You'll just have to imagine this as being a long slideshow.

I was out trimming along the fence line when I noticed this little guy. After filming, I had to take a second look at every slim green stem that I picked up.
He was originally on the fence. I tried to very gently pick him up, but he "jumped" off of the fence.

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Beautiful!!!! What type of snake was that?

Nothing that vibrant here in CA


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I had to look him up.

Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus): In Central Texas, this snake is easily identifiable as a small, thin, bright green snake up to three feet long. Commonly found in brushy areas, these once common snakes are becoming hard to find. Green Snakes eat mainly insects, especially grasshoppers.

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Visitor in our back yard and under torgersen bridge at VT.

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Went out to Yosemite N.P. to see the falls. After this winter's epic snowfall, they're all running at full throttle.

Lower Yosemite Falls. Standing here was like being in a rainstorm.
Surrounding air felt at least 20° cooler as well. Sound was amazing...
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Bridalveil Falls
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Lots of water in the Valley. Some meadows have become temporary lakes
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Flooding's been much worse in the past
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Mornin Byron,

What is the back story in the photo shoot, music video or ??

Cheers
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A pic of a 66 912 that visited the airport. He was holding short in the taxiway for the big Chinook CH-47 that was in the run up area. Not a very social bloke who came across as annoyed when I attempted to talk to him. A very non-typical air cooled driver. Usually the air cooled folks are friendly and enjoy talking about such things. Must of been an off day for him. Although his white leather gloves were a nice touch as he drove off…[emoji23]


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Very nice!!!!

Every now and then our shop get a call of a rescue on the face of Half Dome or the falls via a longline insertion. Gorgeous from the air, especially the valley. Being a NSP, the politics are very interesting when flying in, and that is for official business too and not a leisurely pleasure flight.

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A rare chance to drive one of the Sanderson Brothers family 912. Really was a glorious day I can tell you.


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Thank you Sir!

The eyes were fascinating to watch. Looked like you could almost guess what it was thinking as you were moving around. Beautiful little snake. The most interesting snake I have come across is a little guy that is usually found about 1000’ higher in elevation. Looks like a worm and if they weren’t so difficult to find a viable food source, I would have a terrarium/habitat full of them. How they locate slug n snail eggs is beyond me but they do….[emoji848] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d3d45c877d.jpg
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Very cool. I have run across one or two tiny snakes like that over the years. They do a pretty good job of staying hidden.

Beautiful color and "finish" on that guy. He almost looks like polished metal with copper inlay, or maybe glass tube with color on the inside of the glass or something.

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We have these in our yard. They mostly eat earthworms from what I learned. A big earthworm could fight it off I suspect if the worm had a mouth with teeth.



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After a lot of edging on a damp day.

I know that I've seen a photo of Byron dressed as a pimp for halloween.

What you all don't realize is that is the only night of the year that he can be himself.

:D

Started out GREAT! Then went to hell. Made me laugh.
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THis is also 6 arrows. The group on the bottom left is actually 3 arrows, essentially, in a single hole.
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Hahahaha,

Went to hell?????? Remind me never to piss you off if I ever see you with a bow…[emoji848][emoji15][emoji1]

Heck of a lot better than I do. So what would cause the walk up and left? With handguns, it’s predictable if you see a consistent walk like that, finger placement, pawing the pull, anticipation, etc

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First hover-mower I’ve seen. Didn’t know they were even a thing


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Those are cool…… I’d be in trouble if I ever figured a way to creat a good living environment for those guys. The little snakes, not the legs.. lol[emoji2957]

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Cool hover mower. I wonder how well they work. My guess is that they don't work that well.

There are things that can affect an archery shot in a consistent manner. "Plucking" the string is one, where you pull the string laterally when you release it instead of just a clean release.

The thing about archery, is that there's no rear sight, and there may or may not be a front sight. I don't have a sight on my bow, so there's no front or rear sight. You don't put the tip of the arrow on the bullseye like a front site. If I put the tip of the arrow on the bullseye, and i was standing 50' from the target, my arrow would probably hit the target ~18" to the left of the bullseye.

The key in archery is absolute, 100% consistency of your body from shot to shot to shot. Your front arm has to be in exactly the same position every shot. Your head has to be in the same position every shot. How far back you've drawn the string, and where that string is released from has to be the same for every shot. For me on those shots, it was probably mostly that last bit. You pull the string back and to help you know that you get it pulled back the same every time you touch your face. If one time my hand is firmly pressed into my face, but the next time my hand is lightly touching my face, that 1/4" can make a huge difference at 50-60'. Similarly, if you pull the string back 1/4" more one time than the previous, then the string imparts more force to the arrow, and the trajectory changes so the height of the arrow will change. A relatively small change at the bow can be a huge change on the target.

A pecan tree fell earlier this year. I trimmed up most of it, but left some for the grandsons to use as a jungle gym on their visit in a few weeks. A squirrel visited and went looking for bugs for lunch in the bark.
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That's a lot of insulators!

After a recent rain
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