, NJ 7:20 pm
One last shot looking back down the 3rd fairway.