Just in the past 14 hours I’ve seen at least three cool things that I wish I could photograph to share with you.  I bet you’ve all seen similar things that just weren’t photographically possible.  So come along and I’ll share anyway.  You can use your imagination to fill in the image.

Yesterday after supper I was cleaning up and looking out the kitchen window.  Up from the far reaches of the yard marched a deer, then another, then another…until there were four.  Two of them came right up to the deck, stood under the birdfeeder looking for something to eat, then tried with their long tongues to get some birdfood out of the feeder itself.  Did I have my camera nearby?  Of course not.  Would I have been able to get a good photo even if I had it?  No, the window, screen and deck railing were all between me and the deer.  But it was still very cool.

This morning, very early, Katie and I were outside on our daily morning search for the perfect spot.  I turned around at the end of our drive and saw the big full moon hanging low over the house.  Did I have my camera?  Of course not.  Would I have been able to get a good photo even if I had it?  No, not with my point and shoot.  But it was still very cool.

And just now I’m emptying the dishwasher and watching the birds and I see a flash of blue go into an old bluebird house that I haven’t emptied in years.  Then I see the mama bluebird sitting on top, then SHE squeezes herself in.  I think the birdhouse is full of sticks from a wren that built a nest in there a couple of years ago, so I can’t image how both birds fit.  Then the two bluebirds are on top of the house when a red winged blackbird swoops in to sit on the roof.  I haven’t even heard them yet this spring and didn’t know they were back.  The blue birds chased the red winged bird off the roof of the house several times before all three flew away.  Did I have my camera?  No.  Could I have gotten a good shot of the beautiful birds sitting on the roof in the morning sun?  Not from the kitchen with my point and shoot, no.

But it sure was cool.