dressed appropriately for the heist, too!!!

A Canadian Canada Goose from Quebec, or Ontario or Manitoba, would still leave as much "s---" on the golf course!!!!

You said sky was 'whitish' and the posts/nets are dark... Did you try a "black and white" in color??? I have done a couple of those in the past --- remember one was results of a snow storm on dark trees and branches.... Was quite a stark "color" photo.

I love my Olympus TG-6... My main camera is a Sony A7R V, but I bought the TG-6 a few years ago to use when kayaking because it is water-proof, and has a good zoom lens. I spent a week at DisneyWorld last month and had both cameras....Used the Sony to shoot from the hotel room overlooking the "savanna" to get pic of the animals there, but my walk-around camera was the Olympus which, with it's zoom lens, was more than sufficient and slipped easily in and out of a front pocket of my shorts.

I think I like #2 better because it has the contract between smooth curves and the 90 degree brackets.... And, i really like the B&W take.

I seen it was sewed. I would own if it were sewn...

Maybe a combination "potting" shed (the flats with seeds would be on the shelves around the outside of the shed, and larger tools such as shovels, rakes, etc., stored inside. There is some ventilation at the top front, and being near what appears might be a planted field, it could be a dual "facility" which makes going to the more formal outhouse near the barn or house unnecessary.

I actually like the second photo better because the reddish/tan fur overlapping the darker fur on the buffalo is mimicked by the reddish-tan bark/lichen over the darker bark on the trees. Also there is water and you can see most of the buffalo's legs, rather than them being "cut off" in the first shot. As others have said, these are very nice photos and deserve to be entered in a contest. There's my two cents...I don't expect change... (smiley)

Hudson River is tidal up to the Federal Locks in Troy, some 160 miles "inland." The federal locks is technically the start of the Erie Canal, although the canal proper follows the Mohawk River westward from Cohoes/Waterford. There is also the Champlain Canal which follows the Hudson River north up to Fort Edward where the canal goes north to Lake Champlain while the Hudson heads northwest into the Adirondacks.

I have been using Orville Redenbacher's "Original". Maybe one or two unpopped when done... I just pour a measure of corn in, put measure back in place and turn 'er on. Maybe type of corn DOES matter... I store mine in a cabinet under the counter which means room temp and dark...

...as I told Linda, I bought a Pop-Lite from Amazon and am quite satisfied. You need a tall enough bowl, but other than that, easy-peasy.

Mine is a Pop-Lite....
bought it on Amazon...

Is that on the second story of the building or around to the back? There doesn't seem to be any window casing so I'm wondering if it might not be a overly large opening for a pigeon coop, or, if on the first floor, maybe there was a ramp up for chickens to use. It would explain the small roof to keep the rain out and to provide shade for the opening.

In the interest of not using so much oil, I have been using a hot air popper for the last couple of years (even bought them as Christmas gifts because it liked mine so much). Almost all kernels pop and you can use some butter-flavored spray and popcorn flavorings if you must. The unit does come with a "butter melter" which serves as a measuring device. fill the device and pour into the popper. Put the device in the top cover and put some butter in if you want. The corn pops, the butter melts at the same time. And, there's no messy pan or pot to clean, just the container for the popped corn.

dry, fluffed up and mad as hell! Would you take the chance of opening if you knew there's a cat inside?!?!?