The Weekend in Black and White: Light and shadow on my living room wall

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SkyWatch Friday: heading towards mid September

I like the way you can see the bone structure of the mackerel against the blue in the first shot.

Although we've had some rain, so far September has had more blue skies than we had during the summer.

I think the vertical line below looks like a necklace.

We had one day that was sunny all day which was nice.

Early fall colors are beginning to show up in the tree canopy.

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ABC Wednesday: I is for Imagination

My imagination is frequently sparked by the sky.

The sky can illustrate mood as well as flights of fancy.

The moon illuminates the sky even when captured by a magical basket.

I think there is something other worldly about the moon over the snow covered roof below.

Imagine a white castle floating above the ocean.

Imagine a white elephant pulling up her ears.

Imagine the sky set on fire by a dragon.

I see a sailboat flying in the sky.

 I see a dancer twirling across the sky.

I see an airborne whale.

Not hard to imagine a little romance with a sky like the one below.

I find magic in a colorful sky over snowy rooftops.

I see a snow army taking over the world.

I see a giant butterfly.

I see a giant trying (unsucecssfuly) to hide behind the tree.

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Our World Tuesday: Sunday walk in September

Our weather has been heating up again but the nights have been cool enough to keep the mornings pleasant.

The children in the next shot were hollering at their parents to slow down but the parents were cycling ahead and ignoring them.

The dirt on the growth along the edge of the lake in the next shot was the first sign of how much flooding there was from a major rain storm a week ago.

I took a lot of dappled light shots.

I light to catch shadows on the pathways.

The cormorants are back on the pilings. I usually only see them at this lake in central NC from early September until spring when they disappear.

On the opposite side of the lake and creek from where we started walking it was obvious that the flooding had been major.

This side always has the worse flooding.

I can remember walking after storms when the standing water on the paths were too deep to walk through.

It looked like when the banks overflowed a large amount of mud ended up on the paths. I think the city parks and recreation workers used machines to push the mud to each side of the path. This time of the year there are usually flowers there but I think they ended up being covered in mud.

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