the would-be writers guild: Freckles

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Freckles

Those little freckles in the sky are birds. This snapshot I took at dusk captured only a tiny portion of the long ribbon across the sky. There were literally bujillions of them. The birds are flying south, I think. If they aren't flying south, then I think they are flying to the mall.

It's hard to tell directions around here.

7 comments:

Hannah said...: oh my. almost creepy.; December 9, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Alyssa said...: I think they heard about the crazy weather that is heading east and decided to get out of town!; December 9, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Lindy-Lou said...: Are you absolutely sure your camera lens was clean? Wow. It looks like they were flying very high.; December 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Mia said...: I grew up in a flat flat flat desert land and I simply learned to tell directions. North, south, east, west, perfectly logical. Then I moved to Colorado and everything was based on your relation to the mountains. Turn so the mountains are on your right, left, behind you. After three years of that I am now no longer able to tell directions without mountains... geesh.; December 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM
cutie crowley said...: AHHH!!! its the birds all over again!!! board your windows and and doors!!!!! make sure you have plenty of food storage!!!; December 9, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Omgirl said...: I've seen those giant packs of birds before, and what's amazing to me is how they undulate and flow as they fly, changing directions, swooping and rising, all in unison like someone is shouting signals, "UP! Right! SPIN!!!"; December 11, 2009 at 11:20 AM
tiburon said...: The only thing that would complete this picture as my ultimate nightmare would be the birds flying down to peck my eyes out.

Which I am sure they did right after you snapped this photo.

(Not my eyes - yours.); December 22, 2009 at 11:59 AM