July 11, 2025

Seeing Things

This afternoon I dropped off two boxes of unwanted things at Goodwill and then took Charlie for a brief visit to the state park. Here are three pictures and I'll publish a couple more tomorrow.

“Beareidolia”

The tendency to see faces in inanimate objects is called pareidolia. It’s actually an ability to find patterns. Here I saw a bear’s face on a picnic bench. Do you?

The weather was quite hot so we did not stay long. I paused on the bridge to take a picture of reflections in the water.


I also stopped along a residential street to take a picture of a sign.

7 comments:

  1. I liked the texture of the wood, but once you suggested the face, I saw it too. Great calm reflections.

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  2. Love your "beareidolia" - such a hairy face) :D

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  3. Unimaginative fellow that I am, I do not see the bear’s face - and yes you deserve better.

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  4. The bear face popped out at me even before I finished reading the paragraph. It's cute!

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  5. ...we all deserve better, amen!

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