I'm tired & irritable & don't want to play anymore. 2 days ago
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“I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.” - David Sedaris
I love Autumn; the crisp air, the beautiful colors of nature, the chance to break out the sweatshirts & jackets, the realization that the holiday season is quickly approaching…
Wait a minute. The holiday season is quickly approaching?
The sky was blue & cloudless on Sunday afternoon, but I was able to snap this picture of a little bird in the tree by our garage. I think it’s a starling, but I’m not sure.
Roadrunner – Bo Diddley (One of my favorite versions of this song was made for the Backbeat soundtrack, which was actually a cover of a cover… Dave Grohl, Dave Pirner, Thurston Moore, Mike Mills, Greg Dulli and Don Fleming as the very young Beatles covering Bo Diddley – sounds weird, but it’s awesome.)
The skies were almost orange that morning – but I LOVE those clouds. I tried to take some pictures of a full moon, which seemed more appropriate for this weekend, but they just didn’t turn out. Going to have to play with the settings & figure out how to get a good one.
And how about the Friday Five portion of this post? It’s not as fun as last year’s - but it’s still pretty good!
I thought this morning I would combine SkyWatch Friday with Friday Five, which I haven’t done in a while. The songs in this case are inspired by the picture; a gorgeous sunrise that I was watching in my rear-view mirror on my way to work Tuesday morning.
Light, feathery Cirrus clouds as seen from a third floor hospital window last weekend – where we have spent entirely too much time lately with my Father-in-law.
I took these while driving home from work a few weeks ago. They’re nice to look at right now because today is our second dark, dreary, rainy day in a row.
I had to stop on my way home from work last week to take this picture. The sky was pretty and the corn tassels made me think of Grandpa. He always looked at other farmers’ fields whenever we drove anywhere and talked about what kind of crop it was, what stage it was in, and what it all meant. He passed away in 2002, but every time I drive by a corn field I think about him. He was quite a guy.
An unusually cool and cloudy August afternoon ballgame at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO.
The longer the game went on, the cloudier and cooler it got. By the 7th inning stretch, the wife was ready for a vendor to walk by yelling “HOT COFFEE” rather than “ICE COLD BEER”. Which, for the record, did not happen.
I’m pretty sure they’re going to have to add another flag to this array after this year’s World Series. (Hey, it never hurts to think positive, does it?)
I’ve been working on designing a new website for our church lately, so I’ve been taking advantage of nice days to photograph the building. I’m trying to find that right balance of artistic flair & juxtaposition while still showing the church off at the same time. I’m a little biased probably, but I think it’s a pretty church.
But there was one day in particular last week when the sky was a gorgeous deep blue and spotted with fluffy and wispy clouds. It didn’t necessarily accentuate the church, but the sky is beautiful.
I love the way the sun is framed by the clouds in this one…
