What is it, wise old bird?

 I thought I'd relax with shapes and colour.

That might be difficult - I'll return to it in a moment.

How about this:

This is 90° to the previous photo but the "split" makes it difficult. So here are

2 more:

Amazing what lighting can do.

So here is the first object in double pack:

Anybody get this? Did I "floor" you?

Now where were these photos taken?

Try the comments. Or encourage me for more?

WOB

Winter Colour

 Too often we paint Winter as drab.

However, when we stop for awhile and let our eyes dream across the landscape then miracles can occur:

And to all a peaceful night,

WOB

The Invasion

 The 1st wave came just after Christmas

 - or the Winter Solstice

 

Inspiring Winter Solstice Poems: Snowy Night by Mary Oliver and More 

 They came from the South, in their hundreds - at least there were 100 or so tents pitched on the frozen lake - at least I hope it was frozen - the  tents came and went during the coming days until now there are fewer than a dozen, a sign maybe that the ice was not thick enough - or, maybe, that the ice on Lake Simcoe can now bear their weight and irresponsibility - to First Responders.

 

They were after our water. 100 years ago we exported it to Chicago and New York. Now they come to us. So far, in peace - but then, they are not "homeless" yet; Miami and New York have not flooded their drinking water with salt - yet. 2nd homes - tents, Tent city for non refugees. Complete with propane heaters.

 

4 X 4 - no need for dogfood. And the foodbanks of Mariposa are unknown to these invaders.

I look at my orange T-shirt.

 

There is an eagle eating a fish on the ice. 

 

But there
are no elders to retrieve the Eagle Feather, to return it to the fallen. 

WOB

Yesterday, I saw a Robin

 

Can Spring = Frühling = La primavera

be far

behind?

Each photo was an eassay "auf Deutsch", Volker  - W O B

Bath Time

 It must be Saturday Night?

WOB

Where do babies come

 With all the spectacular results coming from space telescopes like the James Webb and Euclid, it is no wonder that age old questions of cosmology, of our origins arise again.

Of course, our children know the answer the way we "knew" Santa Claus:

However, "in my day", I believed the stork brought me/us/children.

So 10 years ago I decided to investigate:

I saw no evidence of babies being fed in the nest. So I looked lower down, on the ground:

This did seem to be like stalking. At least potentially interesting. So I watched some more:

Could this be? Alas I never saw any results.

This Spring I tried again.

I saw the "stuff" for mangers but no evidence for children.

And then just a couple of days ago I saw some "cranes" - the White-neck, and the rarer

Black.neck;

Here was clear evidence of people being "delivered"!

And -

So that would seem to settle the point - it is cranes, not storks that deliver humans

in our culture.

Whoops - the Whoopers and the Sandhill cranes might have something to say about that!

Here are some reactions when the Sandhills were asked a couple of days ago:

I think here at least, the jury is still out:

WOB