December Rolls In

So, December rolls in - and I get home from work around 8:15pm on Dec 1st and I go to check the mail and I find a salamander guarding the mail box - guarding might be too strong a word, but it'll do for now.

For the record, the mailbox is next to the front step - I suspect there's a nest (or whatever the word might be for the home of a collection of salamanders) somewhere around that area. Regardless, it's cool to keep coming across them, but as I leave the house on foot these days, I'm busy checking for anything on any of the steps.

And then during today's run, I came across this scene on the municipal wharf - it looks like the pelicans don't realize that the fish hopper on the left is only in action during the offloading of a load.