Beam me up, Scottie...

Beam me up, Scottie..., originally uploaded by anyjazz65.
In a galaxy far, far away...
Well, northern Canada anyway... Probably a seed for something but...what?

soozika says: In distant galaxies, Spotted Owls seem to lay eggs in peculiar places. Very delicate close-up! .imelda says: i don't know what this is but very neat looking! Seen on your photo stream. (?) anyjazz65 says: Thanks soozika and .imelda. The tiny berry is a bit mysterious and alien looking. This was shot with my old Nikon 995 which is more or less of the point-and-shoot variety. Miniature Spotted Owls: We have at last, found evidence of a heretofore unknown species. They are small enough to hide behind a soft drink can or a discarded sneaker. They are that movement we see just at the edge of our vision periphery, but when we turn to get a better look we find nothing. The Miniature Spotted Owl has already re-hidden. Our only evidence that they exist at all is their mischievousness. They hide things, but always only temporarily. How many times have we searched for a small object, such as a cork screw or a yo-yo or a toe ring, only to find it hours later, right where we left it; right where we thought we looked in the first place? The Miniature Spotted Owl has hidden it from us just long enough to send us on a useless toil of retracing our steps, re-wrapping all the Christmas presents and cleaning the attic. Then there it is, right where we thought it should be, on the kitchen counter next to the turnips. The Miniature Spotted Owl sets clocks backward or forward a minute or two while we sleep, reduces pressure in bicycle tires, wakes babies at 3:05 AM and eats the last chocolate in the assortment box. They like pralines. This tiny imp is in charge of dust-bunnies, things that go bump, lumpy gravy, wavy mirages, garages that smell of stale air, unpaired socks, clocks with all tock and no tick, candle wicks that won’t stay lit, cherry pits in bags of pitted cherries and very, hairy cousins who chip a tooth on your eggnog. (I don’t know how they do that.) Cob webs are spun by the little known Cobbled Spider; an endangered species. Miniature Spotted Owls have nothing to do with them, the spiders or the webs. Ridding our home or apartment or shack of the Miniature Spotted Owl is almost impossible. Some have tried by keeping their car keys in the freezer behind the cat, or drinking lager until they feel talented, or shouting Gregorian Chants at the neighbors in Spanish. But none of that works. It just encourages the Miniature Spotted Owls. They only find us more interesting. If you do not have Miniature Spotted Owls at your house, it is because you are boring.