Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

We had a mild Santa Ana the last three days. Temps were in the high 80s to low 90s with humidity in the teens. Things are back to normal today, 70° and 51% humidity. Slight chance of rain in the forecast for the middle of next week.

I haven't posted any flowers since last July and with much of the country dealing with the cold and snow I thought some flowers were in order to help brighten things up.

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

Last Thursday afternoon I was at the computer putting Friday Night Photos together. Since it was a nice day I had the back door open and I could hear a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks calling nearby. I didn't think much of it since I hear them all the time. After a while the calling was not coming from nearby but from one of the Eucalyptus trees in my backyard so I grabbed the binoculars and went to the back door to have a look. Just as I was raising the binoculars to my eyes the hawk flew off to another part of the tree out of my view. While cursing my bad luck I noticed some movement in the tree. When I looked at that part of the tree I saw there was a Barn Owl sitting there. That's when I grabbed the camera and went outside to try and get some shots of the owl. I got a few shots of the hawks before they decided I posed a bigger threat than the owl and they flew off, and the owl, no longer threatened, lowered its head to its chest and went to sleep. Two hours later the owl was still in the tree sleeping when the hawks came back to harass it some more. I went out with the camera again and the hawks left again. A few hours later as the sun set and darkness closed in the owl was still sleeping peacefully in the tree.

A very good hider. Can you find the Barn Owl?