Today's Rambling

First thing today was the customary walk with Marshal around my garden looking for new life to photograph. Here is a new spiderweb that I was able to get half of since the sun blocked out the other half...I was actually able to watch him/her build some of the radials...plus dinner was neatly wrapped and waiting in the center 

Next stop was the Webber Gallery looking and photographing favorites in the June art exhibit which was very diversified with art in oils, acrylics, clays and many other less traditional mediums. As is usual for me my favorites were the less traditional pieces of art. Here are some favorites.

I See You
Mixed media

Pireqrew
Sculpture

Flowers Are Forever
Sculpture

Cavern Life
Mixed Media

Birds of a Feather
Mixed media

Earth
Oil

Gasparilla
Encaustic

Windows Past
Photography

Suffering The Past
Photography

Cala
Sculpture

After the gallery came lunch at Panera's. Usually it is a favorite but for some reason today I really did not enjoy it all that much though Bob did.

Too many choices

Then came shopping at my favorite local veggie and fruit stand where we bought Georgia peaches and Vidalia Sweet Onions and local cantaloupe, tomatoes, red, green and yellow peppers and zucchini...good eats!

The end of a nice day was a leisurely drive down the back roads to home.

Walking with my fingers

Oak leaves and broken shower doors

We want to see our daughter who lives in the Pacific Northwest and my daughter wants to see her family, siblings etc, who all live in Florida so...Today I am doing my walking with my fingers in order to get some vacations sorted out...After much checking and discussing of timelines and prices we finally have a plan in place.

Driving to Washington state which would be about 7000 miles round trip by the time we did obligatory side trips along with the price of gasoline and wear and tear on our car would take a toll on both our budget and at our age our nerves. Once upon a time we could drive forever in one day but now our trips to Jacksonville which is only 120 miles takes it's toll. 

Palm tree trunk

I have checked and double checked and taking a train, which does not have a direct route from here to there but rambles all over the country, taking too many days and leaving many desired stops inaccessible or routed by bus, doesn't sound too appealing.

Taking all of those facts into consideration  we have decided to do two vacations. One for us and one for our daughter. We are going to fly out to see her for a while, length of time undetermined at this time. We will also purchase two tickets so she and her hubby can fly out here to see her siblings and us again. This will allow my daughter and I have some quality time together there without her feeling pressured to fit everyone into her short time here. 

And if the weather holds I hope to get some walking with my feet in before the sun sets.

Scorpion

Daily Walk

The sky as my walk commenced

My walking photos for the most part are published the day after since the walks are happening in evening because of weather...I managed to get out for a short walk last evening after supper when the temps dropped a tad. On the previous walk I took lots of photos of trash left behind by people who forget to leave only footprints so this walk I enjoyed getting a few photos of the cycle of life and the beauty of shapes and textures..Most of them are self explanatory and a couple of them are a bit blurry but posting them any way since not sure if I will make it back before they are gone

OOPS!  Saw this as I was leaving the area...

Almost home...

I was so excited to have found this tortoise hole just outside my fence and under my big old pinetree...There will be two others since I am told they always have three and that other animals such as snakes make their den in the holes living harmoniously together.

Traces

The weather finally cleared up this evening and the humidity disappeared for the most part so I decided to get a walk in before the next deluge of rain.  I hooked Marshal up, grabbed my camera and phone in case the camera battery gave out and away we went looking for traces of life in our neighborhood. 

We didn't get far. It was getting pretty dark outside from the rain clouds rolling back in so I decided to cut through the empty but wooded lot on the corner. We walked through the woods on a carpet of pine needles, soft from the dampness of rain and so thick it was like walking on a wet sponge, with Marshal close by and busy sticking his nose into every little nook and cranny he could reach. 

There! Nestled amongst the pine needles and fauna I found traces of bipeds and possibly the den of  quadrupeds.... I had intended to walk farther and longer but the black, glutted clouds started releasing their moisture into the air and with no breeze the biting flies came out in force finding every place on my body that was exposed...I gave up and started for home. 

Below are the photos from this short walk. I can only guess at the names of the fauna though I am pretty sure the bipeds are humanoids but I have no idea to the quadrupeds.