The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Friday, June 17, 2011

Worth checking out

Nature's Best Photography Magazine's wildlife photograph winners for 2010. The annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards program is among the most highly-respected and visually compelling nature photography competitions in the world.

This one is from Bence Mate - Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird and Green Pit Viper, Santa Rita, Costa Rica.

3 comments:

EP said...
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EP said...

For what it's worth, "Green Pit Viper", while not inaccurate as a description (aside from the unnecessary capitalization - it's not a proper name), is not this snake's name. This snake is Botriechis lateralis, commonly called a "side-striped palm pit-viper" or a "side-striped palm viper"; it's found not in southern Mexico near you (though there is a dangerous very similar snake - the eyelash viper - that is found in southern Mexico) but in the mountains of - you guessed it - Costa Rica (as well as western Panama).

EP said...

I am glad I found your blog - it appears you're leading a life I only daydream of.