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Here and There…Now and Then |
Tree Reflections
I took a lot of good pictures today of people, mostly friends from church. I couldn’t pick one as being better than the rest so I’ve decided to put them up in their own gallery and just put this picture up as my Project 365 image. I’m undecided as to whether it would look better if the pavement was in focus as well as the trees but I Like it, anyway.
Blank Wall
The challenge: take a picture of a blank wall and make it interesting. The problem: as soon as there’s any pattern on the wall, it’s not truly blank any more. This is as close to a blank wall as I could get and still have much interest. It’s really bothering Dorothy, so that’s something, anyway.
Moving Water
The stream next to my office was flowing fast and furious today, with melting snow. I took a bunch of pictures of the stationary waves and this is my favorite of them.
Ice Crystals
It was chilly this morning and ice crystals had formed on my car windshield over night. I’m not sure about the color in this but wonder if it has to do with the polarizing effect of the crystals in combination with the safety glass.
Shopping Cart
Yesterday I decided to go into the older woods between my building and Key West Avenue. It’s much different to the empty lot I’ve been visiting. Older (but still not terribly old). It’s interesting what you’ll find in the woods. There seems to be the remains of an old road. I found a deer skin and this old shopping cart.
Loch Menk Monster
Our friends and neighbors built this creature in their front yard. I’m not exactly sure if it’s a centaur or what so we named it the Loch Menkis Monster. Very nice, guys.
Parking Garage
You’re probably thinking this looks like the exit gate for a parking garage. Well aren’t you clever. That’s exactly what it is. Now you’re wondering if there’s a story behind it. Yep, there is. But I’m not going to tell you. Sorry.
Eat
Speaks for itself, I think. We did.
Ice
I took pictures of the grass and snow in the lot next to my office but the consensus here was that this was a better picture. Can you tell what it is? It was a beautiful afternoon, although a bit nippy.
Gears
I wanted to take a picture of Dorothy at the orthodontist today but she wasn’t having any of that. In the evening I was looking around for shapes and patterns and I saw this hand drill, which I use when I need to make small holes and don’t need the power of the electric drill. I love gears.
Silo and Barn
It was snowing this morning. Quite lovely. There’s a big oak tree on Rt. 108 that I’ve thought dozens of times, as I drive by, I really need to stop and take a picture of that tree. So, today I went and I did. But they aren’t as good as I’d hoped, partly because of the power lines running behind the tree. Then I drove around and came across this barn and silo that I think are pretty nice.
Oil on Water
The empty lot next to my office is mostly brambles and small trees. It was cleared about 15 years ago so all the trees are younger than that. There is a smallish stream running through the property, which I’m sure has been a headache for those hoping to build there. For the most part, the water is beautifully clear but there was this one quiet corner with a small amount of something oily on the surface.