What's the view where you work?

[perc-o-prince]

We have quite a few wild turkeys in Southborough, and they're not particularly fearful! There are about 8-9 in this group. Another group I run across has more than a dozen!!!

Chuck

 

[perc-o-prince]

Another shot, from when I was passing them. They're only about 10' away here, and right next to the loud bus!

 

[sudsmaster]

No snow here, but the shop is next to a creek. Can't see the creek though, unless I brave a bramble thicket, but there are some trees and blackberry bushes just outside that are nice to see with the garage door open while working in a rather dreary old shop.

And of course we get the wildlife coming into the shop through various gaps in the walls. Mice, rats, and so far a half-grown possum that was dining on a rat made freshly dead by a rat trap. Birds occasionally fly in, also bees etc. And then there are the trolls who live under the bridge, but the less said about that the better ;-).

 

[dalangdon]

From my window at work, I can see the transmission lines coming in from the dams, and the receiving substation. And I hear a lot of trains, since we are right next to the BNSF west coast mainline. (We have our own siding, but I don't think it's been used since the 50's)

In my field work, which is about half of my day, I see the Cascades, The Olympics, Lake Washington, and the downtown skyline. Don't see much of Puget Sound, but that's all I saw at my last job, so I'm OK with that.

And I get to see lots of hunky linemen

 

[tolivac]

At where I work I am in the middle of the NC Pitt county countryside-only a few homes and a honey farm around.and a MANAGERIE of animals-deer,bear,possums,bugs,mice,snakes,raccoons,and yes-eels in the site drainage ditches.Very weird.and of course snapping turtles to add to the list.no windows in the area where I am-just a security camera system.You can use it to see outside-and look at the deer in the tower feild.also sometimes we get stray "Deer Dogs" left by the deer hunters.Weekend mid shift-so far all is quiet.Just me and another guy.Dense fog out here making it difficult to verify the tower lights are on.Its strange-you look up and see the moon.And yes wild turkeys live in the tower feild as well.they lay very low.

 

[perc-o-prince]

And yes wild turkeys live in the tower feild as well.they la

Ours will actually take flight and roost in the trees sometimes!

Chuck

 

[mayken4now]

So you drive the bus? International?

Steve

 

[hoover1060]

Wild Turkeys?

I think thats the last thing I'd expect to find roaming about, especially in New England.
They are pretty though, and the trees all frosted with snow is absolutely beautiful!

 

[perc-o-prince]

So you drive the bus? International?

Yep! That's me. Otto, Ralph Cramden, etc.

It's an International. One of the newer ones with the electric door opener, light check switch, and other goodies. Mine is only 6 seats deep, so it's not as long as the regular ones. It allows me to go up the streets in town where a longer bus wouldn't be able to turn around. But, that also means I can be all over hell and creation. I do about 130 miles a day, though the only thing I go out of our little town of Southborough for is the regional high school (about 5 miles out of town)!

I do like taking a regular, long bus out now and then, just to keep my chops up!

Chuck

 

[polkanut]

So you drive the "short" bus, huh! Who da thunk it. HaHa.

 

[mickeyd]

VINTAGE Northern Winter Shots

How nice and how familiar !

Can't help but think about one of those turkeys de-feathered and tied, roasting away in one of your cookers for one of your fabulous dinners.

And how much FUN the senior high guys would enjoy watching you get out of the bus to catch it.

Beautiful pix.

You've got the cushy job, I see; it pays to have seniority.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Windows? You guys have windows? Luckyyyyyy....

veg

 

[rp2813]

My office complex is late 70's vintage, one of the first of the lavish Silicon Valley campuses with pool, tennis courts, gym and its own cafeteria all of which are showing their age and don't get used much. The cafeteria was necessary due to the outlying location of this facility back then, but development has eliminated nearly all of the large parcels except for one across the street where half of it is an alfalfa field and the other half is an orange grove, still individually owned. The architecture, while 70's boring, still makes use of a lot of natural wood along with molded concrete pillars that were really used a lot during that time.

The grounds are very wooded, mainly redwood trees mixed in with other evergreens and some ash trees, and there are ponds and streams with either bubblers or fountains, and plenty of benches where one can sit and relax to the sound of the rushing water. I'm sure the monthly maintenance expenses are huge. Recently we've had a couple of incidents where I presume laundry detergent was dumped into the waterways and it was looking like the Northwest Passage out there. This is a result of a ton of residential development that has sprung up in recent years nearby.

Barely 30 years after this complex was built, it is already targeted for redevelopment. It's a very extravagant use of land and whatever replaces it will surely be much higher density.

 

[mickeyd]

Wild Turkeys

in an abandonned house nearby.

This one was getting all huffy and brave while I'm clearly no threat sitting in my car, thinking of a beauuuutiful soup. ;-))

 

[perc-o-prince]

Oh, the possibilities are endless! T dinner, t salad, pilgrim sandwiches, pot pie, soup (w/ or w/o dumplings), hash, tetrazini (sp)... the list goes on and on!

Got to see a couple of deer this morning, but didn't have the camera with me. :-(

Chuck

 

[tomturbomatic]

No view from the ground floor bunker here.

A friend and I made a trip to a small nursery near the New Jersey coast not too far from the 295 bridge. Several times while we were driving along the two lane roads we encountered flocks of turkeys running around and even across the road in front of us. They were the first I had ever seen outside of captivity.