Beam Me Up?

 It looks as if this bird is being abducted by aliens...

...which it may have welcomed...

...because it was really really HOT!

(Reflection in photo one; the bird is doing the only thing birds can do to release heat. Poor baby!)

Moon/Super/Blue

 

Super moon!

Blue moon! (Ha, just a blue filter...)

Super blue moon. Hope to see the next one in 2037!

SKWERL, Stucco

 

While it looks upon first glance as if this skwerl is playing the pan pipes...

...in fact, weirdly, it is trying to nibble on a piece of stucco (I think--this photo is on a roof across the alley from our house). When I saw it from a distance, I thought it had a pine cone. 

It did indeed seem to try to nibble, but eventually it dropped it and scampered away. 

Kinda odd...

Happy Happy

 

When your sweet mom turns 85 years old (yay!), you choose some cute photos of her and make these...

...and then you all hold them up for a group photo at her birthday party. Happy birthday, Vivi Sue! (It was actually yesterday, BTW...) We love you!

Red, I Said

 

Scenes from the Road

 

Why?

Oh, apparently it's a thing? ("Pickle in a Pouch" is catchier, though...)

Also, why?!?

Again, a catchy brand name...however, I am not too assured about the looks of this particular toilet seat cover dispenser (janky!).

The obligatory Gila Bend gas station dinosaur photo.

And...this. 

Abstract

 

Wing-ed

 

Before the Storm

 

Jaw-dropping sunset the night before Tropical Storm Hilary.

What Is This

 

Wow, how long has this been here? When is the last time you've seen a public phone?

Obviously, not a corner where much good is happening...

Yellow Spikes

 

So cute and comical...

Random Heart: Watering Can Droplet Edition

 

It's been a while since I've seen a random heart...love this one with the thought bubble overhead.

Winter Sunset in the Summer

 

Peace

 

Meal Time

 

A story in four parts. 

1) A juvenile oriole lands on the fountain.

2) Mom appears with a green insect in her mouth.

3) The handoff.

4) Bye!

'Hood Sign

 A cool neon sign in my very own 'hood. I wish they would fix the neon and light this up! 

Teeny

 

There are at least 3 hummingbirds who call our backyard theirs. For years we had Anna's hummingbirds (and I think there is one in the yard now), but the Allen's hummingbirds seem to be dominant. Check out the tongue being stuck out above!

That gold gorget (throat area)...

Here on full display as he scratches an itch. 

I could--and sometimes do, LOL--watch them all day!

Flying/Floating

 

Lift Off

 

Up/Down

 

I am amazed at how different a bird's body shape looks depending upon how they are standing. These are the same bird! 

I also love how the beak of this juvenile oriole is just starting to turn dark... 

Rhymes

 

Wing-ed Dove