Silviron
Flashlight Enthusiast
We had a beautiful sunset tonight... Unfortunately, I only had my oldest digital camera with me and the photo is only about 1/10th as impressive as reality was. I wish I could have shared the real thing with you all .... (Well, MOST of you /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif )
But I want to relate a strange little story that is only peripherally related to the sunset:
This photo was taken from a spot about 1/4 mile from my house. I actually stop there several times a a year to take pictures, as there is a good view of our most impressive mountain peak from there, and it is framed well by the forest, the edge of a golf course. During the fall and spring while there is snow on the mountain and green grass on the golf course, the colors and contrast between the green grass, darker green pine trees, white peaks and azure sky can just be beautiful.....
Anyway, I always pull off into this small parking lot which is almost always empty, being a substation where our local Volunteer Fire Department keeps a small engine.... (Ok, I'm trying to get to the point...)
The last three times I have been there taking photos, I have had vehicles passing by, each with two teens in them just cruising by and screaming obscenities at me. First time, about a month ago it was two girls in a little silver Miata. The second time it was two different girls in a green SUV, and tonight it was two boys in a red Mitsubishi pickup.
Now, get the picture.... It is cold here, and no one is going to be driving around with their windows open, yet each time the passenger went to the effort to roll down the window, climb halfway out and scream at me like a viscious dog will bark at you from behind a fence... (That is what it really "felt" and sounded like).
Now, none of these kids ever saw me before, haven't a clue who or what I am. I never cut them off in traffic or in any way caused them any irritation (except apperently by my very existence); They don't know my political or religious beliefs or what I think of them. And these were not "opressed minorities" or anyone who would have any reason to want to scream at some stranger.
Weird huh? I might expect something like this in "Sunnyvale" near the "Hellmouth" but here in our (mostly) peaceful, laid-back community???? Gotta be some strange occult presence in the area that makes anyone with raging hormones go momentarily insane.
The boys tonight just happened to be at the store I was heading to when I pulled in a few minutes later. I started over towards them to ask them what they had against me, but they saw me coming and peeled out of there, both with center fingers extended.