Whole lotta shakin' (and splashing) going on

You have to study this picture to take it all in. This is at the Baton Rouge FestForAll this weekend.
Famed Henry Gray and the Cats are playing a swinging blues song up on the stage in the back. In the pool in front of the stage, kids (of all ages, but mostly less than 10 years old) are splashing away -- some of them for hours. In the foreground, the hard driving beat has the young-at-heart of all ages, showing off their swing steps. Over on the right, some spectators were snapping to the beat.

That's the Old State Capitol of Louisiana in the background.

--steve buser

FestForAll, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Henry Gray and the Cats, Old State Capitol
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Early bloomer

This flower was sitting beside the St. Tammany Trace in Mandeville. THey only open in the morning. and then close up like the one in the back in the heat of the day.
--steve buser

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The great getaway

I was shooting away at my friend here when something spooked him, and he decided to relocate.

It's a shame, we had a lot in common. He can fly and I can dream about it. He is a Great Egret (Ardea Alba)with a wing span of about 5 to 6 feet -- just a wonder to watch glide across the water.
--steve buser

Great Egret, Ardea Alba, feathers, birds

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