I am calling this a train car because I'm not sure what it is. There was work being done on the train track not far from where this was located and there weren't any other trains on the track. I guess it's an engine of some kinds but beyond that I don't have a clue.
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Sometimes I forget to check on the sunset when clouds are moving in and storms threaten.
I almost missed this sunset but was glad I didn't as the incoming storm and setting sun made a dramatic combination.
A few days after the sunset above I caught a beautiful rising moon on a clear afternoon.
Then after it was dark I managed a night shot of the moon.
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Virginia Creeper is a vine which has volunteered to grow under my gutters and around my door.
It used to hang much lower around the door but a very vocal girl scout selling cookies expanded vociferously about how creepy she found it to have it hanging over her head.
I vetoed my impulse to tell her it was supposed to be creepy since it was Virginia Creeper. I didn't want to make her a victim of my vituperative impulses since she was very young and I'm not that vile, so I pulled off the vines growing under the one shown above.
The ivy on the side of my house gets thicker even when I pull some of it down.
I think it's very possible that one day the vines of ivy will support my aging house. My positive side veers towards that possibility.
The varied vines at different parts of my house may be getting out of hand but I enjoy the verbose birds that peak out from some of them.
The blackberry vines make a variety of birds happy and I feel virtuous about the victory they feel when they spot a juicy ripe berry to eat.
I do find it a bit vile of the honeysuckle vines to pull down young dogwood trees. Some of the many vines growing over my deck wall also grow up through my decaying deck table.
To see how other vocal participants interpret the letter V, click here.
It is too hot for me to spend much time on my deck but I've been enjoying the bathing beauties from inside my bedroom door.
The male cardinal was diving in and out of the bath and in the shot above and below was taking a break on the pool's ledge.
The female cardinal below was splashing up a storm.
I know the titmouse below was drying off because his crown was flat from the water.
The American Robin looks like she wants to say something to me.
Sometimes the house finch take a bath together.
The mourning dove below jumped out of the bath for a head shot.
The brown thrasher enjoys sitting in the water for long periods of time.
I shot the brown thrasher above and below on different days so probably not the same one.
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