Antique metal match holder complete with wooden matches hung from a nail on the kitchen wall in the Woodrow Wilson House (1915).

2340 S Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia: 31 January 2014

part of the Woodrow Wilson House album

A fish escapes from an Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) after being caught in a pond north of the lake at Jacksonville's Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park.

Near Pioneer Drive, Jacksonville, Florida: 24 November 2012

part of the Thanksgiving 2012 album

When I first spotted this Anhinga anhinga just north of the main lake at Jacksonville's Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, it had just caught a fish. As the bird prepared to eat its catch, something happened and the fish successfully launched itself from the anhinga's bill with amazing speed and agility.

I pressed the shutter button repeatedly and captured three frames as the anhinga rapidly reacted by diving into the pond in pursuit.

From escape to pursuit, everything seen above took place inside of two seconds. The anhinga returned seventeen seconds later, apparently without the fish.

I have no idea what ultimately occurred below the water's surface, but I was left with the impression that the fish did not become a meal that afternoon.

Bolt and washer at the base of the hand water pump over a trough for the mule lot at Dudley Farm Historic State Park.

18730 West Newberry Road, Newberry, Florida: 16 February 2014

part of the Dudley Farm Historic State Park album

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in a tree at the southern end of the rookery.

999 Anastasia Boulevard, St. Augustine, Florida: 27 May 2013

part of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park album

Nails on a wooden bridge over a section of the Lime Springs along the Lime Sink Run Trail at Suwannee River State Park.

Near 201st Path, Live Oak, Florida: 30 November 2013

part of the Suwannee River State Park 2013 album