Sunless but pleasant enough
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
This crew worked their way along the street, trimming trees above and adjacent to the lines. Or one guy did while the others provided moral support?
I guess today was a “looking up” day?
Musings
Angles and curves
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
We passed the final milestone (fingers crossed) in getting the New Car properly registered here in our home state. It has been a rather circuitous road. I conclude that paper-pushers in the private sector can be rather haphazard.
Several synonyms of sloppy have unusual consonant combinations—slaphappy, slipshod, slapdash, haphazard, lackadaisical, shambolic—also, “s” sounds are frequent.
The macro-ed world (again)
Monday, 9 January 2017
First I thought I’d write about these ice mini-towers, maybe 3cm tall in total.
Then I saw these buds…when I looked at the close-up, gee, they looked crinkled and…unpleasant. Frost/cold is the culprit, I think. [Some woody shrub I don’t know the name of.]
I liked these mushroom gills the best!
Embracing the bracing cold
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Here’s a close-up of frost heaving…the water in the soil freezes and expands and the crystals move the soil around, which can affect the disposition of artifacts…. Sunny today, but not much above freezing. I heard melting, but in protected places the evidence of a winter snow/ice event remains.
Photographic proof of the heavier snow load in the north GA mountains…what the neighbors brought back on the roof of their SUV…looks like about four inches…far more than the dusting that happened hereabouts.
Sea to inland
Saturday, 7 January 2017
We made it out to the beach for a bit of a stroll. Almost no beachcombers, and few birds….
The last hurricane damaged the pier, and apparently also most of the walkways across the dunes to the beaches. Visitors just walk through the dunes (the walkways were to protect the dunes, so total failure with that maneuver), but this barrier is more robust. We could see that the end of the pier was missing…yup, dangerous out there.
I don’t remember seeing these huge round cotton bales before. Round hay and straw bales, yes. I think these are larger—and far larger than the old hand-picked bales, too!
We found ice still glittering in Atlanta’s trees where it remained protected from Mr. Sun. We found a dusting of snow remaining in our yard, to be sustained overnight with the below-freezing temps predicted for us.
I remembered another pork item from yesterday’s breakfast buffet, bringing the total to nine, seven of meat, and two dishes with some meat added….
Peeks into several worlds
Friday, 6 January 2017
I found this collection of mementoes pacifying, although the figure has a rather serious mien. We had great fun visiting the legendary Al and Jill, and their younger generation, and a sample of one from the grandchild generation…so homey.
We saw the last night of Xmas lights, and these outlined the trees in an interesting distortion of the natural arrangement of the large and small branches.
Hmm. Wintery mix is pretty and contrastive in the spectrum of colors chosen to represent segments of the continuum from not freezing to freezing…. Stay warm, everyone.
Not mentioned, another world was the small-town breakfast buffet we hit (coffee and juice extra) that included pig in these forms: ham slabs, sausage patty, sausage links, bacon, sausage gravy, fried pork chops, hash, and a mixture of chopped canned tomatoes, onions, and ham. [UPDATE: also another sausage, perhaps Italian and something like andouille?] No one had a heart attack while we were there, but I worried that a regular might….
Shoreline fun
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Hey, we’re on the Gulf Coast, so of course we saw…a lighthouse!
And wading birds! Is this a limpkin? I think so…. Watched her/him for some time….
We also saw birds of several colors and configurations (including Snow Birds), two gators, one armadillo (wait, that was yesterday), shrimp and oysters (on our plates)….
But the best shots of the day were from Drone-y/Roney…above this white sand beach with the narrow peninsulas extending out from the beach during low tide…
…and this sunset shot. You can see a sliver of the Gulf past the river….
Golden light: present, then going, going…
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
We found golden light on the backside of a renovated hotel/apartment building, way down in SoGA*.
No where near as flashy, but I liked this arboreal skeleton, also created by uber golden light.
And, funny thing, we discovered that we could cross the GA–FL line on a dirt road. Packed sand, that is. Great surface (today). And a canopy road at that. (Yes, that’s a term.) Only saw one deer family, and none were close enough to be dangerous.
* That is, south GA.
Neighborhood visibles
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
I have been working up a story to go with this…a school project, no? Popsicle sticks that never had any food attached, and yarn…to make an ornament that got sidetracked to adorn a picket and not a tree…. Festive!
No story with this one, it’s just an attractive pattern, enriched by the dark grout/mortar separating the stones….
Close-up experimentation
Monday, 2 January 2017
I left the house and I was happy that it was misting. I didn’t intend to adventure for long, but I thought I was safe from rain. No such luck.
I did wear my raincoat, and my down puffy-coat, so I was toasty and dry for the length of time I was outside.
I experimented with the new macro lens that clips on over my iPhone…. I will have to work on steadying my hands….