Gladewater Airport, Gladewater TX , Skydive hangar, rear , student being "harnessed up" for a tandem dive (a beginner attached to a professional skydiver). To right the parachute is being "packed".

Cameraman and professional skydiver (left) and student about to tandem dive today.

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Off we go into the wild blue yonder........

Last minute steering maneuver toward drop zone.

About 100 feet to go!

Touchdown!!!

Clinging to a lakefront hillside, a lonely stairway longs for a home.

Lake Naconiche State Park near Nacogdoches in east Tex

A line of trees weaves its way from a cove into the lake to disappear into the depths, The trees are on the edge of a preexisting creek, the waterdepth near the trees is 8 feet but next to the trees (creek) it is 17 feet deep,

another of the dozens of red wasp nest I encountered at Lake Naconiche a newly opened lake in east tx

Lake Naconiche near dam looking north

This is a wasp nest, Red wasp I believe, attached to a treelimb in the newly openedLake Naconiche in east tex, usa. This nest is more than 12 inches wide and has so many wasps in residence they are uncountable,,,this tree stands in 17 feet of water and this nest is eight feet above the water.

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While fishing; this fearless hummingbird visited for about five minutes. I was able to take 8 pics with my Iphone from only 10 inches away,a nice surprise!

Hi, its me, fishnman, this is a palmetto bass also known as a hybrid striped bass. This 'was' a ten pound bass.....until I actually weighed the fish ; then it became only seven pounds. As the fish can't reproduce they are stocked from time to time by the Texas Parks and Wildlife dept. Thanks guys, a great fish to catch!

This is the nine inch long shad the palmetto bass had tried to swallow.

This is a 'palmetto bass' with a gizzard shad he had just eaten, see forked tail of shad protruding from the fishes throat.

A mother swift (left) prepares to feed her 2 chicks on right at Lake Palestine Tx

Guess what? there are swifts nesting under this bridge along with pigeons at Lake Palestine Tx

Pigeons nesting under the hwy 155 bridge on Lake Palestine, Tx

This blue heron greets us at Lake Palestine Tx

Fuether up the lake, yet another bridge crosses the far reaches of a creek at Lake Tyler, Tx

Time for the babies to eat.

Lake Tyler is actually 2 lakes connected by a canal; Im under a bridge that crosses the canal, many birds (swifts) nest under the bridge building their nests with mud.

Lake Tyler Tx

Dawn at Lake Tyler, Tx

Lake Echo .......nice fish! Jody Kea, Tyler Tex.

Jody Kea with a Lake Echo lunker -we guessed at 11 to 12 lbs largest of 47 bass caught this day.

Jody with hand in fishes mouth.

Looking lifelike is this replica of a coyote at Echo Lake in east tx

Lake Echo, east Tx

Lake Echo east Tx

Lake Echo east Tx

Lake Echo, east Tx

Welcome to Lakeside pics!

This is "buddy" drying off after wading in the lake.

1961 Ford tractor.

Look close the spiders legs are visible.

Three dogs watching at this lakeside home.

Three watchdogs at this lakeside home.

As I was fishing along a row of boat docks I felt a presence above me and there stood this dog motionless, silently watching me.

Hey! caught one, it's a largemouth bass, which is actually not a true bass but the largest member of the sunfish family. Fish was released after photo.

Yes, this is my fishing dock, why do you ask?