Way Back - 16 Years Back...

Looking back at some of my very first digital photos. From a trip to Egypt over Christmas and New Year 2016/2017


Morning From Mt Sinai

On the Path, Down From Mt Sinai

Three Scenes From a Graveyard

Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Connecticut

Famous

Old

Sad

Red

Red

Without my glasses or contacts, this is similar to how things look to me - just different colors depending on what I'm "looking" at.

Red World

Winter Begins

Whether you consider Winter to begin December 1st (meteorological) or after the solstice on December 21st this year (astronomical), a snowfall here in southern Ohio is a good enough mark of its beginning. We had an accumulation of about 1" of snow yesterday. In a week, low temperatures are predicted to be in the mid-teens Fahrenheit. Winter appears to be here, if a bit early. Mr. Pumpkin is not happy (and a squirrel has been doing some dental work).

Angry Pumpkin

The Sun Sets

Each sunset is unique. Tonight's sunset also seems a little bit symbolic. Rain is supposed to start tonight, and by the time it finishes in a couple days, rain may be snow. The past few weeks of fall with a hint of spring and summer are coming to an end. The high temperatures in the mid -70s and the night time lows in the 50's are looking to be next week's low 40's/low 20's respectively.

Sky on Fire

Sky on Fire II

Natural Windows

Rock House in Hocking Hills has a number of interesting openings and "windows". I was lucky enough to be there last weekend and not another soul was in the cave, a miracle for such a beautiful Sunday in the fall.

Through the Keyhole

View Out a Window

The Other Keyhole

What is "Peak Color"?

with regards to the leaves changing color in the fall?

Different types of trees, different elevations etc etc all contribute to the "color".

By almost any measure, we were a couple weeks or so past "peak" this weekend when we were visiting the Hocking Hills area of Ohio. Almost all the deciduous trees were bare. Leaves clung to paw-paw here or there in a valley, or maybe an oak sheltered in some way from the wind and weather, but otherwise...

The exception were the beech! Along the hikes, I'd come across groves of beech trees and it was like entering a golden universe.

Rock Bridge was one vivid example.

Beech Trees, Rock Bridge Nature Preserve

Beech Trees, Rock Bridge Nature Preserve

Second Summer?

After a few weeks of warm weather, a number of plants and flowers in the garden seem to think it's late spring and summer is around the corner. Others are still giving up, convinced that winter is on the way


Someone Thinks It's Summer

The Burning Bush is Convinced Winter is Coming