SURVIVOR Safra

I wont say much about today here as i will let TLOML do it on her blog. Just thought i would post some of the pics i took of the family today. All pics have been cropped and resized, if you want the originals let me know. I can email them to you :)

Hal Linden-

His name is Hal Linden, and in 1975 he was acting in a show called BARNEY MILLER...does anyone remember that? IT was a police type show and i sort of remember it being funny. The station house had a prison cell in the main office ..thats about all i can remember.
He also hosted an Animal docu called ANIMALS ANIMALS ANIMALS in 1976! Thats the show i was talking about in my previous post!!
All i can say is thank god for the internet. I went to sleep and couldnt close my eyes so i woke pepper up and we came out to the computer to try and figure it out! The song is stuck in my head!

BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS EVERYWHERE

I sneaked(TLOML and i had a discussion on this word..and if there was such a word as snuck) out for an hour at around 3 today, well actually since i didnt go for lunch i reckon its alright. Took some pretty lame pics, not sharp at all. Anyhow i am trying to catalogue the many bird species in an around my work place. The first bird (top left) is a Barn Swallow also known as a Eurasian Barn Swallow.
Next we have an Egret, which though not native to singapore has really established itself with a large presence. Below the Egret we have an Indian Mynah, not to be confused with the Common Mynah (Which is more brownish), the mynah is one of my favourite birds. They have such personality but who knew we had two types of mynah!(not counting the Hill Mynah which some people keep as pets) The last 3 pics are of a Little Heron, i posted 3 pics cause I couldnt decide which one I prefered....
Does anyone remember the kids show, whit the song that goes" OH animals animals animals everywhere., animals animals animals everywhere, there are animals in history..." thats all i got..anyone remember it?
All pics have been cropped and resized

SUNDA

Yes I know, its not a good picture..under exposed, cant see the eye and all sorts of stuff BUT it is my first pic of a SUNDA WOODPECKER, and i was very excited. I only managed one quick shot as the grass cutter turned on his machine and every bird in a half mile radius flew off.
Today is a fairly rough day, the boss is out so every little problem is being pushed to my desk. I can feel the makings of a migrane, i think its the heat i really shouldnt have gone for my little walk but i had to escape the confines of my estate.
Last night was nice, TLOML and i had some nice steaks, with roasted potatos, steamed asparagus and baby corn along with a not so nice pepper/mushroom sauce. And for dessert Oranges. For awhile there we werent having our meals together, havign allowed the TV and computer to over run our lives but we are back to the dining table now and its nice. After dinner we took the fatty for a short walk (her tiny legs cant go very far). After walking my two girls home i went off to meet sherwin for a bit of "game on". all in all a good day. I cant wait till friday though another half day for me and i wont be back in the office till next wensday..YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The birds are back in town

After a couple of days away from nature, i took a few shots during my lunch break today.
Looking forward to the CNY break, so that i can go and do some serious shooting.
I was just too lazy on sunday so that one day was a wash out photography wise.





















All pics are cropped and resized :)

Chinatown..........

Its 17:42 on a saturday afternoon and i am back in the office awaiting the arrival of a VIP who is coming for a chit chat session with the residents. The chickens are running around headless as usual, so i decided to de-stress by blogging. I finished work around 1230 and was picked up by TLOML and the Moo which was lovely! We met Doo for lunch at Mooi Chin(Thanks for lunch folks), sigh i love that place......chicken chop.yum yum yum. From Mooi Chin we took the train(yes we left two cars in the car park) and went to China Town. AS expected it was chaos people all over the place, mind you it was not the worst i have seen it. I havent done any photography in crowds for awhile and it is really different from sitting quietly and waiting for a bird to land. My shots of people turned out poorly as you can see, with too much going on in the background.
The Colours are really fantastic, lots of reds as to be expected, along with orange and yellow. The thing i noticed this year was the fewer number of stalls selling pork and duck, when my office was in sago lane i would look out the window
and see dried meat as far as the eye could see...Anyhow i had a good time. From Chinatown I took the NEL back to work after a tearful departure from TLOML and DooMill.
And now i sit here and wait.........On a saturday....sigh