Lonetown Woods

Button buck finds mom's apple, mom takes it back

2011-10-16T16:58:00.001-04:00

Button buck finds mom's apple, mom takes it back, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here one of the younguns steals mom's apple but mom just takes it back.

Cross legged deer

2011-10-15T08:12:00.001-04:00

Cross legged deer, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Is than an apple?

Apple thief

2011-10-15T08:11:00.001-04:00

WGI_0021, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Startled by the camera

Evening visitor

2011-10-15T08:07:00.001-04:00

WGI_0032, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

My apple tree gets more visitors than my blog does.

The Redding Motto

2011-10-14T06:36:00.002-04:00

I have seen the zeitgeist and you can keep it!

Satellite transit distance over 30 seconds. Can you calculate itsaltitude? 50mm, F/1.8

2011-10-08T06:32:00.002-04:00

Satellite transit distance over 30 seconds. Can you calculate its altitude? 50mm, F/1.8, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here's a satellite I captured this morning while having my coffee. The full transit of 30 seconds is captured here. The satellite is Cosmo 1707, launch date December 13, 1985. Intrinsic brightness 4.2.

A Revolutionary

2011-10-08T05:13:00.002-04:00

A Revolutionary, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here's a remote grave of a Revolutionary War soldier, far away from anything, in the Lonetown section of Redding, near the John Read Homestead, still tended to this day, on Memorial Day each year.

zombie

2011-09-25T06:31:00.001-04:00

zombie, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

I may have captured Reddings first zombie.

What happens when you put your infra-red game cam behind some grass

2011-09-24T07:33:00.001-04:00

Anna Hyatt Huntington

2011-09-13T06:41:00.001-04:00

Anna Hyatt Huntington, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

To tell you the truth, riding bareback makes me itch.

Green Heron

2011-09-12T08:36:00.001-04:00

058, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Caught this Green Heron hanging out at Lonetown Marsh in Redding.

Rainbow in Irene remnant 3

2011-09-06T06:31:00.001-04:00

Rainbow in Irene remnant 3, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

I see this occasionally. (cause I'm always looking up). A rainbow in the multilayer clouds left over from Hurricane Irene. (Tropical storm in Ct)

Suddenly the rabbit seemed quite smug.

2011-09-04T09:48:00.001-04:00

Suddenly the rabbit seemed quite smug., originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

This is what I look like when I'm right!

Another intersection of space junk.

2011-09-02T17:43:00.002-04:00

Another intersection of space junk., originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

The same satellite shown below moving N-S passes the orbit of another object (variable, probably tumbling) moving E-W.(or W-E)
Photo was 30 seconds after the previous post.

Intersecting space junk orbits. West is at the bottom, North is on the left.

2011-09-02T06:50:00.001-04:00

Intersecting space junk orbits. West is at the bottom, North is on the left., originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Over Redding at 4:45 am this morning.

This is the first intersection. The second occurs 30 seconds later.

The Highway - Set Me Free

2011-08-16T18:13:00.001-04:00

This is from The Highway. From their new album Forest People, available on iTunes

American Chestnut

2011-08-13T17:43:00.002-04:00

American Chestnut, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here are those American Chestnut flowers I blogged earlier. They were flowers June 26.

This song captures some of the spirit that animated the American idea of freedom

2011-07-29T17:51:00.000-04:00

Brother can you spare a dime? Tom Waits

2011-07-23T16:20:00.000-04:00

Since I'm in a Depression Era mood check out what Tom Waits does with this old Depression Era classic.

Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, 1929) Jazz Legend

2011-07-23T07:19:00.000-04:00

This song by Bessie Smith gives the vibe I feel when I look at the worlds economies. Carla Bruni does a pretty version but with Bessie I feel it.

Bow Legged Woman - CJ Chenier

2011-07-16T06:14:00.000-04:00

I had to share more Zydeco. I know its selfish but I look at Zydeco as the result of some grand experiment where god mixed Arcadian and Africans and Natives and the result of this melange is this magnificent innovative outpouring of color and sound and imagery that lights up everything around it.

Enjoy!

American Chestnut Female Flowers

2011-06-26T07:53:00.002-04:00

American Chestnut Female Flowers, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here's another view of an American Chestnut flower structure showing all of the gross taxonomic features.

American Chestnut flowering structures 1

2011-06-24T18:30:00.001-04:00

American Chestnut flowering structures 1, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

Here are more American Chestnut Flowers. This will result in clusters of nuts.

Americna Chestnut Female Flower

2011-06-24T17:57:00.002-04:00

Americna Chestnut Female Flower - top, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

American Chestnuts (Castanea dentata), is flowering right now. This shows the female flower in the center and the male flowers are the surrounding catkins. This tree is amentiferous.

Redwing Blackbird takes on a Broad wing Hawk.

2011-06-16T18:21:00.002-04:00

2011-06-13, originally uploaded by BobMacInnes.

4.3 secs and 11 shots show the evasive move of the Broad wing Hawk as it tries to avoid the fearless Redwing blackbird.