Category: Nature

Sunday Snapshots

The week started with one of the earliest tropical storms on record: Tropical Storm Ana.

For reference, the ditch in the second picture is approximately 5 foot deep.

The photograph was taken approximately 6:00 AM on Monday morning.

Things did not improve until early Tuesday.

Personally, I like how the downspout turned out.

On Tuesday, we held a surprise Spring Recital for F_____’s wife. Normally she puts this on herself; with everything that’s happened, she cancelled it this year. My cousin, one of her students, organized and put on the recital for her. One of my jobs was to make this chocolate piano keyboard.

Chocolate Piano Keyboard

I didn’t get the right dark bars – I got the “mini” kind instead of the “fun size” ones – but still think it turned out okay. Actually, there were two of them, and only one white bar remained at the end of the evening.

Things were both normal and hectic on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; you know, typical end-of-term stuff. My principal surprised me with not one but two kinds of sushi: eel (my favorite!) and yellowfin (which I hadn’t tried before but found to have just the right amount of spice and kick to it).

Eel and Yellowfin Sushi

Saturday I cleaned the house (laundry and dishes) and cut the grass. Go me!
Mown GrassNow I can treat those annoying anthills . .

Sunday Snapshots

Despite the flood of papers threatening to overwhelm my desk in these last weeks of school, I did manage to take a few photographs this week.

This week was Teacher Appreciation Week. This is what I received:

DewShine Bottle

Then, my sister-in-law bought yet another car in her seemingly never ending quest to find the perfect used car. The newest candidate is this 1996 soft-top Mustang convertible:

'96 Mustang

I attempted to capture the morning fog, inspired by Eclectic Odds n Sods current theme of “Momentarily:”

Foggy Morning

This week was also the school’s Junior/Senior Banquet – one event I honestly don’t mind chaperoning. Not only did I find a snazzy new silver bow tie (on sale!), but I also found some angry jewelry while my wife looked for something to match her dress:

We were invited by several of the students to come take pictures with them down by the river, which coincided with the heraldric winds of Tropical Storm Ana:

Ana is Coming

This weekend I was finally able to finish typing my exams and exam reviews. Smokey lent moral support.

LapCat Smokey

 

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Sunday Snaphots

I actually took quite a few photographs this week, mostly for the upcoming yearbook.

Nevertheless, I did take a few I can share with you. I’ve taken the liberty of arranging them into a sort of photographic story.

storm comingIs there a storm coming?

Hail Hail HailYes. Yes there is.

OCD at the Gas PumpGood thing I put gas in the car!

And what wonderful numbers, too!

down the roadIt’s still sunny on the drive home.

And no, I didn’t take this while I was driving.

I was in the car, but I was in park.

No one was behind be, either.

springform panIt’s a perfect night to make some cheesecake!

fortune cookieMaybe we’ll go out to eat instead.

You will overcome great obstacles to achieve success.

Sunday Snapshots

Enjoy a sampling of the photographs I took this week:

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Weekend Wandering (4.10/4.11)

I took these pictures while wandering around this weekend.

The local historic site where my wife works had open grounds in connection with a home and garden show, making for some opportunities I hadn’t had before.

Weathervane
Stone Rooster
A Purple Flower
The Garden Path
Down the Lane
Down the Lane (B&W)
Baltimore Bricks
Baltimore Bricks (B&W)
Human Urn
Don’t Blink!
Brick and Iron
Reflection in Glasses
Low Brick Wall
Bricks and Hedge
Tulips
Flowery Angel Wings
Facade
Blacksmith’s Lantern

By the way, if you know what the (purple?) flower is in #3, please let me know!

Black and White at Gold

To say I’m behind would be an understatement.

As the Red Queen would say, 

My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to 
stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you 
must run twice as fast as that.

The week began innocently enough with a decent Monday, as far as Mondays are concerned, but it had all gone downhill by Tuesday afternoon. I was behind in Photography 101, behind in my online college class, behind in grading and lesson planning, and students’ science and history projects were due.

Today I played catch-up, rising before the sun on a Saturday – my one day to sleep in – to take advantage of the Golden Hour at sunrise. OK, that isn’t entirely honest. The Wife headed out of town to a business conference and needed to meet her carpool. I simply stayed up instead of going back to bed. Hey, whatever works, right?

I wandered downtown for three hours, taking pictures and killing time until the library opened so I could use the free wifi – and make another dent in my TBR.

My online class completed, I tackled the morning’s photographs.

Check them out in the galleries below! 

Monochrome Architecture

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Movement

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Landscape

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I hope you enjoyed vicariously reliving my morning; for me it was time well-spent!

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