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I was riding my bicycle

Posted: May 28, 2024 in Holiday, My Tunes
Tags: #bikefriendlycities, #bikepaths, #biking, #Cincinnati, #cincyparks, #community, #CROWN, #Healthcare, #Martial Arts, #memorial day, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #mistakes, #observation, #outdoors, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #picture, #safety, parks

Really fast trying to get up a hill and then all of a sudden I wasn’t! I am 70 years old but I still try to get out and ride my bike as often as I can. Fortunately around my town they have a lot of paths that are off-road so I don’t have to compete with traffic. Unfortunately, as I was completing my bike ride, I drove through a local university campus. For some reason they had a couple of large cones or pylons and rope between them blocking off a crosswalk. It was too late for me to see the rope and I barely had time to hit my brakes.

I spent most of Sunday at the emergency room shortly thereafter. After a bunch of x-rays and CT scans no real damage but I’m not going to be moving my shoulder anytime soon.

I guess they never heard of caution tape!

Yes, for those interested in safety, I was wearing my helmet and safety gear. I think it could have been a lot worse had I not had years of martial arts training. They teach you how to hit the ground and how to roll without getting hurt. It could have been a lot worse for a 70-year-old man!

MIDIMIKE

Visitors at the Pond

Posted: November 10, 2023 in My Tunes
Tags: #coyote, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #photographer, #photography, #video, #videographer, #whitetaileddeer, #wildlife

In earlier posts I mentioned I have a small pond in my back yard. There are a few plants in there and the few goldfish that survived a visit from a blue heron earlier this year! Over the years a bunch of wildlife visit the pond from time to time. Locally there has been an increase in the number of coyote over the last few years. No natural predator to threaten them, they are attracted to the white tailed deer, also in abundance (probably because I feed them lol).

Last week I managed to see a few coyote crossing my back yard. I grabbed my phone and shot this short video of the visitors. Soon after, I shot another video of a single coyote passing through. We hear a pack of them howling at night all the time. They follow the deer paths as you see them leave using the same bushes the deer use.

Below is a video of two bucks visiting recently. One stopped by for a drink and you can see the other use the path behind my house.

All this, and I am literally in the middle of the city!

MIDIMike

East Fork Lake Fall Colors

Posted: November 3, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #eastforklake, #fallcolors, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #parks, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography

Fairly close to where I live is a man-made lake named East Fork Lake. I took my sister out for a little nature sight seeing and we were not disappointed in the colorful show as we explored the lake. I had to stop and take pictures with my phone from time to time. Here are a few pictures from last week I hope you enjoy.

It is even better to be surrounded walking under these giant splashes of color, but you can almost picture yourself here.

MIDIMike

More Fall Pictures on Halloween

Posted: October 31, 2023 in Holiday, Photography
Tags: #fallcolors, #Halloween, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography, #Spring Grove Cemetery, #SpringGroveCemetery

And even more pictures from Spring Grove Cemetery and a Happy Halloween! A few special pictures thrown in for fellow bloggers jessyrocco, satyam rastogi and Reiko Chinen!

Every shot is worth taking. Each moment worth saving.

MIDIMike

Fall colors

Posted: October 28, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #fallcolors, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #Spring Grove Cemetery

As I traditionally do, I would like to share some pictures I took at my favorite cemetery. It might sound an unlikely candidate for seasonal pictures, but Spring Grove Cemetery has a unique and undisturbed setting.

I will post just a few of the pictures from a week ago so I don’t bore you with a bunch. Some of the trees had not yet turned, but others were brilliant. Each year is a bit different and this year the pumpkin orange and deep reds are currently at their peak.

I hope you get out and enjoy what you can of the seasonal changes wherever you are.

MIDIMike

Sunsets

Posted: September 23, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #cincyparks, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #nikon, #photographer, #photography, #sunsetphoto, #sunsetsinthepark

Just a few pictures I took recently. The weather has been great and the sunsets are icing on the cake!

Spring blooms.

Posted: May 5, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #cincyparks, #lindnerpark, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography

I posted a few pictures as Spring started to burst out from Winter’s hold a few weeks ago. I am glad that even though we did have three or four nights where it went below freezing during the nights, that most of the flowering trees and blooms survived. Usually we get a late freeze and it wipes out most of the early bloomers.

Here are a few pictures from my local city park I have featured before many times. These pictures are untreated or processed. This is how you would see the park if you took a walk there today or tomorrow. Enjoy>

Flowers in the Spring

Posted: March 4, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #climatechange, #lindnerpark, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nikon, #photographer, #photography

I really enjoy posting pictures of new growth after a cold winter in southern Ohio. I know it gets worse – or better – elsewhere but we can get some pretty extreme weather from time to time. Most winter days here are cold, drab, grey, and pretty short. Even in the spring and summer the skies are overcast and grey. Not like polution. More like low hanging clouds so you never see blue skies, or the sun for that matter lol.

But this year it seems like spring keeps popping up in little pockets and hidden corners. It is warm enough many plants feel it it worth a shot to come out now.

I guess this is a sign of years to come. Climate change is all over the news everyday now. The effects are here and more to come. If no deep freeze comes at us just when things are starting to bloom like it usually does and kills all the blooms, it could be rather pretty around here in the spring.