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Last Clam Walk

I took advantage of a nice cool sunset to walk once more along Clam Bayou before my transfer.



Yeah, we've got cardinals down here, too.



And ducks.




I've been working on my moon shots.  




Remember the old gnarly tree outside the kids' room in Poltergeist?  It looked pretty fakey then on film and it hasn't improved through the years.  Now this is a poltergeist-type gnarly tree. 




An osprey stands watch for movement.





Our old buddies, the blue herons forever combing the waterways for morsels.  




Little crabs skitter along the muddy banks, never getting too far from their adobe homes.











And the gnarly treetop heading back to my temporary home.  Only now populated by birds.

Goodbye Clam Bayou.  

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