The great outdoors… part 2

Here are more photos from the great outdoors, my holiday trip to Florida. For part 1, click here. Thanks for stopping by!

  • a beautiful butterfly checking out some flowers beachside
  • he was waiting to find out what I was going to do next
  • this spider is called an orb weaver, not a lethal threat to humans or pets
  • another pic of the orb weaver
  • a bird (or two) was here
  • day time moon
  • one of my nieces with Piper the beagle
  • same niece with Piper and Asia

-Out of the Wilderness

The great outdoors… part 1

I was in north Florida for the holiday weekend and amongst the craziness of having 16 people in one beach cottage, I was able to get out with the camera a few times and caught some fun parts of the wild outdoors. Check out part 1 today and I’ll be posting more over the next few days. Thanks for stopping by!

  • butterfly photographed with the iPhone portrait option
  • I have developed a love for these oddly shaped creatures… the pelican
  • the non-stinging kind of jellyfish
  • same jelly fish, closer
  • searching for a snack
  • a possible snack located??
  • snack success!
  • washing it down with some salt water
  • this dog was hanging with his human family on a nearby pier
  • angel shell
  • another shell shaped like angel wings
  • slowly but surely making its way
  • a bird scouting out some dinner
  • same bird, this was nearing dusk on the gulf coast of Florida
  • first attempt to take a picture of a friend’s dog… do first attempts ever go how you expect?
  • second attempt of the same dog
  • scouting out dinner from wayyyyy above

-Out of the Wilderness

To brush, or to brush for 2 minutes, THAT is the question

I have an electric toothbrush conveniently positioned right next to my bathroom sink. But don’t ask me when was the last time I used it. The thing is just having it near the sink makes me feel better, even if I haven’t used it in many months. Something about knowing that I CAN use it gives me peace, and every night I reach for the old-fashioned toothbrush.

I’m sure there’s something psychological going on, kind of like buying a home treadmill feels like you’re already losing weight, even before you’ve ever used it.

What is it in your life that fits this kind of false sense of accomplishment?

-Out of the Wilderness

This 80s song talks about tech that was still decades in the future

Every time I hear this particular song, all I hear is them singing about a popular phone. It’s Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar On Me”. Check out the first minute and tell me I’m wrong that in the first minute they sing about a “red iPhone”…

Living like a lover with a red iPhone.

If your lover has a red iPhone, treat them to dinner because they dropped at least $700 for that red iPhone. That’s the cheapest new iPhone 11 you’ll find. Check them out here.

Supposedly the actual lyrics are “living like a lover with a radar phone.” But who ever had a radar phone? I think these guys were decades ahead of the tech curve!

Are there any other bands that had lyrics mentioning tech that hadn’t existed yet? Chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness

This Eminem song gave me chills…

Everyone, and I mean everyone, would say Eminem’s best song is “Lose Yourself” and rightfully so. It went to #1 on multiple charts in nearly every country on the planet. It’s one of those anthems that, when you hear it, you feel like you could run through a brick wall! Here’s the video, with hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.

But there’s a lesser known song Eminem released in 2014, over a decade after “Lose Yourself,” that never broke the top 10 in the US and around the world was just somewhere in the middle of the charts it appeared on. It has around 123 million views (amazing, but not even close to “Lose Yourself”). Check out a song that gave me full-body chills the last time I listened to it, here’s “Headlights”…

The chorus is performed by Nate Ruess of the band Fun. I had sort of forgotten about this song but while I was returning from a day trip to Memphis, Tennessee, it popped up on my Spotify and like I said, I got chills all over because of the lyrics. So personal, so much pain and hurt, and yet forgiveness and understanding weaved throughout. I can confidently say this song is in my top 5 Eminem songs, and quite possibly #1.

I don’t think there’s any doubt Eminem is the best rapper of our time, and quite possibly the best of all time.

-Out of the Wilderness