And now for the “aw” factor. According to the AP:
A dog left for dead on a railway track in Poland has been given a second chance at life thanks to the kindness of a local animal shelter and vet. The 4-month old can now get around with wheels replacing her paralyzed back legs. (Aug 18)
Since I’ve been harping on owls lately, I thought everyone might get a laugh out of this pic.
Lately, we’ve been getting up well before sunrise, so I took advantage of it and tried for a few night shots. That was the same trip where we found the owls.
One year ago today, we made our first post, Welcome to JBoD. The blog has been a work-in-progress ever since.
For those who may not know, jellybeansofdoom is named after our kitties and their jellybeans, that come with claws attached.
These beans belong to a very sweet natured, but very paranoid kitty named Tito. Tito is a domestic shorthair and we found him (as a kitten) at the SFSPCA. It was love at first sight.
These beans, on the other hand, belong to the class clown named Kitsune. Kitsune is fearless to the point of lunacy. We would find him hanging from the chandelier if we had one.
Kitsune, also called Kitsy or Mazuzu Whang? has no baby picture as he was an adult when we brought him home. His wrinkly breed is called Sphynx.
Of course, none of this would have happened without the bestest kitty on the planet. We lost him to lymphoma a couple of years ago, but he is still a part of our lives.
A friend made this for us. It’s so very true.
We were driving around Stow Lake at Golden Gate Park looking for wildlife when we found it. I was hollering “whoa” and Lastech was muttering something about a gagglef@&k of birds. 🙂
Of course, the Mary Poppins song “Feed the Birds” came to mind, but Hitchcock memories overruled. At least we weren’t at Bodega Bay for this one.
It is summer in San Francisco, meaning lots of fog and cool temperatures. We returned to Twin Peaks to check out the view and this is what we saw.
Later, we went to McLaren Park to visit the duck pond. That’s when I saw the naked ladies. No, not the porn variety. The flower variety. 🙂 They are popping up all over the city and providing a wonderful splash of color against the summer browns and golds that prevail at this time of year.
Also at the duck pond…
I don’t want to forget the big birds. I could hear the hawk having a conversation of sorts with another one that I couldn’t locate. The crow was just being a crow and posed nicely for me.
Time for the boys to shine.
Yesterday I posted an owl photo I took at the Palace of Fine Arts. We returned this morning before The City woke up and this time I managed to catch two barn owls with my camera.
We set out early this morning to experiment with night shots, once again getting more than we bargained for, by sheer luck.
Walking around one of our favorite locations, San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, we heard the characteristic screech of an owl.
Looking up, we realized we had upset it by walking directly under its nest atop a colonnade.
The following shots reminded us of a scene out of “Blade Runner”. Enjoy…
Hiding in the upper left corner of the photo was this.
I have posted my photos of the Conservatory of Flowers and now it’s time for some of Lastech’s photos. Follow along for a few really nice pics.
As I mentioned before, I have been sorting Lastech’s photos and uploading them to Flickr. I came across these. It’s usually sunny or rainy. Clouds like this are not as common. It’s beautiful when it happens though.
Lastech’s clouds need a bit of music. I found this piano piece and I think it goes very well with the clouds. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
