Miscellaneous

Glass Bricks

These are glass bricks that form a divider in the local Cheeburger Cheeburger. I like the patterns in them, which are given depth by the light coming from outside as well as the colored interior lighting.

Briggs and Stratton

When we moved into out current house in 2006 I decided it was time to retire the lawn mower we had been using at our old house. It was 12 years old and had served faithfully with very little trouble. For the new mower, I thought I’d try a Toro. I can’t say I’m particularly impressed. The engine itself hasn’t had any trouble and I hate to say it’s time for a new one but the rest of the mower could be more robust. The drive transaxle gave up a few years ago. I bought a new one and replaced it and I thought that was going to be the worst of things. Well, a few short years later and it looks like it’s gone again. I don’t really want to keep replacing that. Also, now the bolt the holds the handle to the chassis has come out and disappeared somewhere in the yard. So, I decided to cut my losses and start over. I’m sure there are other people with stories exactly opposite to mine but I’ve gone back to Craftsman. Sorry Toro.

Air Ducts As Art

OK, maybe art is too strong a word here. Perhaps air ducts as design elements. Anyway, I went out to lunch with a couple friends from work today and noticed the nicely painted air ducts overhead. Anyone know where this is?

Maple Leaf

It’s like fall color in the spring. This little maple leaf was on the ground in our back yard and I liked the color when the sun shone through it. Needless to say, I had my camera with me so I took a picture. What a beautiful day.

Ghost Car

It isn’t a great picture but I never promised great pictures. I was waiting at a light on the way home and decided to see if I could get a good blur from the cars going across in front of me. If I had taken this picture about a half a second later I’d have gotten a police car with its lights flashing. Oh well.

I also took some pictures of Dorothy and some of her friends but I’ll post a couple of those on Facebook for those of you who see my pictures there.

Diner

We had dinner with Cathy’s mom at a Thai restaurant this evening, beating the Mother’s Day rush. I really like the lighting, the colors, and the chrome of this diner a couple doors up, though. It isn’t an old or historic diner and in fact it just changed ownership. Still, it looks pretty cool.

Kendra's Trumpet

Dorothy’s friend Kendra came over this evening and played music together, Dorothy on the piano and Kendra on her trumpet. They weren’t tuned together very well but other than that it was nice. Dorothy’s writing a song and they worked out a trumpet part.

Corvettes

Last month I posted a rather pedestrian photo of a line of Camrys. Question: Can a photo of cars be pedestrian? What if the photo was taken from the window of a car? Anyway…

Today, after a short visit to the orthodontist and then another brief visit at Einstein’s we stopped and I took a few pictures of a line of Corvettes. Yes, that’s better.

Dorothy's New Shoes

I don’t know that she actually needed them but she bought them, anyway. Nice.

Rain On The Window

I’m not complaining, mind you, but it rained again today. I happened to be out taking pictures when the rain rolled back in, which was a bit of a surprise. The pictures I got were not all that good and I decided to go with this one of rain on the window of my office. I’ll try to get better versions of the picture I tried to take another day.

Rain!

We’ve been hoping for rain for a while now and it finally came, starting last night and continuing pretty much all day today. I don’t know how much rain we got but it was very welcome. We went to Stadler Nurseries this afternoon and walked around in the drizzle. I bought a camellia (C. japonica ‘Dad’s Pink’) and Cathy bought a columbine. It was too wet to plant them today, though. This picture was taken on our back patio.

Camrys

I gave a friend a lift to pick up his car at one shop and then take it to the dealer for some warranty-covered work. While I was waiting I took this picture of a line of Toyota Camrys.

Redbud Leaves

The new leaves on the redbud trees are cute, delicate, little hearts. What a beautiful, cool, spring day we had today. Breezy and fair. We need rain, of course, but I was glad to be out in the sunshine today.

Dentistry Tools

Some people hate going to the dentist. I guess I get that but for me, it’s just something you do. I go fairly often because I don’t take as good care of my teeth as I ought and this is my way of making up for it. I’ve actually had a pretty good history, dentistry-wise. Also, I have a great dentist, which certainly helps. Anyway, I went today for my period cleaning and check-up. All is well.

Reflections, Again

Just over two months ago I posted a photo that I titled Reflections. It was the back entrance to the office building where I work and it was mostly a study in gray and brown. Well, this morning I was struck by how different it looks now, with blue and enough green to be quite cheerful. I reflected on the reflections and decided I’d take and post another picture.

Lucky Cat

We moved the new aquarium into the kitchen today and got it situated. As you can see, it doesn’t have any water in it yet, that will come. For now, it’s home to a lucky cat and some Clementines.

Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea)

Last year I planted an Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) in a shady part of the front yard. It’s doing well and leafing out and I like the lines of the emerging leaves.