Musings

Wishing to give the new fitness device (misleadingly called a watch, which is accurate in that it does tell time, yet has a fuzziness similar to a smartphone—which is far more smart than phone) a tryout, I got out pretty darned early, and paced myself, ending up with a mostly sunny three miles. One darned gorgeous fencerow maple.

And a tree skeleton—an elm, I’m guessing. Rain most of the overnight hours, hence intermittent puddles and mud.

I worked very hard to turn this into moose tracks, but the overwhelming evidence of an adjacent cattle pasture and a vague recollection that moose tracks look like giant deer tracks, and thus are much narrower…forced me to accept the domestic nature of this evidence.

Although clouds were coming in, we went over to the refuge to drive the loop. We did see a few ducks, geese, and swans at a distance, but this dirty great blue heron (?) was the most interesting specimen we spotted. A quiet day for critters.

Dramatic maroon leaves on this small tree.

And the autumn mushrooms are about…or at least they strike me as a different assortment of species from the springtime crop. Or my dataset is skewed and, most likely of all, my observations are based on ignorance.

Posted at 5:03 PM | Comments Off on Fall colors, shapes

Guru report: almost 800 miles today. Handy Hero the Handyman Hammerman ushered us onto the interstate.

Much later, at a Ohio rest area, we didn’t rest, but did get in a few steps and used the facilities. And grabbed a few snaps of a fine orange sun, peeking through a relatively complete cloud layer.

Despite today’s many miles, I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s drive!…well, more tomorrow’s destination…teehee

Posted at 10:13 PM | Comments Off on Matter of fact

I avoided being afoot in the neighborhood today (left knee cranky), but The Guru flew high. Photo by him. With gigantic thanks

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I typed in a name for this photo…I thought I was creating “skyline,” but what I made was “shyline,” which is a lovely error. Overcast equals shy? Still pondering….

Sigh. Mmmmm. Cat loveliness.

Posted at 10:18 PM | Comments Off on Moments

I’ve been eyeing this driveway and steps combo for years, watching the concrete degrade and thinking somehow there’s a photo here, but not finding a way to capture it. This comes close.

This is easier to grasp: leaves (almost) the size of a manhole cover! Ehem, sewer access lid…whatever.

Posted at 7:50 PM | Comments Off on Perspectives

I often find insects on my flower photos, and here are three insects: the large one under the cap on the tissue ring on the stem, plus the two darker dots on the cap-top: insects.

Is this a metaphor? For…what?

Posted at 5:45 PM | Comments Off on Secret lives

Such a colorful flower (bud).

It makes such strange seed pods. Note texture, size, surface (aka total morphology)…little spikey pillows with pointy tongues.

Much more interesting than reading about fomite transmission rates for Covid-19—be much more worried about aerosol rates!

Posted at 9:14 PM | Comments Off on De-fogging

Last night, we had more rain, or more rain at once, than I noticed zzzzzz. Look at the line of detritus the water left behind. Not a wrack line, and neither flotsam nor jetsam. Just organic material without an ocean or tide.

BTW, that’s plastic not grass beneath the…Stuff.

Posted at 6:47 PM | Comments Off on Evidence

Fortified: by a fort.

Invigorated: by socially distant socializing with a long-time friend over cocktails.

Enriched: by a wide expanse of beauty.

Posted at 9:53 PM | Comments Off on Enriched, invigorated, fortified (not in that order)

First sweet pea pods I’ve seen in 2020….

Apples coming down, and smelling like yellow jacket heaven. Or cider, depending on your point of view.

Posted at 8:54 PM | Comments Off on Fall-is-coming evidence