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this looks like a sad story

I’ve tried since June 25, 2018, to develop a scenario where a dozen red roses in the trash at a subway station could have been from a happy event. But no matter how I look at it, I can only see a sad story.

Chicago, Illinois
photographed 6.25.2018

Let there be…lamps

Four years after I made this shot, my memory of the exact sequence of events is a little less than clear. However, I am making an educated guess that this was what happened:

  1. We drove through town.
  2. I saw this window display.
  3. Two blocks later, I said to the Patient Spouse, “You’ll need to turn around.”

And you know the rest…

Campo, Colorado
photographed 8.30.2016

Boundless

“Clouds overhead were ghostly gray.” – even though these clouds aren’t really what I’d call “ghostly gray” my brain still made the connection between the clouds and the song lyrics, which are from Bruce Cockburn’s song “Boundless.” (Another part of the song says, “The sky looks troubled but I feel free” but my brain wasn’t smart enough to make that connection.)

Anyway, I decided to listen the song while I wrote this post. I’d forgotten that the song started and ended with chimes; I have the same chimes in my backyard, so for a second I was confused if I was hearing the yard or the song. (The chimes are made by Music of the Spheres, in Austin. If you need chimes in your yard, check it out. And if you don’t need chimes in your yard, check it out anyway. You can play the chimes, a surprisingly pleasant pastime.)

Oh, and this picture? Just something I saw last fall in Minnesota.

Iona’s Beach Scientific and Natural Area, Minnesota
photographed 9.25.2019

Flight Path

Two gulls, in motion, on the shore of Lake Superior.

Brighton Beach
near Duluth, Minnesota
photographed 9.24.2019

A secret meeting in the forest

I am not sure why a bunch of chairs needed to convene a meeting, but they did.

Two Harbors, Minnesota
photographed 9.26.2019