Dunedin, Florida: Trials & Tribulations

They say you get what you pay for. Well, I paid nothing, and that's what I am suddenly getting. I apologize for the disappearance of the photos in my recent posts. Evidently, the carefully chosen free photo hosting site I selected is performing major upgrades that will make my experience with them even more enjoyable. I'm thrilled.

In the meantime, however, I am also steamed. I hope you can forgive the disappointment, and check back again tomorrow to see if they have brought back my pictures. Perhaps by then, I will be able to upload new photographs for your viewing pleasure.

In the meantime, as long as it lasts, here is one I don't think you've seen yet (and if there is nothing there when you get here, I apologize again):

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Dunedin, Florida: Dunedin Marina Pier: Pelican Fly By

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This is one of my favorite photos recently. I was at the end of the Dunedin Marina pier. Just loitering, if you will, looking for photo opportunities. There was a lady fishing. There was lots of gray sky. There were boats. There were two teenage girls taking pictures of each other. They seemed like the kind of pictures you might take for a boyfriend, or these days, for a MySpace page. Who knows. And there were birds, including pelicans.

I watched a pelican dive for fish close to the pier, and switched to the 'sports' setting on my camera. Then I proceeded to experiment tracking moving birds while using the continuous shooting mode. Finally, I got a good line on a pelican as it started up out of the water, and circled the pier. He was heading back to the piling he had been sitting on earlier. Sure enough, his flight path took him right past the two girls. I did not realize this at the time. I had my eye glued to the view finder as I followed him around. As I brought the camera down and reviewed the series in the screen, I chuckled to see the shot above. It really makes a difference in you click on it and see the large version. Kind of fun, eh?
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Dunedin, Florida: Bon Appetit Restaurant & Marina Cafe

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This is the Bon Appetit Restaurant, and Marina Cafe, entrance. This fine restaurant is located at the north end of the Dunedin Marina. There is also a resort there called the Yacht Harbor Inn. It's a great location, right on the water. It's the perfect place to have a great meal and watch the boats come and go in the Marina.

In fact, I had to walk past this entrance to get out on the pier where I took the picture of the woman fishing. When you walk down the docks near Bon Appetit, heading for the pier for an after dinner stroll, listing closely, and you may hear the parrot in yesterday's post. Tell him I said hi! If you would like to check out their menus, or learn more about the lodgings, click here to visit their website in a new window.
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Dunedin, Florida: Dunedin Marina Boat Guardian Parrot

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This handsome bird keeps a close eye on people that come anywhere near his boat. You can see I had to snap this shot through the clear vinyl curtains sheltering him from the weather. But he sits very close to the dock, and talks to everyone that walks by.

I think his vocabulary must be at least 20 or 30 words. I could hear him shouting at someone from the end of the nearby pier. It was quite entertaining. I keep wanting to see if he can say Dunedin Marina, but have not had the opportunity.
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Dunedin, Florida: Dunedin Marina Pier Fishing

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While it may not be a large pier, and it may not be in the middle of an awesome fishing spot, it is still a very nice pier, and an easy to get to pier. So it happened that I was out the Dunedin Marina Pier just yesterday evening. As I went about the business of capturing life in bytes, this woman arrived and set herself up and started fishing. I wondered how it would be there, the fishing, as I am not a great fisherman myself.

Lo and behold, before ten minutes had elapsed she was reeling in a fish! It was not, however, a big, beautiful, take-it-home-and-cook-it-for-dinner kind of fish. But it was more than I had caught the last time I went fishing! If you are wondering, yes, it was a very gray day.
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