The Wandering Disciple

A red shouldered hawk looks down from a palm tree scanning for its next meal.  The hawk will sit quietly on a perch just below the forest canopy waiting for a snake, lizard or small mammal to forage on the forest floor.  It then swoops in and catches its prey with their sharp talons.  (Photo: March 1, 2015)

Despite the cold weather sweeping the nation, Florida and Arizona are about to heat up with spring training baseball in a little over 45 days.  The crack of the bat and baseballs snapping the leather of the gloves with fill the air as the boys of summer take to the field and begin preparations for the 2018 season.  (Photo: February 28, 2015)

A manatee slowly surfaces for air outside the TECO power plant in Apollo Beach.  Every winter, hundreds of manatees, also known as sea cows, migrate to the warm waters to escape the chilly waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  You can get an up close look of these gentle giants at the TECO Manatee Viewing Center at the edge of the canal by the plant. (Photo: February 21, 2015)

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  I hope you and your family have a safe and enjoyable Christmas.  Thank you for following my photography site.  (Photo: November 20, 2017)

The Higgins Boat was an unsung hero of World War II.  The landing craft was a crucial tool in the Allied troops attacks on beaches during the war.  It was so important to the effort that General Eisenhower claimed that if it wasn't for these vessels, they could have never stormed a beach.  The Higgins Boat here is on display at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.  As a result of the impact of these boats on the outcome of the war, it was decided to built the museum in New Orleans, home of Higgins Industries and the main location of the construction of these vessels.  (Photo: November 22, 2017)

A coin press sits on display in the basement of the Old US Mint in New Orleans.  A small museum in here pays tribute to the New Orleans Mint that was in operation from 1838-1909.  The mint was the only one in the country to print currency for two nations, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America.  (Photo: November 21, 2017)

Sitting rooms like this one here in the 1850 House in New Orleans was a place for high society to entertain their guests.  The 1850 House Museum operated by the Louisiana State Museum highlights the homes of affluent citizens in New Orleans during the mid 1800's.  (Photo: November 21, 2017)