A little over a month ago, in late July, I looked out my window one day and saw two large birds sitting in my neighbor's tree. I grabbed my camera and in a very stealthy & ninja-like manner crept out onto my patio to get some photos. I didn't want to scare them off so I kept my distance and got a couple of pictures, which I posted in the Snapshots thread.

My neighbor had previously told me that a few years ago there was a pair of great horned owls nesting in the area and he would...

My life is very different from what it was five years ago. Both parents have passed away. I no longer have the job I worked at for 16 years. I no longer have the apartment I lived in 13 years. At 63 I'm now a first-time homeowner. I'm living on Social Security and my IRA. There's no way of knowing if it will be enough to last another 2 or 3 decades (I hope and expect to live that long).

About five years ago, when he was 85, my dad began experiencing some pretty severe back pain....