Our World Tuesday: The first Six Days of October

The Brodie Duke Building was originally a tobacco warehouse.

Measurement, Inc. a testing company in Durham, NC renovated this building to be used for offices.

Measurement, Inc did the same thing with several other buildings in Durham.

I've photographed this ice cream truck several times in front of a Durham, NC high school.

The rest of the shots were taken in Raleigh, NC where I live.

I picked shots from each day in October thus far (10-1 through 10-6-2013).

We're still in the early part of fall.

When I spot trees that are changing colors I take a quick shot.

There are a lot of evergreens in my town but some of the green is from oak trees and others that change to their fall colors later.

The rufous-sided towhee was bathing on my deck.

My Virginia Creeper is changing colors.

The brown thrasher was getting ready for a bath.

The carolina wren was drying off after a bath.

The rest of the shots are from a Sunday walk at Shelley Lake.

I'm looking forward to the trails having their fall colors later this fall.

I live in central NC which is usually several weeks to a month behind the fall colors in the NC mountains.

I usually go to the mountains in the fall and catch the peak fall foliage and then come home and get our peak fall show later.

There are mostly ducks at the lake now.

The gulls arrive in the late fall and stay until spring most years.

I usually spot great blue herons at the lake but haven't seen them the past few times I've walked.

It's been noticeable how few Canadian Geese that are at this lake lately.

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The Weekend in Black and White: Inside and Outside

I've posted black and white shots before of the ivy shadows on the inside of my window blinds.

This week I thought I'd also show what it looks like on the outside.

Next another window with an inside and then outside view.

I'm not sure if the plants are going to hold my house up or pull it down over time. Perhaps a little of both.

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SkyWatch Friday: End of September and beginning of October

I caught a morning moon on September 26, 2013.

I selected the photographs for this post beginning with September 26 and continuing through the first day of October, 2013.

 

This is a good time of the year for sky watching.

The sky below is what I call a quilted comforter sky.

The clouds are like cotton candy below.

I love the afternoon light this time of the year.

The afternoon light gives the sky a satin glow.

We've had some days with a vivid blue sky serving as a backdrop to large clouds.

This is another week where I had trouble narrowing down the shots to use.

I caught a pretty sunset one afternoon.

We haven't had too many colorful sunsets lately but usually I catch at least one or too a week.

I like the mix of textures in the cloud below.

The clouds below almost look like a big head on a skinny neck attached to a large body.

We've had quite a few cotton ball clouds.

One of these days I'm going to learn the scientific names for clouds.

I know a few names for clouds but can't usually recognize which are which.

I tend to make up names for clouds rather than learn their real names.

September was getting seasonably cool.

It is strange that the last day of September and beginning of October changed back to almost summer weather.

 I don't mind some ups and downs with the temperatures but I'm looking forward to the first frost of the season.

 I think our average first frost is usually sometime between mid and late October.

Last winter was unusually mild.

We had a few small snows but it never got very cold.

 I hope we will have a colder winter this year but I know enough to be careful what I wish for.

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ABC Wednesday: L is for Lily

Lustrous luscious lemony luminescent lily

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