...the fever's gonna get'cha

hi...my name is Catsinger... & I have "click-click fever"...



as fall moves into winter...and the morning "mist"...



shrouding the park & "lake"...



make my barely contained fever... burn...
like the sun through the fog...



Molly, on the other hand has different kind of fever...
she has "sniff-sniff fever"... and it's incurable...
the only treatment...long walks, especially in the park...



with LOTS of... uh... places to sniff...



so while I'm placating my addiction...



she's placating hers...



sometimes...one shot...leads to...



a zoom-in shot...which leads to...



a 12x's zoom shot... with an occasional lucky mistake...



I call this one,"Monet"... it's mostly reflection & blurred slightly...
and I LOVE it...



many leaves are on the ground now...



I love this vantage point... I've shot it in several lights now...
I just really like the shapes and textures from this spot...



I call this,"the Loch Legion Monster"[aka"Loggie"]



with less sun... I could get in closer to these sunflowers...
without their colors washing out...



I call this,"duck butt"... it is some kind of water fowl that dives...
I saw it in profile, so I know it's a water bird...
this was 12x's zoom...it went down...
I waited...

then Molly saw another dog and I had to give up on the shot...



it was all I could do to get her quieted down...
she also scared away some ducks I had seen...
circle and land on the lake ...
& was trying to get close enough in, to get a shot...

as well as an unusual bird...
looked a bit like a Chickadee...
but they are Eastern birds...

Molly scared it away with her barking too..

so we left the park...and headed home...

and just so the walk home wasn't a total withdrawal...



I've watched this iris bloom over several days...