Tuesday, 11 August 2020
First ground-flock of Canada geese I’ve spotted…preparing to fly south?
My hypothesis: the geese find the giant hay bales nurturing.
A fine shot of Queen Anne’s lace aka wild carrot, an invasive species from Europe and southwest Asia, to honor Joe’s VP pick: Kamala Devi Harris (October baby!, b. 1964), US Senator and former AG of CA.
Also in the news: Big Ten, Pac 12, more cancel fall football (that is: American football).
Monday, 10 August 2020
Without a doubt, the highlight of our day was a lovely, long, languorous luncheon-bruncheon, with extended socially distanced laughing and chatting.
Sunday, 9 August 2020
I went out to photo the heavy morning fog and found a distracted, not-worried chipmunk, who stayed around long enough for me to capture his/her soul.
I also found some extremely local webs, not at all world-wide.
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Get it? Sorry. Struck me as humorous. I saw this as a snap and thought I could post a posted sign. [Yes, I can be rather simple-minded.]
More than that, however, I liked the tip of the metal post poking up its red-head behind the wooden post.
Friday, 7 August 2020
I tried for an artsy photo with light rays caused by the lens (I think). Turns out I had something—probably hand cream: oops—smudged on the lens for an additional muted effect (that I don’t like).
Thursday, 6 August 2020
First, there were five crows perched on high dead tree branches.
Then, two flew off.
Then, one more left.
The answer is ___.
And they didn’t stay around long after I took this snap.
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Tonight we ate veggies from the neighbors’ garden: mini-cucumbers, leaf lettuce, broccoli…all super-yum. We ate basil from our garden*…snipped atop a pasta-tomato sauce mixture [okay, I admit: the ingredients for that were from various groc stores].
I kinda think the basil made the main dish phenomenal!
* Our garden consists of basil…and a pair of barely rooted spearmint stems. So we pretty much harvested all we had! [Not enough of a garden to get through the winter….]
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
We got antsy this afternoon and took what on another day would be called a Sunday Drive. No destination. No agenda other than Getting Out of the House. Which is a fine goal.
This place is called Eagles Nest.
And here’s a Great Lake and some low sand dunes, foreground, and much higher dunes in that rather distant shore-curve.
Wandered down a dead-end road and found a half-barn. What beams! And the silo is wood, too, with metal straps encircling the walls one above another.
Monday, 3 August 2020
I’ve got two interesting pictures today, I thought, embarking on this post. This one has immediate punch. Color. Drama. Visual clout. Floral!
Yet, this one of the growth end of a cucumber plant is in many ways far more interesting. Look at that unfurling foliage drama! So much mystery unfurling pending. Flowers are lovely, but cucumber plants have flower AND produce food.
No honest way to compare the pair.
Sunday, 2 August 2020
Around noon, things got rather quiet here, as our social-distancing houseguest left…zoom zoom. Then, we discharged our batteries with a few chores and, this evening, dove into the new “Perry Mason,” which is nothing like the TV Perry Mason’s of my childhood (in re-runs near you).
This photo is from last night…and the bright dot above the moon is…(have I already forgotten?) Jupiter?. (Too sedentary right at the moment to check my app. 😴 Lazy gal.)