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Vertical Moon

Sometimes the crescent Moon resembles a wide Cheshire grin, nearly horizontal to the horizon, while other times, like the one in the photo, it appears almost vertical, like a partial parenthesis, due to the inclination of the Moon’s orbit. This week it will continue with its vertical appearance as it heads towards the rising sunContinue reading “Vertical Moon”

Where the Sun Seldom Shines

The trunk and branches of the old oak seldom see sunlight as they spend the day in the shade of the canopy of their own leaves. But at dawn’s first light, when rays from the sun prod horizontally between other trees, some beams spotlight the the trunk and its spreading branches giving them a briefContinue reading “Where the Sun Seldom Shines”

Orchid Trio

Yesterday these three blooms brightened the morning and again today are poised to make for an “Aloha Friday.” For more about Aloha Fridays, see https://youtu.be/Lx-Pr9WHRmM. Happy thoughts to end the week. #alohafriday #orchids

Passing Glass

Fill them up and pass them around, nothing beats passing the glasses of wine while playing games. Also, nothing like wine beats the sting of being throughly trounced at the game of fast track by the “weaker sex” seven games to three after being ahead three to zero. Pass another glass! #wine #fasttrack #glass

Tropical Tray

This happy memory of places and people we know rests atop the buffet in the main dining room. Someday we will return again to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and even better, reconnect with the beautiful people we know there. #grandcayman #caribbean #sevenmilebeach #pureartgallery

Fungal Fam

In a well watered yard they are popping up like, well, themselves. They start as little white balls, then flatten out overnight, drop their spores and then fade away. But the mushroom fungus is not really gone, for these toadstools are mere projections from fibers of the main fungal body that exists extensively beneath theContinue reading “Fungal Fam”

John Day Dam

Over three decades ago we took the Fairy Boat, our 26-foot Bayliner, on a trip down the Columbia River from Kennewick, Washington, to Hood River, Oregon, which involved locking through three dams including the John Day Dam shown above. We had entered the upstream side of the lock 110 feet higher than we were whenContinue reading “John Day Dam”

Feathered Friends

Spring has come and a young hawk’s mind turns to–well it isn’t exactly spring training. There are at least two mating pairs of these hawks in our neighborhood; one pair with a nest located one street over from us and another nesting in the tree in our front yard. Their intention of hatching and raisingContinue reading “Feathered Friends”

Crossroads in the Sky

The sky has its own roads traveled day and night carrying passengers across the country. These two contrails marked a crossing of these roads by planes separated by minutes and many miles, yet they left their tracks temporarily framed by trees from our point of view. I wish their travelers well. #contrail #airlines #passengers #intersection

A Fairy Tale

This was the beginning of the flight of my life. It was March, 1971, and I was ready to depart the farm near Lexington, Nebraska, to go to Lincoln and then on to Mineral Point Wisconsin a day or two later in the EAA Biplane that was built by my dad. Though temperatures hovered justContinue reading “A Fairy Tale”