Ogami's Shadow Gallery!

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

Those look delicious!

 

+1000

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I've got some books in the upcoming Comic Connect auction. Would it be cool if I advertised them here?

[TupennyConan]

I'd like to try & move some inventory here. I've got MegaCon next weekend & I owe Roy $200 in drinks.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

I hear advertising in the Journal Section is all the rage now.

[seanfingh]

Those pies look amazing. I ate some curry lo mein this morning that didn't agree with me and have been dealing with that all day. Saw a terrific high school district championship game tonight. Really like Tup's avatar. Sadfan approved.

[Ogami]

See, blowie? Even Tup changed his avatar.

 

Even tup.

[Jeffro.]

I hear advertising in the Journal Section is all the rage now.

 

Hump the mod button.

[TupennyConan]

It's wise to have guardian owls when backyard Friday afternoon happy hour drinking at your best buddy's house.

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

I don't see the owl.

[TupennyConan]

There are two.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

I see them now.

[TupennyConan]

I see them now.

 

[TupennyConan]

They are probably easier to spot with their eyes open. I wish they'd open them just once for me. When you walk around the yard, their heads turn toward you. They watch, even though their eyes appear closed.

 

That spot on the tree is where they've been for two weeks. At least that's when my buddy first spotted them.

 

I've seen them in his yard for over a year, but always at dusk, in silhouette. I hadn't seen the first colored feather until 2 weeks ago.

 

Their spot on the tree is only about 8' high & is almost within arm's reach of the patio where all the loud drinking & music happens.

 

They've probably been right there all along, strangely accustomed to the revelers.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

They're amazingly beautiful and highly adapted animals; nature's original stealth technology in all its glory.

 

I once rented a condo on the side of a hill in Oregon. The ground dropped off steeply below the balcony which overlooked a densely wooded area. It was not unusual to see coyotes, deer, racoons, hawks, eagles and large owls back there. Several times at night while standing on the balcony, these owls would noiselessly glide within a few feet of my head, yet not perceptibly disturb the air around me.

[dover]

Our backyard has woods and there is a hawk among the trees.

 

To hear the screech is a thing of beauty on these nice Spring days.

 

He seems to get some good thermals above the gas pipeline that runs along our property.

 

It is like saying hi to a good friend when we see him circling.

[TupennyConan]

I see hawks in South Tampa a few times a year.

 

I've never seen an owl before until seeing these in the trees at dusk, starting about two years ago.

 

Seeing them in daylight is outside my life's experience.

 

They are like the spirits of the dead, haunting little backyard garden creatures of the leafy suburbs.

 

 

[seanfingh]

I see hawks in South Tampa a few times a year.

 

I've never seen an owl before until seeing these in the trees at dusk, starting about two years ago.

 

Seeing them in daylight is outside my life's experience.

 

They are like the spirits of the dead, haunting little backyard garden creatures of the leafy suburbs.

 

 

I was at a baseball camp in rural Missouri in the summer of 1986. My uncle who lived in Springfield at the time, came to take me to get some real food, which was greatly appreciated. As we drove down a fairly tight, hilly pass, something appeared at the edge of my peripheral vision.

 

Before I could process it, a great horned owl hit the windshield of my uncle's car. The body was between the size of a large chicken and a small turkey, but the wings must have been 3 feet long each. The great bird did at least one complete spin, possibly more, and again, before I could completely process it, took to flight again with two sweeping flaps of its wings.

 

That is the closest I have ever been to an owl. And though it was scary for all of us, it was amazing to see one that up close and personal, without it scooping up a baby in its talons or something.

[sufunk]

We have a family of 4 small burrowing owls in our backyard. They are probably only about 6 inches high, barely bigger than a regular bird. There are cool as hell but will definitely keep you on your toes. They roam the yard/neighborhood at night. Theres probably been about 50 times where i'm walking a dog and looking at my phone, hear a little smooching sound and look up and i'm face to face with 4 owls STARING at me like a foot in front of my face

[dover]

Nature is wonderful both in fury and rest.

 

We try to go camping a few times a year just to get closer to her.

 

 

[dover]

Will it be white or black?