"body of water"

It is week 34 in the Good to WOW challenge.
I know I missed last week, maybe even the week before, so I was determined today to rise to the challenge.
The prompt this week was... and I quote...
lake/pool/ocean (any body of water will be perfect!)

I had really, really good intentions, but got sidetracked.
There were several...

Oh hold on, before I explain myself, here is my entry this week.

Remember, no touchy the photo!

Yeah, it looks more like a photo of a bridge right??
Well that is because by the time I got finished being distracted I was overheated and hungry and snapped this off before I headed back to the sanctuary of my overheated van.
Not sure what I was thinking heading out at noon to shoot pictures, before lunch, with no water, in the unreal Texas heat.
Ahhh I know, I was thinking I better get this done while I am out and available.

You would have been distracted too.
Okay well maybe not, but you may have been intrigued.

This bird was somewhere between 2-3 feet tall.
I kid you not!!

It was so huge, I couldn't believe that my feet kept dragging me closer to it.

I knew it would take off any second and so I tried to steady my steps and be ready.









So totally gorgeous in flight.

Then there was this guy!!


Oh boy, the distraction time just doubled as I stalked this one as well trying to catch it in flight several times.
Hmmm, not quite as easy to shoot a white bird in the big middle of the day.
Most of my shots were over exposed.
Perhaps I should have chosen a different setting.

Now sticking to the body of water theme
shrug...may as well push this as far as I can while I have you here.
hee hee.
I have a friend who breeds Angel fish.
They have laid eggs several times now, but this was the first chance that the babies survived being eaten or whatever else happens to baby fish eggs??!!
This is the momma herding in her little ones.

They look like eyeballs and stomachs!!

I know that is the momma, cause this is the daddy.

He got moved to another tank for bad behavior!!

And he is not happy about it!!


I hope these angel babies survive and I can keep you updated with their progress.

Well, I must be off.
The dryer is buzzing and homework time needs to begin, and I need to make some banana bread!!
Oh, yes and I haven't forgotten about supper.
See ya tomorrow.