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Well a lot of my pictures are with the Canon 6D and a 100 - 400 lens. But these cameras and lenses can get expensive. Years ago I shot some of my best pictures with the Canon PowerShot series. Cheeper and very easy to use. Some of the best pictures I’ve seen taken by a very talented friend of my...

More birds today. Just really small ones ?

Myself, I never tried to leave these memories in the past. This might sound really weird but they have become so ingrained with who I am that they’re now a integral part of me. They’ve shaped the person that I am today. And I hope I’m a better person for it.

Preparing for landing Delivering payload And liftoff

No it’s fine. I make sure I fully read everyone’s replies and really reflect on the answers. It’s why I asked the question and why I joined this site. Knowledge is strength.

It’s pizza night at our house. We’ve been doing pizza from scratch for a lot of years now. The trick is to always make too much so you have leftovers. And yes, I did pose the beer and hot sauce ?

I’m the same way. In the past when I was having flashbacks they were very severe. It’s taken years but I’m slowly getting a handle on them. Now when they’re over I’m not a total wreck like I used to be. I really don’t think I’ll ever get better. But I’ll be happy with just being able to cope.

This was a rare treat. Momma deer will leave their young in a safe spot while they go feed. Many times for hours and hours. I had been watching mom and her fawn when I noticed mom leave by herself. So I went looking and here’s what I found. A telephoto lens allowed me to get this nice shot...

I second that killing me part. Although I must question your “light beer”....lol. Perhaps a Guinness stout?

Yes he is.

Finally, I’ve been here long enough that I can start to post pictures. Photography is one of my outlets. It helps to bring me back from dark places. I’ll try not to post all of them in the first week...?. Maybe 1 or 2 a day. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do. This big fella was taken...

This is Belle. 100 percent Border Collie, 200 percent ball of energy.

Just once I would like complete and utter silence. Not asking for much, maybe 5 or ten minutes. I have Tinnitus so that will never happen. But it sure would be nice.

Mine came from the book by Ray Bradbury. I read it way back in the 70s. The name always stuck with me.

I’m grateful that I can still remember the good times. I’m grateful for Lisa, you saved my life. I’m grateful for my wife, you never lost hope. I’m grateful that I’m still here.

I like how he’s standing on the post with a set of deer antlers underneath. Showing off to his friends maybe...lol. Don’t mess with the hawk.

I’ve always had a plan whenever I enter any kind of waiting room. Focus on the receptionist and then find a chair and pull out my book immediately. Otherwise I start to overload and feel like I’m about to go down. Today that really went off the rails. I turned away from the front desk and before...

I guess how you deal with the trauma is very individualized. My psychologist had me build a container to hold the memories. I decided on a very nice wooden box that I built and decorated in my mind. About every third session we would go back in time and I would gently put a memory inside and...

Watched some old Buggs Bunny cartoon on YouTube. Foghorn Leghorn and the little chicken hawk. Gave me a great laugh.

Hi Strangelongtrip. My psychologist recommended a book to me called The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. It’s very comprehensive and deals with a lot of different kinds of stress. One method in the book that has really worked for me for sleeping is counting breaths as you’re laying in...

That’s a great idea.

Tonight we had the family over for Thanksgiving dinner (Canadian). I knew things were going to be rough today as I had multiple nightmares last night and my wife has a knee injury so couldn’t help out much. Every time I tried to sit with the family I was lost. I couldn’t follow the conversation...

Mine are definitely the deer in the headlights look. And I’m gone to whatever is going on around me. When I come back I feel embarrassed for not paying attention to who I was speaking with.

Hmm, this box that I’m writing text in has nothing like that. I wonder if my being on an iPad is the reason.

I’d like to join in. Can someone tell me how to insert a picture. I see the picture icon but when I click on it it just shows http. Thanks