Thanksgiving 2013

The sun shown thru the clouds when I left.

Later the sky cleared. Yes, it was a fog area and the fog seemed to have settled in the trees. The trees sparkled.

Still later there was sun to the north and snow to the south.

Sunset in Cranbury, NJ.

A feline scarf.

Tzaki.

Kippi.

Clouds on the way home.

The gulls are still with us. There were people sledding on the dam too but I didn't stop to take a photo.

Snow on barberry hedge

The heavy wet snow weighs down the barberry hedge.

The house from the crooked driveway.

I tromped a path to the barn for Tim to use to come to the cathouse. One of the doors is not all the way down so she can come and go.

Tim in her nest in the barn.

Tim

The beginning of the Thanksgiving 2013 snow

A chilly walk in new boots

I walked .97 mile in the 21° temperature in my new boots which are wonderful. No blisters. Even Symbicort isn't real helpful when it is this cold but I could breathe well enough. Kinda grey day, eh?

The bay has started to freeze.

Looking back toward the upper entrance to the bay. The above photo is of the right side of this closer to home.

The pond is also freezing. The barn is leftmost with my house "below" it. The next building to the right is the newest - the neighbors whose grandparents lived in the next visible building when I moved here.

The tracks were pristine. I only saw one set of rabbit tracks.

The dam is in the background between the two islands.

All are embiggenable.

Weather 11.24.13

Blue skies thru the barberry berries.

Blue skies to the south/

Snow clouds to the west.

Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Grove City, PA

Driving to church was a bit of a challenge this morning. The tires on the Prius are not new. Fortunately the snow was not deep but the roads had not been treated either. At all. And were icy. Slow going but little traffic. I pulled over to let a Cadillac rush by hoping he wouldn't slide off the road in front of me. He didn't and roared on his way.

The people at Epiphany are very welcoming. I like the way they do their bulletin tho the music for the Psalm and the Sanctus were not given or referenced. Probably not a problem for most Episcopalians but other visitors who like to sing may be a little frustrated.

The sun was in and out on the way home. There were bare lanes between the slush and snow so the trip took the usual 50 minutes, not the 1:25 it took to get there. There were obvious snow showers to the west but none over me. There is little new snow here despite the stuff falling when I left.

Visiting churches and friends I rarely, if ever, get to see is fun. (I can't wholeheartedly recommend taking a vacation from one specific church in order to see what others do however.) I'm learning there are other parishes where I am welcome if circumstances place me there. That is comforting.

Winter begins

The initial snow was serious. This was the front yard after only a couple of minutes.

Looking down the bay.

Looking up the tracks - the opposite direction I normally walk.

The lake disappears in the snow.

God provides birdfood.

Silent Movie Music

This is a group of Erie Chamber Orchestra musicians who play music from the silent movie era. Barnes and Noble isn't the greatest venue because the sight gags don't work in a setting where people come and go. The ECO provides free, usually SRO, monthly concerts in Erie as well as workshops in schools and other events.

Dinner companions 11.21.13

Sunset 11.20.2013

Life moves forward

I feel sad for people who live in a world where everything is restricted to black and white, right and wrong, true and false. Whose opinion is fact. Who can see only one way, one road, one path with no possible deviation. Who must always go back rather than deal with the present and look forward to the future. They are motivated by fear. They are tragic and we have far too many of them today. Thank God for faith which enables us to keep going. To make the best of a situation. To look for the good. To strive for peace and justice. To look back only to learn. To keep going forward.

Walk on another dreary day

Looking down the bay.

Looking in the other direction. No, those are not ducks. They are decoys. They are there for many weeks.

The hunters sit on the bench barely visible at the bottom of the path in this photo.

The storm felled a tree over the "tracks".

This is ignored. The ATV and snowmobile people will remove the tree and the many fallen branches as soon as we have a significant snow. Maybe before if the snow is late.

(all embiggenable)

Pymatuning 11.17.2013