Ruthven and Wild Turkeys

Just a quick follow up... my boys appeared on Ruthven's Blog along with some other pictures I took for them of the kids bird banding event they held.  Here is a link  - you need to scroll down a few screens.

Goldfinch caught in mist net.

And because I both forgot to share this earlier and don't have any recent photos, here are a couple shots of wild turkeys I saw on my way to work back in the fall.  They frequent a farmer's field just outside of St. George.  They are very skittish though, and I only got a few shots off before they scattered into the underbrush.  I followed them, but only got sight of them noisily flying off further into the forest.

Wild Turkeys

Wild Turkeys flying through the trees.

Hobbies

Hobbies are something that, not so long ago, few people really had time or money for.  Today, for many people it is what defines them.  It`s their reason for working and becomes a large focus in their lives.  Many of us live in a day of relatively great wealth, in the Western world that is, and pursuing things we enjoy doing can be done with quite a bit of disposable income.  For some it`s not disposable and jeopardizes other important things in our lives.  What can also be sacrificed though is time. Time with our family, time with those who need help, and time with the One who gave us the very number of days, already determined before time began.  He already knows the date of our last breath, yet we often spend it with the attitude that it`s all ours, and as if it never will end, with a large focus on our own wishes and wants.

I started this blog as a way to share with a few interested people, a hobby and interest of mine, which when I have the time, I enjoy pursuing. Obviously lately I haven`t done much of it as there hasn`t been a new post in a while. Part of it is due to a very busy fall season of work, church responsibilities, and fading light in the evening hours, etc. There is also one other reason which has somewhat affected the sparser posts... I share this because it has to do with this hobby in some ways....

I recently saw the movie Courageous...





This movie was made by a very small, independent film company called Sherwood Pictures.  The makers of the movie lay down quite a clear challenge to fathers, putting clearly into question