Is it a Home? Is it a Bank? Is it a Giant Velociraptor?

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Photo #291: Gorham HouseLocation Taken: Gorham, New Hampshire
Time Taken: July 2012

I don’t know what this house is, I don’t know why it’s on a major road in a small town in northern New Hampshire, I don’t even know if it’s a home or a business.

But it sure is looking nice in the summer sun, isn’t it?

I especially like the weather vane on top. And the cupola underneath it.

I want a cupola on my house now… Even mostly useless ones like this one still are rather attractive…

It probably is just there to let in light. And to hold up the weather vane, of course.

That’s a rather important job, you know.

  

It Comes! It Comes from Above!! Flee!!!

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Photo #290: Burning SunLocation Taken: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Time Taken: October 2012

The Burning Orb of Death is coming! Run for your lives!!!

Ok, maybe it’s the sun, looking really big because of a combination of the amount I’m zooming in and the cloud cover.

Still. Burning orb of death.

And especially shiny lake, too.

Oh no! The Orb of Death has a twin rising out of the lake!!!

Nothing can stop this calamity!

Nothing!!!!

  

Alone Except for Each Other

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Photo #288: Two TreesLocation Taken: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Time Taken: October 2012

Every so often I glance something out of the corner of my eye that makes me stop, look at it closer, and take a photo.

Like these two trees silhouetted against the bright sky.

They were the only trees on that hill. I guess the winds were just a bit too much for the others or something. It’s tough being a tree at this altitude anyway.

But there they are, standing against the elements, together.

  

Watching the Owl Watching Me

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Photo #287: Barred OwlLocation Taken: Arcadia, Michigan
Time Taken: June 2012

I seem to have a knack for spotting wildlife, like this fine Barred Owl I spotted while biking.

It flew across the road in front of me, at least fifty yards away, but when I got closer I managed to spot it sitting in a tree about twenty feet into the forest.

I watched it. It watched me. I grabbed a few photos. It flew away.

There have been plenty of times where I see a hawk or some deer or some other critter while out and about. And usually I’m the only one to spot them, even if there are other people around.

Maybe it’s just luck, but I do have a tendency to just watch the world go by without filtering out the unexpected like most people do. (If you think you don’t do so, watch this video and follow the directions to see if it’s the case.)

There are a lot of what we think of as “wild” animals scattered throughout even the rather populated areas where I live. I’ve seen deer in the forest in the park behind my house plenty of times, including a few times where they’re right by the back fence. I saw a hawk take off from a neighbor’s yard just yesterday. There’s also been foxes and snakes and of course all the common animals like squirrels and rabbits and songbirds.

In less populated areas, I’ve seen moose and elk and buffalo, bears and mountain goats, all sorts of frogs and turtles and birds, even some fish where the water’s clear enough for me to spot them. And owls, too, of course.

The world is still pretty well populated. Human presence just limits the size of the species that can live there. Well, that and it splits up habitats into areas too small for a lot of critters to find enough food, and blocks off paths for migration for the animals to escape bad conditions. Which is why those creatures that can adapt easily, like squirrels and deer, or those that move around easily, like birds, are the ones that do best.

But the others are out there, and you can see them if you keep on looking for them.

Still haven’t spotted the bear that supposedly lives by my Grandparent’s place, though…