Rolling hills Code 3 (Lights and Sirens)

Color me

Wrapped

Super-charged

It's up to you!

Photo of the New York city skyline and part of the Upper New York Bay at sunset.

It's a little too little, it's not a little too late

Photo of downtown Boise and the nearby foothills in early fall, with just a bit of fall colors starting to show on the trees.

A little bit higher now! A little bit higher now!

Photo of a hot air balloon out for a sunrise cruise in early fall near Eagle, Idaho. 

Up, Up and Away!

A hot air balloon out for a sunrise cruise in early fall near Eagle, Idaho.

Fabulous!

Detail photo of a classic Ford Thunderbird, from the Yanke Motor Museum.

Road to Utopia?

Photo of a semi cruising along Interstate 84 near Boise, Idaho, with the (neraly) full moon rising.

School's in for winter

Photo of late summer storm clouds gathering over Shafer Butte, Mores Mountain, and parts of the Boise National Forest, as a school bus winds its way down a country road in Eagle, Idaho.

A break in the storm

Photo of a double rainbow after a late summer thunderstorm in Eagle, Idaho.

Here comes the hay again

Photo of hay being cut in Eagle, Idaho.

Waiting on a friend

Photo of a horse in it's stall, waiting for somebody to come visit, in Eagle, Idaho.

The in-between

Photo of a double rainbow during a break in a summer thunderstorm in Eagle, Idaho.

International U.S.A.

Photo of a bright red vintage International Harvester truck, with U.S. flag, near Sweet, Idaho.

Difficult spring

Photo of green table grapes, showing some damage from the relatively cold spring, near Emmett, Idaho.

Stringing along

National Old Time Fiddlers Contest

National Grand Champion, Round 3

Photos from the National Old Time Fiddlers Contest (National Grand Champion Round 3) in Weiser, Idaho on June 21, 2013.

Guardian of the Corn

Photo of a unique scarecrow guarding the cornfields in Nampa, Idaho.

The Sentinel

Photo of a Swainson's hawk at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Nampa, Idaho.

On the watchtower

Photo of ospreys nesting on the edge of Lake Lowell, at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Nampa, Idaho.

Enjoying the calm

Photo of kayakers on Lake Lowell at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Nampa, Idaho.

Black Gold

Photo of a Black-Chinned Hummingbird at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Nampa, Idaho.

Rainbow Bridge

Photo of Rainbow Bridge across the Payette River, north of Smith's Ferry, Idaho.

Winging it

Flowers in the desert

Give a hoot!

Full Moon Rising

California Dreamin'

Weedeaters

Limitless

We have met the enemy

... and he is us.

Recording video from an IP-enabled camera on Linux using vlc

Here's a little Bourne shell script that I put together to monitor a Foscam FI8904W IP-enabled outdoor camera from a Linux host.  The script will watch the camera's alarm status, and record the video after each alarm.  wget is used to monitor the camera status, and cvlc (console version of vlc) is used to pull the video.  There seemed to be an assortment of solutions for Windows boxes, but I wasn't able to find anything simple that worked on Linux and didn't require a GUI.

     ipcam_monitor.sh

Exquisite

Winterscape

Winterscape 2

Dolphins

Birdcam

Junkos at the feeder.  The "snow" is really snow.

American Kestrel

 

Juvenile? female

Dinnertime

     

Northern Harrier, juvenile male

Bogus