Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Today I caught the sun just after it crested the horizon for a different effect. Still orange-gold.
Here’s the splitter that has been, under the Guru’s control, helping us convert more of the huge pine to firewood. Thanks to the neighbors for the loan. This one is on a trailer carriage, and is very sturdy. Note the hearing protection. The 8-horse Briggs and Stratton is noisy, and the operator has to stand right over it.
Thursday, 22 October 2015
I could see the orange in the dawn sky through the leaves and went down to the lake to get a few shots. Love the graduation to deep purple-blue above, and the deep midnight-blue of the water.
Mid-afternoon, all was bright and I was surprised at how quiet the water was. Offshore breeze, and slight—it turns out. Love the riffles in the sand. Noticed a few snails(?) still moseying about in the sand; would have thought the cold would have slowed them too much for that….
Another part of my day…these controls of the wood stove (our only heat), and periodically loading the wood (fetched by The Guru). So far the temps have been moderate enough (fingers crossed) that stove-tending hasn’t been bad at all…kinda fun actually.
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Went over the top at the meat counter today, and got spectacularly tasty lamb chops (organic, halal—the latter just happened—I found it on the label when I unwrapped them). To go with the glorious fresh mint I got the other day….
Probably should be a knife to pair with the meat-photo…however, this is what I have.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
First, it’s puh-puh-PUM October!
Found this street-charging setup…don’t know how many times I’ve walked past…on the other side of the street…and not noticed it.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Sorry to go on about the weather, but the sun hasn’t been out from maybe five? days…someone ran this excavator long enough to need on of those giant plates to keep the street open (right, out of photo). Guess today’s rain kept the crew from closing up the rawness. It is soggy out there….
Here’s the fungal side effect of all this rain we’ve been “enjoying”…and have several days more ahead of us….
Saturday, 26 September 2015
I’m not sure what these are/this is. My mind replays The Botanist’s voice saying “ornamental crabs,” by which he meant crabapples. Except I keep wondering if the ornamental varieties would have fruit? Kinda defeats the purpose of ornamentalizing?
Anyway, fancy new phone has fancy camera…qualitatively better, I think.
Only…
If today is a true sample of reality, I can’t continue to listen to the TUNE-IN app and take a photo at the same time…when the camera becomes live, the app goes mute.
Friday, 25 September 2015
I got out when it wasn’t raining, just intermittent misting. Someone hacked back this Datura over a month ago, but it has recovered and is blooming again.
This is my last daily photo with what has become, as of 4:30pm, the old phone. Yes, I’m now a 6s gal. Yes, rose gold. Pretty cool!
Friday, 11 September 2015
I’ve never seen anything quite like this…the water meter for a house in the neighborhood looks like it…overflowed with coagulating white…stuff. Strange.
Lots of rain lately, and that does alter the species assortment that is presently ascendant…also the dominant smells when there’s no breeze. Eau de decomposition.
I’m hearing duo iPhone purchase noises around here…the deals start at midnight! Must decide…what color?
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Yesterday was The Bridge. Today: a ferry—the shortest ferry ride I’ve ever seen…not that my ferry-riding experience is vast. Still. This one’s about four minutes, and the crossing is about a hundred yards. It’s the Valley View Ferry, crossing the Kentucky River south of Lexington. The first ferry was here before 1800. We were the only riders on our run, and the ferry was docked on “our” side, so we simply drove right on for regal service. Last time we did this run, the ferry was decorated with pots of geraniums; I didn’t see them this time….
On some ferries, you are required to leave the vehicle deck and stay away (see our recent Scotland ferries). On this one, riders were requested to stay in vehicles. I don’t know what they ask of pedestrians and bicyclists.
This ferry has these stylistic paddlewheel decorations, and a rotating fake paddle wheel. Retro.
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Let’s see. Where to start.
I went down to the beach and thought about how this camera is good at shooting fast, and crouched down and caught a few moments when the waves were coming toward the beach, to crash on the sand.
Now, there wasn’t that much wind behind the wave action, but it sure made for fun shooting.
Mind you, that isn’t the curvature of the earth (I’m pretty sure) recorded in the horizon, but the curvature the lens created….
I cleared out around the “wild” rose and it’s liberated (for the time being) from the grass…. I also found one (!!) foxglove in bloom (not enough light), and I think one neighboring foxglove plant, just leaves, no flower shoot.
Like the nearby rhubarb plants, they need more light.
Next garden chore…plant-liberation movement….
I also found this…well, in my insect-ignorance, I’d call it “a grasshopper.” Interesting color patterns on his/her “side.”
Parked on a mint plant.
Only it’s not my favorite mint for eating, but botanically it IS a mint….
Which means it has square stems….