Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Sometimes, and thankfully only SOMEtimes, things take WAY longer than you expect…to get taken care of, finished, completed—done, in the parlance.
And that’s basically okay in the greater scheme of things, it just forces one to adjust going forward.
Which, perhaps in paradox, can offer an unexpected, happy opportunity.
As today played out, we found a stunning sunset…we might otherwise have missed.
Sunday, 2 August 2015
Back-to-school tax-free weekend…not sure why a wedding-dress shop is advertising this…. Pretty sure wedding dresses, trains, and tiaras are not tax-free…. Did hear that umbrellas (?) remain taxed.
Found this (oops; out-of-focus) snail catching up on her/his reading…an old issue of the NYT.
Saturday, 1 August 2015
I was out early enough to view a carry-over of July’s blue moon. Saturday morning…pretty quiet. Not even many runners and exercisers until I’d been out a while.
I only saw four vehicles on about a half-mile of The Busy Street, the last a toenail-tired red jeep* that I thought maybe was headed to the Fire Station. Yup. New shift arriving early….
Among critters, I kept seeing sparrows, here and there, busy. I usually don’t much notice the sparrows, overshadowed by more colorful robins, jaybirds, cardinals, and the like. I did come across a trio of young mockingbirds later, acting, I thought, like teenagers (scrabbling, throwing off energy).
* Heep de row. Or similar. In a John D. MacDonald Travis McGee tale.
Monday, 6 July 2015
Before the rain arrived in late afternoon, I went down to the beach. See how the sky is already anticipating the incipient precipitation?
The wind has kicked up the waves, and they are toying with the dock. Love the bubbled, lacy look of the thin and thinning leading-edge of the wave on the sand-shore. It’s only there a heartbeat before gravity triumphs, and the cycle launches again.
As I was returning to the cottage, I discovered this moth artfully resting on a daisy. If I’d paid more attention I would have gotten a less blurry shot.
Sunday, 5 July 2015
Short version: I can see Canada from my friends’ beach.
Another short version: Corps of Engineers logo detail. War Department, I think the text amplified.
Yikes.
Friday, 3 July 2015
The overt reason for our car/woods-jaunt was to pick up our mis-delivered rugs (back porch is coming UP in the world!). Vendor’s screwup, and John negotiated refund of shipping costs, and we’re fine with the outcome. And the new look!
We ended up hither and yon along one section of the Tahquamenon swamp, then touring Laketon, a ghost town (takes only a minute). We even crossed the river on a wood-decked span I’m sure would have been labeled “WEAK BRIDGE” in the Brit Isles.
Found this wee fur-bearer at Eagle’s Nest/Eagle Nest. Naming doesn’t match. I know s/he is NOT an eagle. We’re thinking weasel relative…?
Our critter count also included gulls (of course), LBBs*, a doe and pair of fawns, and a 4-point buck (running FAST).
All that plus new rugs, yes!
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Some days I look through my photo collection (including a few courtesy of the Guru), and I quickly zero in on The One. Sometimes I eyeball a few, then am able to pick one. On occasion, it’s “reply hazy, try again later.”
Do I select a typical go-to, a flower?
Blue flag (I’m pretty sure).
Do I go for a critter? We watched him/her toss the fish several times, easily recatching it each time, I guess before he/she liked the alignment, then, zip, down the hatch.
Common loon (again, pretty sure on this).
Then there’s the pattern option. I really like studying these images. How many scales/types of patterns and asymmetries can I identify?
And then The Guru takes interesting images. Sometimes ones I can’t get.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
When I was taking this picture, I liked the various shapes, rounded and straight, repeated and random, best. When I downloaded it and looked at it “big,” I liked the reflection of the sky best. Now, maybe I like the dark red top of the narrow vase best—and the companion piece back by the fence.
Friday, 19 June 2015
I am off on a Edward Hopper-esque tangent with my early-morning photos….
There are a few exercising humans out in the fading darkness when the temps are below 80°F, and once in a while a car, but mostly I see robins, and a few other birds. Cats, sometimes. Today, an opossum. Scuttling.
