Radiant Fall

Well, it seems I am 'falling' behind (hur-hur) in my posting. However, I have lots of pretty fall trees around Green Lake to take pictures of, so beware - trees in bright colors coming up!

I like this pastoral view of the boat rental dock at Green Lake. The boats are gone, but the people are still walking around the lake. One of them grumped at me today - to which I will have to practice saying "Get a grip, old man", so that I don't get grumpy myself. (I saw a woman on a bike say this to a man once, who grumped at her for biking through a crosswalk while he was walking in it -- it was pretty safe, she was far away from him. The exchange was tremendously enlightening to me.)

Fall Pumpkin

A carved pumpkin sits outside a small store in Fremont. Chairs beckon.
> sit in chair
You sit in the chair, relaxing comfortably. After a few moments contemplating the view, you get up.
> look at the pumpkin
The pumpkin has a cat's face carved into its side. It is really quite nice.
> enter store
You are eaten by a grue.

A Squirrel Story

I've been slacking, so here is a whole illustrated story. Plus, it involves cute animals.

I was out walking this morning and what did I spy with my little eye (and camera)? Why, it was a squirrel!



I thought I might get a closer look and ...



I haven't mentioned yet that I was walking with my dog. He was quite fascinated with the squirrel, of course, and the two of them engaged in quite the entranced staring competition.



Eventually though, the squirrel had enough of us and went up the tree.



As soon as he thought we weren't looking anymore though, he was right back down the bottom of the tree on the ground. The number of squirrels around Green Lake is amazing at the moment. They're all storing up for winter, I suppose.

Just the camera at hand

Just an iphone photo, because I've been busy. But the fall is continuing to be pretty, and I've had a few occasions where I was kind of kicking myself because of not having a better camera on-hand.

Another example:

Rain on the Windshield

Taken near noon. Yeah.

Kayaks

Kayak, smooth water,
Bright happy colors, smile now:
Rain? Some other day.

# happy haiku thursday

Rainy Day Search

Today we got a good taste of the winter rains to come. I got soaked when I went to lunch, only 2 blocks away.

So, I went looking for a rainy day photo, coming up with this ..




But I also came across this (the headquarters of the Agua Verde Paddle Club) which just seems vaguely reminiscent of the Carribean to me. It made me feel a lot warmer inside, and now the sun has come back out for a bit outside, too.