Trying to get the hang of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera. The camera is on a selfie stick about four feet above the deck. I’m using the remote mic which works great. I try to stay out of the videos I shoot because I look older than Keith Richards. I like the distance I get with the Pocket 3 face-tracking. And the audio with the remote mic is exceptional.
At the 3:08 mark I refer to another rock formation on the other side of the house.
Last time I took the 12 gauge out for a little target practice was back in January. The Remington was what everybody recommended for home defense but it always had a little more recoil than I liked so I gave the 12 gauge to my brother-in-law and purchased a Mossberg 590 Shockwave in 410 gauge.
Now that my busted arm is on the mend, I’m ready to try it out with the .410.
It has been many years since I used the WordPress app on my iPhone. So long, I don’t recall why I stopped. Thinking about giving it another go. 
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Yes, there is a sameness to many of the images I share here. But it is the best kind of sameness. A reminder of how sweet life and home can be.
Some years back I had a sheriff’s deputy do a security check of our home. He looked at the locks on our doors and places around the house where someone could… lurk? He didn’t find anything obvious. I asked about best firearm for home protection and he immediately said shotgun. A few weeks later I purchased a Remington Model 870 12 gauge. I had some reservations about having a gun in the house but decided I’d rather have a gun and not need it, etc etc. It occurred to me I’d be much more likely to pull the trigger if I could do so without killing the intruder so I investigated “less lethal ammunition” for the shotgun.
Once a year I take the 12 gauge into our woods and fire off a few rounds, just to stay familiar with the weapon. The weight, the recoil, the sound, etc.
I was firing from about 20 feet from the targets on the assumption I’d never be farther away from someone who got inside our house. The blue circles are the wadding from the shotgun shells; the yellow is birdshot; and the green is 00 Buckshot. I’m not a great shot but with a shotgun you really don’t have to be.
Regular readers know we live at the top of a pretty steep hill, at the end of a gravel road. This week’s weather left our hill slipperier than I’ve ever seen it. Nobody was getting up or down. The truck above belongs to a man who delivers part-time for Amazon and he was trying to bring a package to us. Dude, we can wait.
Four or five years ago our neighbor braved the hill trying to get to church. It was not god’s will. And way back in 2008 I recorded one of my more popular videos: Icy Road of Death. I wouldn’t live anywhere else.
Birds have a lot of dust in their feathers which helps keep their feathers clean and free from parasites. When a bird collides with la window, they can leave imprints of themselves behind in dust. We’ve seen this many times over the years but never with this much detail. Beak, eye, wings, toes.
Hope this guy survived. Did not find him on the deck so, fingers crossed. Similar photos on flickr.