Ornery Photography + Not So Silent Sunday: From the Treetops

The images were taken on 17 January 2017 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. You are welcome to use them, but please credit me. Cara Hartley/The Real Cie/The Ornery Old Lady.

I am not entirely sure, but I believe the skeleton in the bottom image may belong to one of those big brown tree-climbing critters in the top image.

I've changed things up a little with my photography shares. First off, I'm ditching the long titles. Silent Sunday (which is often Not So Silent Sunday) is specific to me (although not originated by me), so it is included in the title. 

These photography posts take more time than you might think to prepare, create, and share, which is why I sometimes don't do them for a while. I always have multiple projects that I am engaged in. I do consider myself a professional writer, even though I currently make very little money from my craft. I am evidently not a professional photographer, but I do enjoy taking photographs and sharing them with those who will tolerate my amateurish attempts.

~cie the ornery old lady~

Sharing with these folks:

Ornery Photography: Camera Critters #597 + Saturday's Critters #316 + Shadow Shot Sunday + Not So Silent Sunday + Sunday Selections #462: Prehistoric Polar Paradise

Images captured 17 January 2017 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Copyright Cara Hartley/The Real Cie/The Ornery Old Lady. You are welcome to use them, but please credit me.

I would stake my reputation that the skeleton in the second picture comes from the Coryphodon, the toothy critter in the diorama. Keep in mind that my reputation is worth the counterfeit three-dollar bill that it's printed on.

Also, I am honestly not sure which of the shadows in the diorama are real and which are painted.

~Cie the Ornery Old Lady~

Camera Critters #590 + Saturday's Critters #308 + Shadow Shot Sunday + Not So Silent Sunday + Sunday Selections #454: Haibun for a Sea Skeleton

The photograph was taken 17 January 2019 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Image copyright Cara Hartley/The Real Cie

You are welcome to use it, but please credit me

I have written a Haibun in honor of this creature on this not-so-silent Sunday:

There are all kinds of wild shadows and reflections happening in this photo. The prehistoric water denizen swims eternally in an ethereal sea as creatures from its future marvel at its skeleton and wonder about its life.

you swim forever

a ghost in the twilight sea

only bones remain

~Cie~