Thursday, 25 June 2020
Sometimes I scan my surroundings and continue walking, then my brain jogs me to go back for something I passed. That happened with this window…because of the heart. I went back for a blue heart.
And, yes, rain overnight, and high humidity all day. Happy hostas.
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Lately, about once a week I traipse by this building to see if it’s still standing. It began as a light industrial nexus adjacent to a railroad track.
Now the railroad track is gone, and the right-of-way is an artery for foot traffic, segways, bicycles, and the like. And the edifice was long ago converted into artist studios and apartments.
Such is the evolution of land use.
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Almost everything that catches my eye when I’m out “taking my exercise” is what you’d expect…sidewalks and streets, traffic, parked vehicles, road signs, mailboxes, plants and lawns, dog-walkers, joggers, kid’s toys, puddles, organic matter that the rain last night downed, wandering cats, stray chipmunks, assorted flags—all that you’d expect in a neighborhood-with-a-small-business-area. Special today: garbage containers.
This I didn’t anticipate: juse…written in white paint on an industrial electrical conduit box. Still trying to decode “juse.”
Monday, 22 June 2020
We had a heavy-dew morning.
Then it was just plain humid. And hot.
And storms came through early this evening.
Sunday, 21 June 2020
Nothing novel about a squirrel chase, but that morning light—golden!
This hawk (I’m pretty sure) landed in front of me…unclear what the catch was. I left her/him to it….
Sit, Nova!
High five, Nova!
And here’s your treat!
Saturday, 20 June 2020
These guys are doing their volleyball thing like there’s no covid likely to be transmitted while heavy-breathing. [Two weeks ago, the MLB allowed baseball teams to open spring training; now they’ve got so many Covid-Positive players and staff that everything’s closed again. A cosmos for the rest of us.]
Among the many remodeling, construction, and rebuilding activities that are underway because: covid closed, trucks today removed several portable trailer-classrooms from a nearby elementary school. I look forward to seeing how this works out. Fewer classrooms to densify students? THAT doesn’t make sense…so what are they up to? Standing by….
Friday, 19 June 2020
In my head, I call these covid car spots…whether there’s a car (or other vehicle) there or not. They are distinguished by the drip line and sedimentation pattern. Many covid cars have been moved…this one is a fresh exit. [It’s by the house where a couple walked their cats (one each) during the height of staying home.]
Some city people water their sidewalks. I’m not sure, but I hypothesize that they think it’ll make the cracks seal up.
Whimsical sculpture…by fence. Is it a razorback hog? A dog with muscular thighs? Not sure.
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Pro-tomato, anti-squirrel cage technology.
I still see this and have to translate from Bureau of Land Management to…#BLM.
Hosta bloom portrait. Moderately successful.
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
I walked along a street I rarely visit and found this oversized thistle. Stunning.
This resembles a travertine flow at Yellowstone, yet it’s a cascade of fungi.
Large TV in a small apartment. A basement apartment. Pure spectator anthropology. [Full disclosure: I saw no people; I did not hang around; I stopped and took a photo, then moved on.]
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
This one’s obvious. And red.
Here’s a duck family social distancing. Or maybe together-ing.
And me social distancing, by heading off to the right to avoid the slip-stream of these folks. In fact, the whole way up the west side of the lake I happily did not encounter another person, and thus I had to do no slipstream countermeasures. I’m thinking that’s a good name for a band [“Slipstream Countermeasures, on stage Friday…in 2021”]…perhaps too long?