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Spring scene




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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

The other morning as I was dealing with the dogs and feeding the angry, vindictive cockatoo, I noticed the cove was blazing in a spring sunrise. So I grabbed my camera and blasted off a few HDR shots to see what I’d come up with. This is a view of the stairs leading down to the dock. In a few more weeks, you’ll barely be able to see the water.

I’ve been doing a little fishing off the dock, catching mostly small bluegills, one tiny bass (smallmouth, I think) and a catfish. Xena was particularly interested in the catfish.

I can’t wait for it to get warm enough to swim in the cove. We’ve bought a boat to put in the dock. Just need a lift now. The water is up, but apparently winter is going to slap us upside the head one more time this week …

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Cloud Forest Flower




Cloud Forest Flower

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

I’m not certain what the name of this flower is. Might be some sort of orchid. There were a lot of them in the cloud forest that surrounds the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel in Aguas Calientes.

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The Crop Circles of Moray




The Crop Circles of Moray

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

This is an HDR shot of Moray, a series of circular terraces that archeologists believe the Incans used as some sort of agricultural test center, growing various crops in the microclimates that each terrace provides. This is an unrestored site. There is another site here that has been restored and gives a clearer idea of what it must have looked like in Incan times. Those are the Urubamba and Vilcabamba mountain ranges in the distance. We arrived early and had the place to ourselves, providing some of the most spectacular vistas of the trip.