Skywatch Friday: Colorful

Even when the sky is gray, looking up is colorful this time of the year. When the sky is blue it's almost blinding how much color there is.

Eventually I'll have to branch out from posting autumn leaves but they seem to be what I photograph most this time of year. The colors are so dazzling I find myself catching my breath from sensory overload.

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ABC Wednesday: Rocks

I for one think rocks rock. Riding along on the road I love to encounter large rocks off to the side. I wouldn't want to roar into a rock boulder in the middle of the road.

The trees growing out of the rocks left when the mountain road was cut are literally growing between a rock and a hard place.

I think stone buildings are charming and they are really rock buildings by any other name.

I like the texture of the loose rocks but I imagine they would make me see red if they started falling onto my car when I'm on the road.

You would have to have rare strength or really good machines to move the large boulder style rocks.

I love the stone bridges made of rocks which are rarely seen in my part of the state but are common in the mountains not too far from me.

Sometimes I randomly daydream about a rock wall in front of my house but I can't afford one.

It would be really cool to have a rock water feature like the one right below and a river to run through it.

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That's My World Tuesday: Mystery Solved

I have noticed at the dam end of Shelley Lake there are an increasing number of objects that I usually try to avoid in photographs.

I know they aren't there to interfere with my photography but until a recent walk I didn't try to figure out what they were.

Once I bothered to read the signs I realized that there is an experimental fish feeding station. Now why didn't I think of that.

As we move into late fall the hills and fields at the lake are turning brown which I like. Green is pleasant but the browns of fall and winter have their own beauty too.

There is always a lot of green in the trees even after the fall leaves are all gone because of the number of evergreen trees around the lake.

I am glad that some bare limbs are starting to add their own beauty to the sky.

The colorful leaves can be breathtaking but the bare limbs are amongst my favorites.

Fall is a great time for a variety of reflections in the lake. I always look forward to that.

I think the leaves around this bench look like rose petals.

Once again I am left having trouble narrowing down which photographs to post.

The weekly and even daily changes are so noticeable, I find myself trying to record them during my photo walks.

I love being able to glance over into the woods and see golden light pouring off the trees.

The paths with mixed colors in various trees create a palette from nature and the blues from reflected light on the lake can be extremely intense.

The sandbar remains as a little island for the geese but the flowers and grasses that covered it in the summer are all gone.

Standing on top of the dam, I take a last look for that walk at the autumn foliage.

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The Weekend in Black and White: Uprooted

This was a sizable tree I spotted on the banks of the lake. It was starting to look like driftwood but it would take a lot of force to move it.


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