Days End
One good thing about working from home is time for an end of day walk before dark. When commuting every day, the golden hour was spent cooped up in a car navigating traffic.
This is a huge improvement
Blustery
Wind whipping the banana trees to a blur.
Hurricane Weather
Housebound for days, we took a break to see a movie in town. Spitting rain and blowing. Not many people out with the storm moving up from the big drama further south.
It’s migration season. On the way there, a young red tail hawk landed on the fence around a small patch of weedy rubble. Surrounded by traffic several football fields of asphalt parking lots, it paid me little mind. I stood about 8 feet away for several minutes watching as it watched the ground intently.
Maybe getting down out of the wind, but this is also where any four legged critter looking for cover would hide. Smart bird.
Evening Palette
Almost Equinox ~ Milky Way
Just a few nights before the Autumn Equinox, and the official end of summer.
You may need a good monitor to appreciate these photos, taken on a moonless night. Planets roll along the ecliptic, meteors streak across the steady plodding paths of satellites.
The clouds that mark the center of the galaxy make a winding river through a valley of stars. Deep in the center is the black hole heart of the Milky Way, weaving destiny out of dust.
Somehow, science makes the wonders even more wonderful than the mystery of it all.
Mobjack Marsh Catting
T and I tagged on to the last couple of days Doug and his family were spending near Mathews on Mobjack Bay. Weather had been iffy all week, and didn’t look very promising for the weekend; but things cleared up after a few storms blew through.
Doug and I took his lovely Marsh Cat out on the last day, with low expectations. If nothing else, we could motor around for an hour and come back. But once we cleared the creek, there was a steady breeze blowing. It was enough to relieve some of the summer heat, and we ended up sailing for hours. So nice, we only came back when we got hungry and thirsty.
Shot a little video on the phones, as I was otherwise unprepared, but came out alright.
