2011, Day 056 - Aliens and hunters

Winter wandering, the temperature didn't get higher than 33 degrees today so I tried to keep my hands in my pockets as much as possible.

Isn't it odd when you are walking down the street and a cat bounds out of nowhere to see you? Maybe it is just because I tend to walk with dogs and have become totally unaccustomed to the phenomena but I'm always struck by it. Below is one of the intrepid hunters that greeted me and some kind of mutant flower is bloom.

Canon 1Ds Mark II, Canon 100/f2.8L IS

100mm, f5.6, 1/160 @ 400 ISO

Canon 1Ds Mark II, Canon 100/f2.8L IS

100mm, f5.6, 1/200 sec @ 400 ISO