After a stress-filled morning of sinking putts at great distances, skillfully driving a speeding golf cart over a vast tundra of fairways and instructing fellow golfers on the proper etiquette of play, the Pirate Parrot settled in a massage chair to have his feathers ruffled by licensed massage therapist Jan Thorsen of Elements Therapeutic Massage.
The photograph of the relaxed parrot was taken at the Pirates Charities’ Spring Training Golf Classic at Bradenton Country Club. I only shot a few frames and was distracted by someone and got sidetracked.
I forgot about the photo until I needed a gallery feature for last Monday. After tracking down the ID’s and writing the text, the picture lives again.
Well, at least my mom liked it.
--Grant Jefferies
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
So did your editor!
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