Hawk watching
Ah... a hawk watching me watching him (or is it her?)...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Are you watching me?
These two funny beings share the name Peekin' Zeke.
I was first introduced to one of their relatives at my office. There was a red-headed Zeke watching one of my colleagues. He made me laugh, so I asked who he was. It turned out that he was there when my colleague moved into her cube. I picked him up to find his "proper" name jumping out at me.
Ah, a quick web search, and I was able to invite these two to join me. They arrived yesterday, and yes, they do make me smile.
Want a Zeke in your life? I found them here.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Emerging into sunlight
Sunshine, blue skies, colors, flowers glowing... What a welcome change after what seems like days of constant rain.
That's a lot of water!
It feels like the rain has been falling and falling and falling...
The National Weather Service rainfall totals for the storm were just published. Wow!
The town I live in isn't listed, but Lawrence is, and that's the town just north of here. Almost 4 inches - that's a lot of water!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Rumble, crack! Dark, wet...
Yikes! As I was driving home the emergency broadcast system kicked my normal drive radio program away, announcing the sighting of a funnel cloud and a tornado warning. I wasn't far from the office when I heard that, I could have returned - but the tornado warning was for an area many miles south of where I was, so I just kept driving. Driving slowly, conscious of very large puddles of water on the road...
I knew it wasn't going to be a riding day, but I was hoping for a nice walk in the rain. This wasn't nice rain though. It almost seemed as if sheets of water were cascading from the sky. Not drops, sheets!
It was a good excuse for a rest day, a day of watching the water fly from under the cover of a solid roof. Tomorrow? I'll hope for a good walking day (it's going to be wet again, so I think riding will need to wait for yet another day).
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Organizing my world
Fine tuning the entry to my galleries keeps jumping up and calling out to me. Most of the groupings that I present seem to work - but my Travel category keeps growing and growing and...
The original organization of my travel galleries was simply by trip. That meant that when you entered Travel that your eyes were overwhelmed with lots of choices. Too many choices. I've been thinking about it for a while, and I've finally come up with some groupings that (I believe) work. I'm relying on you to tell me if my new organization works - feel free to sign my guestbook (look to the right and click Talk to me, I'm listening to sign my guestbook or to send me an email).
My Travel galleries are still organized by date. The galleries from my latest trips are at the top of the gallery. Trips from previous years are grouped together by region, and within the region the newest trips are again at the top. Yes, when you click Travel you are presented with a combination of things - starting with recent trips, and then going back to groups of trips by region. I think it works. Take a look, and let me know what you think.
Some examples...
Travel, top level of my wanderings as linked from navbar.
Coastal New England - 2007 & earlier, trips by region.
Southwest wanders - 2007 & earlier, trips by region.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Between the raindrops
Heavy rain was predicted for the afternoon. While the morning temperatures were relatively low compared to yesterday, the air felt like it was loaded with water.
It was a morning for wandering on my bike, for getting caught in a brief but light shower, for catching a few bright flowers in my camera lens.
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