IMPOSSIBLY BLUE SKIES

September, 2006

All summer Bob and Camille wondered what happened to the Blue Skies.  Then, this month, they returned.

 

EYE CANDY

   

Roses are always enchanting but even a colorful bush against skies like these can demand a second look.

 

The pods of a golden raintree hung like candy and all the trees on the street tried to outdo each other. 

 

RIPPLES 

 

The whole month was spectacular!  We couldn't believe how blue the water was.  It looked as if it had swallowed the sky.

 We took these pictures during this month's first Sunday Hike.  It was Bob's idea to throw in a stone and watch the ripples spread out.

 

JUNIE AND THE HEART TREE

I heart Junie. She's there, every morning and will swim over if I call her.  I feed her bread.  She's an odd duck.  Junie is at least a year old because we took photos of her last year for our September '05 Photo Album.

Although this photo doesn't do it justice, I had to include it because I look at it every morning and see a heart framing the mountains.

 

AN ODD DUCK MAKING WAVES

This is Junie, again and her two companions, swimming over for their daily bread, towing ripples to flutter the reflection and make the trees disappear.  It is very odd that she keeps company with a pair of ducks like this, but they are always together and like I said, Junie is an odd duck.

 

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Against that crazy blue sky, a dastardly weed grapples with bindweed and seems to be winning despite the reputation of bindweed as one of the most destructive weeds in this region.

In fact, we weren't sure whether the yellow-orange tendrils of the bindweed strangler was actually a plant or some kind of alien invasion.

 

CHERRIES AND BERRIES

 

We love to take pictures of round things.  On a bright day, they shine with some kind of intelligence, perhaps the knowledge that their little spheres echo the shape of all the stars and planets in the universe.

 

WASPS

What industrious creatures these insects are - making their homes of paper and spit in any old handy pipe opening.

 

PUBLIC WORKS

 

A bronze sculpture outside a public building and a catalpa tree standing on a coifed park lawn are evidence of tax money well spent.

 

REFLECTIONS

 

Some days we think we could stand forever and stare at the upside-down world in the water.

 

BLINDINGLY BRIGHT

 

The Autumn Purple Ash is a very showy tree, but the common elm gives it a run for its money.

 

WHITE CAPS

We're not talking about winter surf here, we're talking about snow-capped mountains - a sure sign these blue skies will be short lived.

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