Friday, 31 January 2020
I can’t describe how sad I feel that publicly visible corruption is endemic in our national government. I was staggered that two of our Supreme Court Justices were willing to go on live television and lie under oath…nope. I’m stopping here….
I leave you with…? drooping gold sheep? under a tree of life? I don’t know what I’m looking at. [Mall window display, little-used side hallway.]
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Serious crane-truck to lift that protective steel plate…I did wonder what equipment they use for that. [I like the reflection of the safety vest in the mailbox.]
Are squirrel-discarded pecan shell fragments also a form of infrastructure?
Flower update. Yup, the early bulbs are hitting their stride.
Sorry if you were mislead by the title and were looking forward to reading insightful comments about the 💩 flinging going on in DC.
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Recently, the Guru told me he wanted to watch “The Man DeLorean”—that’s what I heard anyway. I was thinking of the car guy (not one of the brothers).
Turns out he was saying “The Mandalorian,” which is quite a different thing. And we binge-watched it, and we have finished the series, and I miss it.
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Lotsa columns.
Half-columns.
No columns at all.
Water feature.
Humorous addition: Dolly and RGB prayer candles.
Monday, 27 January 2020
A new crop of yellow jasmine blooms….
A computational façade….
Sunday, 26 January 2020
From yesterday…beech leaves, still hanging on…
And turkey tail mushrooms, showing apparent growth rings…
Saturday, 25 January 2020
I’ve been a bit antsy for several days to get out of town, that is: OTP—outside the perimeter. No rain today, so we scooted. And headed to Russell Cave, owned by these United States, up in far northeast Alabama. This is the view from the cave, used by way-back peoples. Today it was a bit damp, and the creek below had water, but was not in flood.
We took what I thought was a short nature trail; I had it wrong. We went up and up, switchback after switchback. I kept thinking, “I’m glad it’s not wetter; this moss must get slippery!”
With the leaves off, we had some views of Doran’s Cove, the valley below.
And, as we left the cove, we saw a flock of wild turkeys. They were jumpy and headed for the woods when we stopped…only a few stragglers left. Pretty birds, these gals.
Physiographically, this area is Ridge-and-Valley. Here we are heading up the west flank of Lookout Mountain, working our way back toward the ATL. Sun’s out!
The Guru mentioned how great the light angle was, so we headed over to that big mound site just outside Cartersville on the bank of the Etowah (clue there!). The Guru was right; the light was fantastic, and there was some wind, but Droney got the shots. And video (not posted). That line of trees between the plowed field and the grass around the mounds is in a massive ditch—defensive, plus where the fill to build the mounds came from, no?
Friday, 24 January 2020
I don’t usually shoot through tree branches like this at a longer view. It matched the overcast feel, I thought.
Stopped by for another quick look at the gold Ford. Ex-cop car, it seems.
Not sure why I liked this partly in-the-building truck. The juxtaposition of the orange cone, perhaps?
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Murky day, although I did walk to the park, do a limited circuit, and walk back. Dodging a few raindrops now and then.
On the return leg, I passed a landscaper trailer piled with sod. Strange stuff, sod. Where I come from, it was grown on sandy loam. This is on what looks like a clay mixture. Can’t figure out why, other than this part of this state has more clay soils than loamy soils.
Did I have a flash card with tenebrous on it when I was studying for the GREs? Sure don’t remember ever using that word in a sentence…and now in a headline? Sheesh. 😀
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
That is, it was truck day in our neighborhood. Visiting trucks. Working trucks. And truck-workers.
Garbage day, of course; that accounted for garbage and recycling vehicles. Plus cable and communications (like this guy…in hardhat) trucks of various sorts. Plus assorted landscaper and yard-guy/gal vehicles, some dailies, some pickups with trailers. Plus delivery vehicles…mostly Amazon, with various others including stubby post office trucks.
You get the idea.
And one car I noticed—yeah, not a truck. From the words on the side it seemed that it carried a portable baby sonogram machinery/operator, if I read it right. New one on me.