Musings

Cryptographically complex token.

The picture is a moment from my day. The phrase is a totally different moment. Other than being part of my consciousness…they are…unconnected.

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Don’t remember noticing this birdbath before…and I do walk by here several times a week (lately). I promise I did NOT pose the leaves. MaNachur did.

These steps were even more interesting when I was approaching and the sun was full out. Then, camera coming out of pocket, I watched it fade to this.

Thought you, Gentle Reader, might still enjoy it.

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I struggled to be happy with today’s crop of images when I went through them to make a selection…4U. Just low pizzazz levels. The only sign of life: this bee—and s/he may be permanently parked on this sprig of lavender. Until gravity takes over. (Never moved, like the other BigBee and the honey bees that were actively buzzing the lavender.)

I do find my eye straying to the contrasting colors of the new and old growth on this Oregon grape…along with the lattice/matrix of the not-wrought-iron fence. Still…it’s a milquetoast photo.

Soooo, snapshots of the day.

Posted at 9:31 PM | Comments Off on Snapshots

Here’s an image from today, a reminder of a vehicle shuffle that follows our return, a requirement for “emptying” our driveway.

This and the next image are carry-overs from our trip, both from the end of our excursion. (Over 6K miles. Exactly 14 states, and another perhaps 200 meters, and within eyesight.)

The teapot is the most contemplative…more than the ceiling reflection above. The teapot graces a flower garden, the whole well-protected from marauding, hungry deer.

Looking back through the trio, I see that circular elements predominate over linear, and none are colorful.

Purely circumstance; no planning on my part.

Posted at 8:52 PM | Comments Off on Desaturated trio

Oblique sunlight this morning…highlighted some pleasures of being here…that have nothing to do with invasive critters, trees that may be ready to shed limbs (or worse), or other Facts_of_Life.

Not entirely sure why the window-glass fogged up; it was fine when I arose, and I sure wasn’t simmering a chicken or similar.

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I became focused on the cottonwoods today. Groups tended to indicate a home and cluster of ranch buildings.

Solos tended to be in grazing land…. [I am being kind; I probably shot fifty photos of cottonwoods today.]

Of course, the real ecological focus of this area is the river, here the North Platte. This is a LOT of water for mid-August. We heard that somewhere north and west of here they got 8″ in something like an hour the other day. In pockets, we have seen flooding in fields. It’s spotty, though—but everywhere seems especially green.

Hmmm. Not everywhere. We’ve been seeing blowouts since the Sandhills. When I worked there, people said the bison made some of them. Since the bison have been gone a good long while, I’m just not sure. This seems more like an eroded slope, however.

Wending among all of the above: coal trains. This is the famous Powder River coal that may keep you warm this winter. We usually count two engines in front (east end), and one pushing the train from the west end. The west-bound trains of empty cars are longer with usually two or three engines. Seems to me that the engine count in the Powder River Basin might become deficient.

Posted at 10:22 PM | Comments Off on Of cottonwoods and the (N)Platte

Art in a rest area.

USA flag on picket fence, Fort Hartsuff.

Industrial(?) hemp, gone wild(?).

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I slept in (as it happens), and we went for the urban exercise option instead of my usual dawn-time excursion (pant sweat sweat). This is a reflection. All of it. Strikingly clear.

This on a day when it went up to ONLY 89°F.

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Have you spotted the cat on the fence? Behind the right light-post? Stretched out like the owner of the property?

Cats!

No popup showers today, and the afternoon sunshine broke up coming through the stained-glass window that has only clear glass…but beveled panels….

UPDATE: umhem, yes, we did have a popup shower…I was distracted, and forgot when I was typing earlier…fact is, the rain-time was brief and we mostly had sunshine….

Posted at 5:52 PM | Comments Off on Cat + prismatic comet

It’s not that keys on this laptop have stopped working (as KW is dealing with), instead, this post is late due to…distraction? misapplied diligence? general slackness?

Had the photo from my wee-hours outing…so it’s not that.

Posted at 10:22 PM | 1 Comment »