friday's fringe 33 ~ morphing the moon

i couldn't get a full moon picture wednesday night...too much cloud cover.

BUT thursday morning, the air was crisp & cool (46F) & clear!

my youngest son (28yrs) travis, is living with us (again).

i've been driving him up to the 'day labor' place every morning at 5:30

and sitting in the parking lot waiting to drive him to a jobsite.

i grabbed my camera.

my first picture was looking toward the road with the moon & star

still high enough in the sky for a good picture.

those WHITE LINES toward the bottom of the picture are cars rushing by.

zooming in on the moon...in it's magical fullness!

29 november 2012  at  5:25am

and now comes the FUN part.

moon morphs!

mosaic tiles

cubism style

heat map

aaaaaaah.  the purple moon.

embossed

and just plain dreamy...

"Under the full moon life is all adventure." 

~Sigurd Olson, The Singing Wilderness

thanks for stopping by on 

lk

**all morphs on today's post done with gimp, a free image manipulation program**

ps - friday morning...after making my run to the Labor Force place...

will be my 'catch up' time.

see ya' in bloggerland!

the *poo*pusher*

if you know me at all...you know i take pictures of 'scat'.  poop.

it's part of my wildlife education!
i'm a self taught Poo-ologist.
(or is it a Poopologist? Crapologist? Shitologist?)

you'll know which critters have been visiting, by learning to recognize their scat.

you can even tell what they've been eating, or if they're herbivores or carnivores.

(need i ask if you care? well, if you do, take a look at this book "What Shat That?" by Matt Pagett.)

anyway, i'm getting sidetracked.

emo is an indoor kitty.

he's only been outside twice, under strict supervision!

(he'll be 4 months old on the 6th of December.)

emo uses a kitty litter pan.

we ceremoniously toss his poop out back, towards the woods.

(we do this 2 - 3 times a day. he poops a lot!)

a few days ago, sam hollered for me to grab the camera & head out back.

a Dung Beetle was frantically rolling one of emo's POO away!

"first come, first serve!"

this particular *poo pusher* was racing along,
hoping that no other of his kind would attempt to rob him of his bounty!

NOTICE the LONG CURVED HORN (male)

and the way he PUSHES that poop along...with his scooper!

at least we use the fragrance free & dye free litter. no additives. 100% natural.
we don't have to worry about the health of these amazing beetles...
OR their larvae, that feed on this excrement.

i recorded this little Tumblebug in action!

it's only 28 seconds.

check it out!!

ok, enough of this shit, i mean poop!

Always watch where you are going. 

Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake. 

(Winnie the Pooh)

stay cool.  be safe.

laura