Desert Sky
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Iain
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I love that sky and the silhouette of the trees. I think some of my drawings have to do with silhouette; it's mysterious.
Only once have I encountered big skies and a great ball of a sunrise here, and that was when I worked at a golf driving range. 25,000 golfballs scattered over a green and the sun rising on such a scene, as we click-click-clicked, picked up 20 balls per tube, two hands, two tubes, three people. It wasn't bad. Excuse my self-indulgent reminiscence.
When I see your terrain I cannpt help thinking of the potential dangers lurking there...
"...rattlesnakes, scorpions, black widow spiders....There are seven types of rattlesnakes and 26 different types of snakes that can be found in or near the park."
Although I enjoy geting lost in an enviroment far from people, really the worst thing that can happen here is Lyme disease from an infected tick. I remember listening to a podcast on BBC Outlook about a woman who went hiking in JT, broke her pelvis and spend three nights on her back unable to move. I freely admit to being adverse to even non-poisionious creatures on me, yes, a fully commited member of the Wuss Preservation Society. We particularly avoid anything that cannot recognise the uniqueness of our being...alive.
Only once have I encountered big skies and a great ball of a sunrise here, and that was when I worked at a golf driving range. 25,000 golfballs scattered over a green and the sun rising on such a scene, as we click-click-clicked, picked up 20 balls per tube, two hands, two tubes, three people. It wasn't bad. Excuse my self-indulgent reminiscence.
When I see your terrain I cannpt help thinking of the potential dangers lurking there...
"...rattlesnakes, scorpions, black widow spiders....There are seven types of rattlesnakes and 26 different types of snakes that can be found in or near the park."
Although I enjoy geting lost in an enviroment far from people, really the worst thing that can happen here is Lyme disease from an infected tick. I remember listening to a podcast on BBC Outlook about a woman who went hiking in JT, broke her pelvis and spend three nights on her back unable to move. I freely admit to being adverse to even non-poisionious creatures on me, yes, a fully commited member of the Wuss Preservation Society. We particularly avoid anything that cannot recognise the uniqueness of our being...alive.
Artyczar
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I am actually very scared of snakes and we have seen some here, but not a poisonous one...yet. Hannah has seen some, but not since we've lived here. There's the time I had the camel spider in my shirt and I won't forget that one. I haven't yet seen a tarantula. The rats are what bother me most. Twice I've seen bobcats and both times I was inside the house. Hannah was outside when she saw them. One I saw seemed as big as a tiger, but it was kind of beautiful and not scary (since it was on the other side of the glass). I see coyotes every day, and dozens upon dozens of bunnies and jack rabbits morning, noon, and evening.
Iain
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They aren't in the wild in the UK, of course, but I have come across an escapee or two. There are a few things that will make you do a double-take, and a tortoise ambling down a suburban street is one such. "Have you seen a tortoise, by any chance?" "Yes, he went that way."
Maybenartist
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Desert skies seem so vast, lovely pics Arty.
