It is not often that I am at a loss… when it comes to matters of talking here.

But tonight I am feeling a little serious and a little sad. You see….. A good friend of mine is having a very bad time of it today. Her father was in a serious car accident this morning. Tonight he is on life support, and things are a bit touch and go at the moment. I can only send my message of concern and support. The rest seems pretty helpless from this chair.

Most nights, when I write this piece…. I put the rest of the world aside. I try to focus on things that might make someone out there “feel good” or “think twice” or even “go to the fridge and get a chocolate pudding.” But tonight, it seems a little difficult to use the subliminal chocolate pudding messaging here and now.

I know what my friend would want me to do. She would want me to prattle away on this deal… like I always do.   And with that… I’ll talk about something.

Come to think of it….I did have a bit of an encounter this evening.   I went out to shoot as I always do…. albeit in a somewhat somber and serious mood.   I walked around contemplating  the inherent qualities of the world around us.  I revisited the fact that there really are no guarantees, or that anything is undeniably and absolutely for certain.

At any rate….I had turned my camera to Autofocus, because I was also feeling somewhat lackadaisical.  As I approached the bend in the path….. honest to goodness….WHO did I see but Holy-Smokin’ Big Foot. That brutish creature lurched out from behind a tree. Yes… Mr. Sasquatch. All 7’8″ of that furry beast.

What a day this turned out to be!   Despite being startled…. I spun around, pointed my camera in his direction and KA-SNAP!

Ha! The Gazillion Dollar Photo of BigFoot on my little memory stick.   Apparently,  I scared him as much as he scared me.  Bigfoot ran for the hills. That was okey-dokey-dominokey with Polly K.  I had snagged the shot after all….

Imagine my surprise when I reviewed my images. Apparently, just as I aimed at that Beast of Beasts… THIS THING flew right in front of my lens.  And what the crap is it anyhow?

As it turns out… no fame and notoriety for me.  Instead, all I have for you is this unknown insect. Yes, I tried to shoot Sasquatch, and came back with an Unidentified Flying Object.

I wonder if there is a market for UFO shots?

(And speaking of which…. to my good pal…. I hope you are doing as well as possible… and just like UFOs…. when it comes to friends, YOU,  are out of this world!  I mean that in a good way… )