From the category archives:

Wildlife

Spidercide

by Randy on July 7, 2008

A documentary of the lone survivor

Voiceover … “Tonight on Spider Survivor Stories …”

::: no intro ::: sudden close up of a lanky but still fierce Spider :::

::: Throwing four of his eight legs up in exasperation ::: “It all happened so suddenly! ”

::: camera change to right profile shot catching a nice reflection of the stark lone lightbulb from eight little eyes ::: The Spider speaks.

“Hello, my name is none of your business. My Comrades and I were assigned to set up an outpost on the porch of one Mr. Randy Thomas. Our objective, as always, was to establish a stronghold of fear and terror. Then, one day, the plan was that one of our minions would drop on Mr. Thomas causing him to shriek like a four year old girl. We would catch the whole thing on camera and post it on YouTube. In the past, Mr. Thomas has provided excellent “fear” responses that have brought hundreds of generations of Spiders uncounted joy.”

“His ability to jump straight up in the air with a shriek that only dogs and insects can hear is the stuff of legend.”

“The Brown Recluse Tribe of Hurst Texas have a GREAT story and slideshow!”

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Snapshot

by Randy on June 4, 2008

Cicada’s are singing in the tree’s signaling the arrival of Summer

Classic Chicago on the radio singing about love and smiles

Windows and sun roof open on my sporty little car

Sun setting in shades of orange and yellow against the profile of a far away storm

Look up and catch the Palm trees swaying

Sporty little car pulls on through the stoplight

Content and grateful laugh

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Rascal The Raccoon

by Randy on April 19, 2008

New Neighbor

The thing is… I don’t live in the boonies.  You sure can’t tell with all the wildlife going on around here.

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Black Bear Pays A Visit

by Randy on March 20, 2008

Outside my condo building this evening …

A Black Bear Comes to Visit
A Black Bear Comes to Visit
A Black Bear Comes to Visit
The really blurry one with the scary eyes has NO post processing at all. That is genuine light reflecting back from the bear’s eyes.  Click on any of the pictures to see larger versions on Flickr.

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