Etsy Shop for Bluejacket

Northern Cassowary

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:04:40 -0500

$20.00
"I am an angry Cassowary! Buy me or I'll peck your eyes out..."

8x10 photo in a 10x14 mat.

(Please buy him... He scares my budgies.)

Giraffe

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:04:39 -0500

$5.00
A police officer is stopped at a red light. While there, he notices quite a din coming from the trunk of a car in front of him. He approaches the driver of said car and instructs him to get out of the vehicle and open the trunk. The driver complies, and in the trunk are a dozen giraffes. The police officer says, "Take these giraffes to the zoo immediately!!" The driver says, "Right away officer!" and drives off.
The following day the cop is at the same red light, and who should be stopped in front of him but the same car with the same loud noise coming from the trunk.
The cop is really irritated now and again tells the driver to get out and open his trunk. There are the same dozen giraffes, only this time they're all wearing sunglasses.
The policeman says, "I told you to take these giraffes to the zoo!", to which the driver replies, "But officer, I did...today they want to go to the beach!"

A 4x6 photograph of a giraffe, taken at the Brevard Zoo in Florida. The photo comes in a 5x7 mat.

The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Gone Working

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:04:39 -0500

$5.00
“Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.”
-- Ambrose Bierce quotes

Some people think there are more important things to do on a weekday than fishing... or taking pictures. ;)

4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Sandhill Cranes at Sunset

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:01 -0500

$5.00
"There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed. Don't be bitter because you can't record it. Sit down, drink it in, and enjoy it for what it is!"
-- DeGriff

Fortunately, I had my camera... ;)

A 4x6 photograph of a pair of Sandhill Cranes in the last light of the sunset. The photo comes in a 5x7 mat.

The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Pink Eye

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:01 -0500

$20.00
"If you have one eye on yesterday, and one eye on tomorrow, you're going to be cockeyed today."
-- Author Unknown

A flamingo from the Brevard County Zoo looks at me looking at him.

The photo is 8x10 in a 10x14 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you desire a specific color mat, let me know, other wise it will be a suitable complementary color.

Cassowary Mousepad

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:00 -0500

$10.00
"Observation of wild cassowaries is very difficult, so as yet very little is known about their behavior. On detecting an approaching human, a bird usually disappears into the dense vegetation before it is seen, with the result that tracks and droppings are very often the only evidence of its presence." -- Anna Folch

Fortunately, this zoo cassowary was less shy than its wild cousins...

The pad is approximately 9" by 8", and is constructed of 3/16" neoprene rubber .

Orchid Greeting Card 4 Pack

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:56:25 -0400

$9.00
"In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives."
--Anatole Broyard

A selection of four 5x7 greeting cards, two of a Dendrobium orchid, and two of a Cattleya orchid. The cards are blank on the inside, and envelopes are included.

A Wet Pair

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:56:25 -0400

$5.00
"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

An 4x6 photograph of two cattleya orchid blossoms.

The print comes matted in a 5x7 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you desire a specific color mat, let me know, otherwise it will be a suitable complementary color.

Broken and Alone

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:56:25 -0400

$20.00
"God is closest to those with broken hearts."
-- Jewish Saying

A forgotten chair on the side of the Banana River in Merritt Island, Florida.

The print comes matted in a 10x14 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Floating Dendrobiums

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:56:25 -0400

$5.00
Dendrobium is from the Greek dendron ("tree") and bios ("life"); it means "one who lives on trees".

A spike of dendrobium blossoms floating...

The photo is 4x6 and comes in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a color preference, please send me a message.

Which Half, a 4x6 photographic print

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:25 -0400

$5.00
"Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects
of what is real, and whether we see the tragic
or the humorous is a matter of perspective."
-- Arnold Beisser

A still life photograph that compares two ways of looking at things...

This is 4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. Unless you have a preference, I'll ship it in a white mat.

Buoy of My Dreams

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:25 -0400

$5.00
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.
-- Mary Jean Iron

A cormorant (a bird that dives for small fish to eat) stretches its wings to dry in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

A Swallowtail Rests...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:25 -0400

$20.00
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Palamedes Swallowtail butterfly enjoys a rest...

The photo is 8x10 in a 10x14 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Half Empty, Half Full notecard

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:24 -0400

$2.50
"One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, 'Is it half full or half empty?' So I drank the water. No more problem."
-- Alexander Jodorowsky

A still life picture of conflicting viewpoints...

This is a 5x7 notecard, blank on the inside. An envelope is included.

Come Sail Away

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:58:53 -0400

$20.00
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea.
Ive got to be free, free to face the life thats ahead of me...
-- "Come Sail Away" written by Dennis Deyoung

An 8x10 photograph of a pair of a sailboarder enjoying the warm waters of the Banana River in Merritt Island, Florida. The photo comes in a 10x14 mat with backing board.

The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Great Blue Heron at Sunset

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:58:53 -0400

$5.00
A Great Blue Heron watches the sun set.

The photo is 4x6 and comes with a 5x8 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Sandhill Silhouette Mini note cards

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:58:53 -0400

$12.50
“Watch me at the window from your place on the couch, watch me pretending that I am really looking out. You say 'come here, I can't see you in this light,' but I'm much safer beside the moon tonight. 'Cause when I am a silhouette/ I have no fear, you”

A set of ten 3x4 blank note card with a silhouette of a sandhill crane family at sunset. Envelopes are included.

Sandhill Silhouette

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:45:43 -0400

$5.00
A family of Sandhill Cranes search for food along a pond.

The picture is 4x6 and comes with a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Thirsty Flamingo greeting card

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:45:43 -0400

$2.50
"The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in getting its body tucked away comfortably enough under her arm, with its legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing..."
-- from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson)

A 5x7 greeting card with a picture of a pink flamingo happy to be taking a drink, instead of being used as a mallet. The interior is blank. A white envelope is included.

Two Cattleyas

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:45:42 -0400

$20.00
“When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume”

An 8x10 photograph of two cattleya orchid blossoms. The print comes matted in a 10x14 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you desire a specific color mat, let me know, otherwise it will be a suitable complementary color.

Wonderful Pelican

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:20 -0400

$20.00
A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I'm damned if I see how the helican.
~Dixon Lanier Merritt

A pelican happily drifts down the river, looking to fill its beli... errr, "belly".

The photo is 8x10 and comes in a 11x14 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a color preference, please send me a message.

Not Really Black and White

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:20 -0400

$10.00
"The world is not divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects."
~Alfred Kinsey

A spike of dendrobium blossoms floating...

The photo is 5x7 and comes in a 8x10 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a color preference, please send me a message.

Swallowtail Butterfly

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:20 -0400

$5.00
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
-- Rabindranath Tagore

A Palamedes Swallowtail butterfly enjoys a rest...

The photograph is 4x6 in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Broken and Alone 2

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:19 -0400

$20.00
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
- Kahlil Gibran

Black and White still life of a chair by the Banana River in Florida.

8"x10 print in a 11"x14" mat with backing. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a color preference, please send me a message.

Great Blue Heron at Sunset

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:19 -0400

$20.00
A Great Blue Heron watches the sun go down.

The photo is 8x10 and comes with an 11x14 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Splash

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:19 -0400

$20.00
An 8x10 photograph of a Great Blue Heron lunging for a fish.

The photo includes an 11x14 mat. The mat comes in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Flamingo Drinking

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:32:05 -0400

$5.00
A pink flamingo drinking from a pond.

Photo is 4x6 in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Indian River Sunset

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:32:05 -0400

$20.00
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." ~Rabindranath Tagore

A picture of the a sunset with the Indian River in the foreground.

The photo is 8x10 and comes with an 11x14 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Cattleya Orchid Greeting Card

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:32:04 -0400

$2.50
"Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment."
-- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, 'A Woman of Independent Means'

A 5x7 inch greeting card with a picture of two Cattleya blooms. The card is blank on the inside, and an envelope is included

Sandhills at Sunset

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:23 -0400

$10.00
"The Sandhill Crane does not breed until it is two to seven years old. It can live up to the age of 20. Mated pairs stay together year round, and migrate south as a group with their offspring."
-- Cornell Lab of Orinthology

A pair of Sandhill Cranes walk in the evening light.

An 5x7 photograph matted in a 8x10 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you desire a specific color mat, let me know, otherwise it will be a suitable complementary color.

Splash

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:23 -0400

$5.00
A Great Blue Heron snapping up a fish. Photo is 4X6 and comes with 5x7 mat.

The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Northern Cassowary

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:23 -0400

$5.00
"I am an angry Cassowary! Buy me or I'll peck your eyes out..."

4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat.

(Please buy him... He scares my budgies.)

Sandhills at Sunset notecard 4 pack

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:50:03 -0400

$9.00
A set of four 5x7 blank note cards with a picture of a sandhill crane family at sunset. Envelopes are included.

Dendrobium Orchid Greeting Card

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:49:14 -0400

$2.50
"I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
-- Blaise Pascal, "Lettres provinciales", letter 16, 1657

If you have the time, you'll have plenty of room to write in when you send this 5x7 greeting card. Blank interior, envelope included.

Liftoff 2

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:49:14 -0400

$20.00
"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire."
-- Pierre Tielhard de Chardin

A Delta II rocket blasts off from its Complex 17 launchpad at Cape Canaveral, February 17th, 2007.

The print is 8x10 and comes matted in a 10x14 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Liftoff

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:05:14 -0400

$5.00
"It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket."
-- Wernher von Braun

A Delta II rocket blasts off from its Complex 17 launchpad at Cape Canaveral, February 17th, 2007.

4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Flamingo Drinking

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:05:14 -0400

$20.00
A pink flamingo drinking from a pond.

Photo is 8x10 in a 11x14 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Sandhills at Sunset notecard

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:05:14 -0400

$2.50
"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star."
- Lucy Maud Montgomery

A 5x7 blank note card with a picture of a sandhill crane family at sunset. An envelope is included.

Three Wet Dendrobium Blooms

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:17:18 -0400

$20.00
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
-- Joseph Addison

A trio of dendrobium orchid flowers, shortly after being watered. Also available as a greeting card.

8x10 photo in a 10x14 mat with backing board The photo has a top and bottom border, so actual photo size is approximately 7x10. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.

Cattleya Orchid Closeup

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:17:18 -0400

$20.00
"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life."
-- Jean Giraudoux

A 8x10 photographic print of a cattleya orchid seen close up.

The print comes matted in a 10x14 mat with backing board. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you desire a specific color mat, let me know, otherwise it will be a suitable complementary color.

Canaveral Blue

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:17:18 -0400

$5.00
Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.
-- Jonatan Mårtensson

A surfer enjoys the waves at Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

4x6 photo in a 5x7 mat. The mats come in white, black, brown, red, dark blue, and light blue. If you have a preference, please send me a message.