One last photo, this time of ice covering the bottom of an up-ended flower pot. Since my patio doesn’t get any direct sunlight in the winter, ice and snow stick around even when we’ve had highs in the 40s for a couple of days.
Day: February 16, 2008
Patina
I’ve taken photos of the front door handle before, but in the rain, when the blue-green patina doesn’t show up very well.
It’s a beautiful day for wandering around and taking photos. I had to work, though. I ended up leaving a couple of hours early, because I had a headache, which means that even though I’m home, I don’t really feel like tromping around outdoors. Hopefully it’ll be gone soon, because I’d really like to stop at the little graveyard on the edge of town, on my way to my cat sitting job. I planned to stop yesterday, but there were a bunch of AT&T trucks in the parking area, so I didn’t have a place to pull in. Besides, I don’t exactly relish the idea of visiting the dead folks with a bunch of guys from the phone company watching me.
Speaking of cats, I can hear Pandora making her usual muffled wailing noises. Whenever she finds a stray sock or wash cloth, she wanders around the house with it stuffed in her mouth, crying. Over and over and over and over and over and over again. She started doing that about 10 years ago. I haven’t any idea why, except that she’s a mutant freak. It’s kind of funny, when it’s not annoying. Today, it’s not exactly helping my headache.
Condensation
I’ve been meaning to try photographing this window for months. Sometime last fall, water got between the panes of glass in the front door to my building, and now it’s a wonderful pattern of foggy blotches and drizzly drips. It looks like something growing in a petri dish.
The door is in pretty bad shape, and really ought to be replaced. There are rotten spots in the wood. It has character, though, so I’m going to enjoy it while I can.
The red background is the reflection of the brick building opposite the door.
red paper boat 