Friday Flower
Jun. 16th, 2006 07:48 pm |
Cranesbill In the garden of The Lodge in Cloudcroft, NM |
Exeunt, pursuing a bear
Jun. 16th, 2006 09:07 amI was sitting in on a lecture just now. The outside door was open, with the blind drawn up a couple of feet to let in the morning air and the remains of the breakfast buffet spread out nearby. Suddenly there was a cry of 'Bear!' and a shaggy brown rear end and leg were briefly visible. Everyone grabbed cameras and ran first to the windows and then outside, where indeed a sizeable brown bear was strolling through the woods and across the path.
No good pictures to show, alas; I got one hopeless blur and one shot of a nose and hindquarters on opposite sides of a tree.
'Bear with me,' the lecturer said when we finally reconvened and settled down.
No good pictures to show, alas; I got one hopeless blur and one shot of a nose and hindquarters on opposite sides of a tree.
'Bear with me,' the lecturer said when we finally reconvened and settled down.
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Originally uploaded by ellarien.
There are quite a lot of butterflies up here. The big yellow-and-black and black-and-white swallowtails will flutter temptingly close, but not pose; this smaller, paler specimen obligingly lighted on a flower by the roadside when I went for a solitary stroll after lunch today.
