Not a good shot, but the only one I have of tonight’s full moon. You get the picture.
Category: Nature
Through the woods.
Seen on a trail in the greenbelt near our house. A lean-to teepee kind of shelter. If it wasn’t so dry here I’d want to make s’mores.
Pretty sky.
The sky was lovely at sunset tonight.
Mercurial Mercury.
Last night Mercury was at the farthest distance from the sun that it so quickly follows over the horizon. It is usually not visible; its glow being washed out by the sun. But for the next few nights you can catch a glimpse of Mercury low in the west, just before it sets about an hour after the sun.
This is a shot I took as we were leaving the marina tonight. It’s hard to see. Look left of center above the horizon.
Be my valentine.
Another thing to celebrate this week… Happy Valentine’s Day!
I found this on the beach many years ago. It is a rock that must have formed out of sediment inside a shell…you can still see some of the lines from the shell on the surface. Over time, it’s been worn into the shape of a heart. And after all those many years, it ended up in the surf in front of me, catching my eye. I picked it up. And now it’s mine. 🙂
Whaddarulookinat?
Was up all night. Again. Got a few hours break until another all night session tonight on this work thing. So, I finally made it to the gym to work off some stress. Caught this cardinal giving me the goose eye.
Pansy schmansy.
Friday. February 8th. Day 9 of the crit sit from hell. Stay tuned.
I went outside for the first time in like a week today. This is a shot of one of he pansies that monte planted a while back. Still hanging in there. Life goes on around me.
For Susanne.
These are a few shots of the Full Wolf Moon from last night, shot from Nirvana. It’s challenging to get a photo of a full moon, with a point and shoot camera, from a boat. 🙂 But it was beautiful!
Green button pom.
Monte went to the blood center the other day to donate. He came home with a(nother) t-shirt, and a bouquet of flowers that they were giving away to donors. It had a bunch of these little green button poms. Cute as a button….
I like how the shot looks like a little burst of sunshine on an otherwise grey day.
Island state of mind.
I’ve been going in to my office at work this week – a change from the work-from-home mode I’ve been in for the last 18 months or so. In my desk drawer I found a handful of coins from our last trip to the Bahamas – a bareboat sailing charter through the Abacos. A fabulous trip.
I’ve never really looked at the art on the back of the coins before. They capture the nautical life of the islands … fish, sailing, starfish.
So, it’s stuck in the 30’s here all week, and I’m now dreaming of the islands.
I go to come back….
Lake day.
We took friends out for a sail today. Chris was visiting Irene for the weekend, and after a lovely breakfast in Central Austin we headed to the marina. Irene took the helm for most of the sail and did great. The winds were light so we were able to set up the cockpit table with nibblies for the voyage while we were underway.
Lori and Dave came out, too, on Camelot. And we crossed paths with Wally and Kurt on Zen on our way back.
The day was overcast, and a front was on its way, but it was a really nice day on the lake.
Back at the marina we saw a bunch of our slip neighbors. Wally, Kurt, Lori and Dave joined us for a cocktail. Then we packed it up before the front dropped in.
Our resident ducks stopped by to say hello. They’re all grown up now.
A gaggle of geese.
My meetings this week have been running from early AM to late PM. It’s tiring. I took a break today at lunch to walk around outside. These geese are only about half of those that were hanging out in the lake on the property. Before I walked up, they were pointing in all different directions. By the time I got up close to take a few shots, they were all lined up, staring at me, giving me…. the goose-eye. 🙂
Beach treasure.
As the temps linger in the 30s in our neck of the woods, my thoughts have turned to the beach. I’ve been looking for the sea glass that I brought home from our Abacos trip a couple of years ago. But, I haven’t been able to find it yet. I’ll keep digging. I have found other treasures collected while beachcombing shorelines along the west coast, the gulf coast, the east coast, and the Caribbean. So pretty. And they each bring back memories.
This is a baby sand dollar, or some urchin relative. Collected from the east coast of Florida — many moons ago.
Sand dollars are one of my favorite beach finds. Very rare (for me). Not only are they hard to find, but once found are also hard to take home intact.
I can’t wait to go beachcombing again…
Red skies at night.
Today is the last day of my vacation. Tomorrow it’s back to work for me.
My day started with a mimosa and ended with a glass of champagne — with this absolutely gorgeous sunset squeezed in between. I snapped this as we headed to BB Rover’s for a quick dinner.
Monte and I have discovered the Showtime series called The Tudors. We don’t have Showtime, but BBC America is broadcasting past seasons’ episodes via cable. Yesterday and today have been a marathon session of season’s 1 and 2. I found seasons 3 & 4 on Amazon Instant Video, so we can stream them for free at our leisure. 🙂 Speaking of leisure… I can’t wait til Friday!
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