Musings

Streetside tale

I stopped to take this photo, thinking there was some clever statement I could make about lights on the verge…but on the verge of what?

Then, this beauteous buteo flew in left-to-right, and landed on the sidewalk. Wha????

Of course, the bird didn’t linger, and flew down the street ahead of me, then veered off to the right.

I still don’t have a line about the verge…but I did end up with a fine, albeit brief, hawk story.

Lake views

We took a stroll around Piedmont Park to enjoy the afternoon sunshine, and found not one but two great blue herons. This is the second one. We’ve never spotted two here before (they weren’t together). Whee! We also saw many Muscovy ducks and no mallards or Canada geese (I don’t know why).

Here’s the long view from the other side of Lake Clara Meer. I’m mystified as to why the camera’s internal controls opted to make it appear to be an approaching-sunset shot. It was not; it was 3:36 pm, so mid-to-late-afternoon.

Tableau

Cement cat statue and pale pumpkin, both on a long landscaping stone imitating a ledge, plus a tamarack draping over it all, with abundant pinestraw decoration…qualifies as a tableau to me.

Happenings

Fog morn

Dense fog obscured the sunrise, and the camera’s algorithms (algorhythms?) did too! I found it more misty and mysterious than shown here.

And the ginko drop happened…at least for this tree. I didn’t do a survey and make sure it was all specimens, as is characteristic.

Weathered

For several days, the local meteorologists have been predicting this pattern. This morning, our low was the lowest we’ve had since March: brrrr. Nice later, though, and fine tomorrow, then rain rain rain, and perhaps no rain come Sunday afternoon. The models vary. Temps overnight a bit less cold, then not bad at all.

Proof that the afternoon was sunny and pleasant, albeit a bit breezy, but you can’t see that in this photo of a sculpture called Bulwarks II.

Taking the long view

We’ve a weather change coming late this week—perhaps three days of rain, so I thought I’d be sure to get out and enjoy the sunshine today…and get some perspective.

THERE’s an idea

Fabulous moon rise or rising moon, whatever.

The day’s other excitement was book club; we talked about the book rather longer than usual, some critical, some enjoyment, plenty of agreement that maybe we should do a field trip to the setting…historical fiction from the days of Michelangelo and Leonardo in the very early 1500s in Florence, Italy. We jest, but ho hum a nice adventure to contemplate.

Pre-duff fluff

I named this image leaf fluff…becuase the leaves are still fluffy and dry, and fresh-fallen. This was yesterday. Today, they are wet and matted down, on their way to becoming duff. Duff is the organic matter on top of the soil in a forest.

Photograph poem

Dewy morning.

Dew on blue.

Blue with clouds.

Red Japanese maple leaves. Okay, this is the line that changes the game, although it’s the end here.

Drama at Piedmont Park

Landscape drama shot. With ducks.

Flower drama shot. It’s all in the color.

Unphotographed drama: some kind of movie shoot…guess it could have been an ad shoot or music video…we didn’t get close enough to tell.