That's My World Tuesday: Sunday Morning at Shelley Lake

This weekend we had a blessed relief from the unrelenting heat.

Unfortunately the heat is descending again for at least all this week so I took advantage of the cooler mornings this weekend.

I enjoyed the patterns that the reflections made in the water.

The Canadian Geese and ducks seemed to be having fun.

While the other ducks and geese were active the pair below were nestled into the grasses. Perhaps they have some later babies.

I decided to walk around the lake in part because I was hoping the clouds would reward me with some good reflections.

I was also aware that it was a good morning for the sunny paths I've been avoiding in favor of the woodland ones which give much needed shade when the temperatures rise fast.

Part of the way around Shelley Lake has shade but there is also more sun in other places so it's not my first choice when the heat is oppressive.

I am crossing my fingers that we'll continue having much needed breaks from the heat for at least a few days here and there until it's fall.

Sometimes I feel like I'm very boring continually talking about the weather.

However, it's difficult to ignore the weather when it is such a big factor in terms of my energy level.

I am certainly lucky to have an air conditioned house in the summer and heat in the winter.

However, in terms of being outside, I do better when it's cold as opposed to very hot.

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The Weekend in Black and White: Babbling Brook

Nice to finally get a little rain and listen to the creeks start babbling.

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SkyWatch Friday: Mixture of sky shots

Last weekend we had one of those mornings in between storms where the sky was quite beautiful.

It always amazes me how fast the weather can change.

I love the changes when a storm moves in and out.

Speckled skies are about my favorite.

I also love big clouds against blue.

The next shot was taken early this week when it was all sunshine but the red clay was still wet. I like the contrast in the clay dirt, green trees and blue sky.

I thought I'd finish off with a sunset I watched from my bedroom window.

I haven't seen a sunset this fiery in a while.

I guess that's it for this week's skywatch shots.

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ABC Wednesday: Z is for Zambia Zimbabwe Zanzibar

I was trying to think of something for Z when the Doctors Without Borders Map I have on a wall jumped out at me with Zambia, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar.

I keep that map up because I am constantly confused when looking at the globe that used to be my parents which has the names that countries were designated by on maps when I was growing up.

As you can see on the globe above Zimbabwe was designated as Rhodesia on the globe I used growing up. The U.S.S.R. was also designated on that globe as you may be able to make out below. My daughter wasn't confused because she had a very large beach ball size inflatable globe when she was growing up but I don't know what happened to that so I keep the maps that Doctors without Borders sends me tacked up on a wall.

I should throw away the old globe because it isn't fancy or anything and it's way out of date. I do like being able to see the world from the perspective of a globe rather than a flat map and I can always locate somewhere on new maps and then put it in perspective by looking at the area on the globe. Click for ABC Wednesday's Home Site.