Someone said: Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
I said: But fall is much more then colored leaves – As an outdoor person there are many ways to tell autumn is sneaking up. So, with iPhone, I went to find subtle changes that I noticed – well, I did not notice them but, rather, I only sensed them – The iPhone and the desire to tell you the story forced me to notice some of some of them – some of hints of autumn.
Well, not exactly without a camera – he took the walk with his phone in his pocket – Look at these photos – you will feel you are walking with him – He told his story that well!
Phil wrote: Jim, Hope all is well with you! There are times when I just like to take fast walks with only my iPhone for a camera. So here are some photos taken with that phone for posting on jimsdaily. Many thanks, Phil
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One advantage of using a phone camera is that I have it with me when a moment in time flashes a thought through my brain. Three moments in time flashed through my brain today and the phone camera was handy – I wanted to cage the sunlight 1. playing with golden beams 2. playing with shadows, and 3. highlighting the beauty of youth in the garden.
I love to hum songs in the morning as I work my chores.
First thing this morning – these deer made me think of a song. Why because the poor buck must now decide which is most important to him – The Doe or the garden – In another couple of weeks the question will not even pop into his head – He will know for sure – but now he just noticed that the doe does not have antlers – soon he will notice other differences – No decisions then – you just wait and see!!!
Our little corral area is also a full hook-up campground used by family. Jim and Sue saw scenes like this, in the evening, after they pulled their trailer unto the pad in early August.
By the way – Sometimes after I update our Photo Club site I have no time to update my own site here, so use the link on the left to see some fun photos and some great talent from the TGO (The Great Outdoors) Camera Club.
I been enjoying time with Perla this summer – This morning we had about 15 geese in the pasture – Geese can be real problems in a pasture – They can eat a lot of horse grass and they can deposit a carpet of poop that discourages horses from eating the waning supply of late summer grass.
So, I select one young goose of the 15 or so and just follow it on horse back, finally it flies off – all the others geese call to it – it circles back goes to land – Perla and I are there – off again we go – it flies off again – after several of these – it’s parents and siblings take off with it – to protect it I think – they found greener pastures I hope – anyway Perla and I learn a lot about “directive riding” as we do the “Goose Game”
Another thing we do is ground driving – just as if you were in a buggy driving a horses down the road in Lancaster, Pa. but I am walking – seems only fair since Perla is walking. Anyway this is the view one gets from my position. I decided to look-up this view in the dictionary:
Hey – I think I will do more photo idioms over the next weeks???- In the meantime, why do you not check out the TGO PHOTO CLUB site with I also write – Just for fun http://photohappenings.com
As I drive to tend Perla, I have one radio station – NPR – they said look skyward tonight – I did – but first I went to the internet to get pictures of what to see – I did – then I went out side and I saw it with my own eyes! WOW! I saw the battle between Mars and rival Antares!!!
From the internet: On Wednesday evening (Aug. 24) as darkness falls, check out the south-southwest sky to see an eye-catching planetary/stellar lineup consisting of three radiant points of light: two bright planets and one of the brightest and most colorful stars in the sky.Tuesday (Aug. 23) a somewhat less straight — but still striking — line-up of the three will be visible.
The two planets — yellow-orange Mars and yellow-white Saturn — will appear to form a nearly perfect vertical line in the sky with the 15th brightest star, the reddish supergiant Antares.
Interestingly, the name Antares means “rival of Mars.” (“Anti” comes from the Greek word for “against,” and Ares was the ancient Greek god of war, whereas Mars was the Roman war god.) In fact, Mars will pass 1.8 degrees above Antares, and it will shine at a brilliant magnitude of minus 0.4; Antares, by comparison, will shine at magnitude 1.0 (lower magnitudes appear brighter), making Mars more than three times brighter than its rival.
Hope the sky clears that I may see it again – maybe you will too! Maybe you will do a little fishing too.
I have been testing Gif file format: – You like it?
Yesterday’s post challenged Caroline to study clouds to find images of art – Just like her Grandfather – Yes, the man who folks say is often in a cloud!!!
She really made me proud that she took the challenge and made me laugh at the same time with this photo. She txted me that she would send more soon – I am looking forward to them!
I showed it to friends – we studied it – we turned it sideways, then upside down – then back rightside up – and we all laughed together “WE SEE IT.” Do you?
I was prompted to look up some famous quotes that I could use just in case we did not see the art image Caroline saw:
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau (1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. His book Walden, is a reflection upon simple life.
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse (1869-1954) by the 1920s was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[ His mastery of the expressive language of colour won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism.
Yesterday’s posting, AUGUST 18, is below this line ———–
The following photo is as I took it – Do you see any cloud images in it ? I think I do.
Icelandic horses are survivors – and Perla has been a mother who also assured the survival of her colts – I think she needed to make sure that she was well fed to assure enough milk for the colt. She is the first to the feed source, attempts not to share, and leaves only when all food is gone or I saddle her up and ride down the hard surface road where very few weeds grow up thru the cracks – You got the idea, right! SHE LOVES TO EAT. and the Icelandic’s digestive system has evolved over the centuries to waste nothing – any intake of grass, weed, or woody bog plant, is converted to fat reserves – just incase an extra long winter hits Iceland! Or the Vikings need the grass sod to build houses or stole the limited pasture/tundra space to plant food for themselves!
Anyway, the veterinarian says she must loose 15/20% 150/200 pounds in 4 months – or laminitis will cripple her!
Some more background: Perla must also protect the herd – well, I think she must really protect her position in the herd – and that can not be done if she is not with the herd – so keeping her in the barn alone and controlling her intake of growing green stuff is not a good idea – Why? Do you know about extreme cribbing? Extreme cribbing means Perla would chew on the walls of the stall in the barn – and kick them, push on them – until either her teeth wore down to nubbins or the barn structure was compromised and the barn may fall down around her head. Neither is a good idea!
So a muzzle with a little hole in the bottom is the answer – she won’t starve but the muzzle controls volume – unless we (Perla) figures out how to remove said muzzle.
Survivors are smart horses – she prioritizes well – spend hours eating thru little hole – get energy – wait until humans go to bed – then go to furthest away fence post and rip the dam…. thing off – go eat lots, then stand by and wait for humans to wake up and find the muzzle that she has hidden near far away post. Ha, Ha, Ha!!! says she.
But I am smart too – I modify the muzzle design each time I find what I think is a weakness in it’s design – so you see I am in a battle of brain power with an equine – Who is the smartest ? not sure yet – the vet says after 3 days she will settle down and accept muzzle and forget that life was ever different for her – she will accept the muzzle as a part of her nose and just assume that is the way she was made. Well, since the muzzle is off all night I am guessing it will take at least 6 days? – I will keep you informed!
In the mean time – click over to the TGO Camera Club Home Page – See menu to the left – Members have been shipping me great stuff to post there!