Out of the Wilderness

Is love blind?

I don’t really know the answer to that question but this post is going to be short because I am OBSESSED with Love Is Blind on Netflix. I can’t stop watching the episodes. I don’t binge watch many shows just for the fact that that takes hours, but yesterday evening my nieces and I watched 5 episodes of season 2 and all I can say is… hear a time to be alive.

The best. show. ever.

-Out of the Wilderness

icky and slimy politicians

I’m going to try hard to not narrow this down to just Republicans or just Democrats because everyone knows both parties have politicians who only care about popularity, power, fortune, and fame. Some are more obvious than others. Anyone who watched the State of the Union MUST be wondering what in the crap was going on with Nancy Pelosi. If she isn’t the worst of us, I don’t know who is.

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But to keep this post right down the middle, I think both major parties would agree that it’s sickening to see politicians get rich while they’re so out of touch with what the rest of us deal with every day.

I still have a sliver of faith that some men and women get into politics for noble reasons, it’s just the icky ones we see on TV every day. So maybe there’s hope yet. At least for a couple more years.

Whether you liked him as President or not, Donald Trump was right that it’s time, PAST time, to drain the swamp. Slimy people are still in power and if we’re not careful, the ones we dislike the most are going to run for President sooner rather than later.

-Out of the Wilderness

Florida State Park pictures – St. Andrews and Falling Waters

Over the past year since I started using a Sony A6600 to photograph anything and everything, I’ve discovered that my favorite subject is nature and wildlife. Combine that with the adventure of camping in the past few months and the opportunities for photographing stuff is pretty high. I’ve already posted about St. Andrews State Park and Falling Waters State Park but thought I’d add a few more pictures to the mix. Each picture includes a quick description. Thanks for dropping in…

Great Blue Heron (St. Andrews State Park) – Alligator Lake is the place you want to go to in order to see these big birds flying around.

Osprey (St. Andrews State Park) – This bird was perched here for quite a while which allowed me to get as many photos as I could. This tree is near the ocean side of the park, not the lagoon/bay side.

Pelican (St. Andrews State Park) – Pelican flying over the jetty leading out of the bay and into the ocean.

Seagull (St. Andrews State Park) – I really like the buildings in the background of this picture, making the seagull standout, standing on the wet sand.

Sandpiper (St. Andrews State Park) – Cute little thing snooping around for some grub.

Fisherwoman (St. Andrews State Park) – fishing from the beach on a cold February day.

Pier and stars (St. Andrews State Park) – It was around 1030pm when I got this photo. I love the moonlight shining on the pier as the stars polk-a-dot the sky above.

Forest Path (Falling Waters State Park) – This was a pretty walk through the forest and although this has been my least favorite park (here’s why), it provided a few photos that I like.

Starry Night (Falling Waters State Park) – Photo was recorded around midnight on a cold February night.

Tall, Tall Trees (Falling Waters State Park) – I tried some light painting in this photo, giving some color to the trees with the stars as the backdrop.

-Out of the Wilderness

Saving money and the case of the $6 pillow

For the past few weeks I’ve been looking for one of those knee pillows. You know what I’m talking about? Here’s one from Amazon. For some reason I get annoyed when my boney knees touch each other while I’m sleeping. Yes, I’m a side sleeper. Odd fact: when I sleep on my back I have nightmares. Weird, right?

Instead of ordering a knee pillow from Amazon, I’d been using a regular pillow. It worked fine except it was a whole ordeal just to flip from lying on one side to the other during the night. The pillow always pulls the sheets and blankets and it gets all out of sorts. Well, I’d had enough but always one to ponder how I can do things in a contrarian way, I stopped by a local Goodwill and lo and behold, there was the perfect pillow! Queue the angelic choir…

Did it have that familiar Goodwill scent? Maybe. Do I want to know where it came from? Absolutely not. But I love that I found a suitable alternative that has quite a few benefits: it serves the purpose of cushioning my legs at night which will hopefully help a tight back each morning, I didn’t have to order from Amazon, I saved some money, AND it’s recycling something.

Talk about a win/win! Is there anything you’ve been looking for brand new that you found elsewhere gently used? If so, let me know about it in the comments.

Thanks for dropping in…

-Out of the Wilderness

Pictures from the road

Some family went out for lunch to celebrate one of my nieces getting accepted into the college she wanted to attend. I brought along my camera mainly for practicing motion shots. I’ll share a few of the photos below. I particularly like the roadway photos with a bit of the dashboard out of focus in the foreground. Do any stand out to you?