Musings

Fading specimens

Extinct bicycle hospital

Sign spotted in random post-boughten-breakfast stroll: Wallace Morley Bicycle Hospital. Charming.

Fading peony

Our peonies are fast-fading; I had hoped we’d catch them closer to their prime. A somethingorother butterfly adds aesthetics. However, the peonies down by the Stone House are perfect and gigantic. Latitudinal variation? 😉

Episcopal right-angles

Flashing church tower

It’s about the flashing.

Photo is from the other day because it’s record-breaking hot here and I have a case of the summer-crud. No temperature, so I’m only slow and cough-sniffly. Only, haha.

Separators

Closed shop

I was separated from this display by the windows of the shop; it was closed and the flowers highlighted by a chandelier serving as a security light. Class.

Urban maize

Here the separator is the white picket fence…protecting a small stand of maize that has survived marauding raccoons, cats, rats, and opossums.

Garden pottery reflection

The separator here isn’t visible. The pot is about four feet above the sidewalk in a little garden patio-tableau with a table and chairs; the pot sports a good reflection of the overcast sky. So the subtle separator is the retaining wall for the patio.

Situational ambience

Ladder security light

Eye-catching golden glow from security lights….

Orange cone lineup

Height-challenged orange-cone soldier lineup….

These photos were taken about two minutes apart, although they don’t look that way…in the dark vs in the open street.

A good day

Lilac w midge

I said goodbye to the lilacs for this year…well, to the blooms. I am leaving them to MaNachur.

Bridge crest

We crossed the bridge to troll-land. Thankfully, we didn’t drive straight into a wave of summer heat.

Dog run

We stopped for what you do at a rest stop…stretch legs and toilet activities. Here’s a euphemism for the same for our canine companions.

Construction near mosque

After quite some time, we drove by the country mosque—which is overlooking a construction zone at present.

Sugar silo

Our next distinctive architectural find: sugar silos.

Late day rays

And we saw some glorious day-end light.

Misc and various

Backlit apple tree

Backlit photo number one: an apple tree this morning.

Freighter entering locks

Here’s a high bridge view…freighter entering locks. Nope, didn’t look up the name. Lame me.

Two NAmn flags

Here’s proof we left the country to visit our northern neighbor for a bit.

Not an exit x3

They are curious/nosy in Sault Mich. All doors must be labeled, even if the label is only slightly helpful.

Backlit fern frond

Backlit photo number two: a fern frond this evening.

Midwest glimpses

Kimmys Korner

You know if this was your neighborhood, you’d sure shop sometimes at Kimmy’s Korner Groc.

Midwest abandoned outbuildings n barn

Silo sentinels of the Midwest often flank barns, but not all are dilapidated and deteriorating, like this specimen.

Deshler viewpoints

What is not in this photo is a modest-sized drone far above…a backhoe and a drone witnessing latrine use…glad I was on the sidelines.

Friendly still life

Orchid in window-still-life. Very welcoming. (Thnx.)

Deterioration and remodeling

Half urn

Half an urn is better than nothing?

Manuels remodeling corner

Manuel’s Tavern is being remodeled. At present, the windows gape and the interior walls are tattered. A worker abandoned a cup on the windowsill. We await the Tavern’s rebirth.

Obscure one and two

Unknown flower spike

Did a family walk this morning, and escaped the threat of raindrops, against the odds. We found these flower spikes; I do not know what they are, but am attracted to the range of colors related to white, green, and grey-purple.

Foggy tall midtown

Late in the afternoon, we discovered that the tops of Midtown buildings were…obscured. We returned home safely, despite street after street of traffic.

Great sky

Mirror helmet

Not sure why the rider would choose a mirror helmet, but it is fun for those in the vehicle behind waiting for the light to change.

Undersized lighting fixture

I liked the lines of this building, but thought the columns a bit small in diameter, and the lighting fixture a bit…light for the overall aesthetics. Maybe that’s me, however….