not ones that get anchored to the ground with stakes, but the kind that fall from the sky. (e:theecarey,50487)

For a few minutes at about 4pm a few white flakes floated down,

but they did not stick.
at all.

tried to capture them:

not the kind that fall from the sky, but ones that get anchored to the ground with stakes.




I've been working on putting up a few decorations.

sometimes I decorate, but often I don't.

My duplex neighbor has some lights along his front porch, so I decided to go out and buy something similar. I think I like his better (he has colorful little tree shapes) but mine "twinkle" and with the clear lights and snowflake shape, if I really wanted to, I could extend the use of them outside of "christmas".

I just put them out and need to see what they look like from the road and neighbors perspective. Do the lights really twinkle or are they more likely to induce a seizure. That is tomorrows objective.

More pictures to come, my camera batteries died which was just as well since running around my front yard at 11:30 pm in my pink bathrobe and using a camera is likely a social faux pas of some sort. haha

from Friday 12-4-09 (follow up to prior post, (e:theecarey,50461))

I've continued to enjoy the extended fall weather and daily sunshine. I like being outdoors any time of year, so this is a given. The following are pictures taken with my ancient cellphone, so images are vague.

wandering along the beach






The sun to my back, I am heading off into the woods along the lake.



Kicking my way through leaves on a trail in the woods. Soon enough it will be snow.


Bundled up in several layers, scarf, hat, hood and gloves, as long as I keep moving, 36 degrees feels toasty. Capturing a picture of myself on the trail ahead of me:


everything smelled so good. mmmmm.

On the trail, off the trail and along the black top walkways, these chestnut casings are everywhere. There is a gratifying crunch and pop sensation when walking over these.


One lonely little red berry-esque vegetation. I appreciate random color and texture composition. A clear picture was not possible using the phone. Idea is there, though.


Looking back at the trail behind me. The sun will set in that direction.



A teeny tiny narrow trail between thick bushes to the left and cliff down to the lake on the right.



I decided to sit my ass down and dangle my feet over. It was peaceful until my over active imagination took on the thought of some crazy woodman coming up behind me and shoving me off the ledge. Then I kept "hearing things".. (was that you, (e:tinypliny)??hmmm?? haha) so I got up and continued to wander around.




Getting out of the woods before dark, A little while later on the return trip




Pretty much back to where I started, instead of the beach, I point my phone/camera to the sky

I was sitting at my desk enjoying the feeling of the intense warmth of the sun beaming through the window next to me wishing it would last.

Makes 36 degree fall day bearable.

Naturally, one feline was already occupying the best sun spot. Move over furball.

A quick picture like that in (e:theecarey,50422)

Just snapping pictures of sunny days while I can. We'll have enough gray over the next few months that I might need to look back over these posts to remember what a sunny day looks like!



I'll head out for a walk shortly, hopefully the sun will still be shining.

A crappy phone pic or two will likely follow.

stay warm!

I had to venture out to Niagara Falls Blvd today. Oy.

I ordered a movie that needed to be picked up at Barnes & Noble (Mel Brooks, "High Anxiety", 1977). *
(sorta ironic**)

I made sure to head out early, as there is NO WAY I wanted to deal with late afternoon/early evening traffic. Seriously, I used to work in that general direction and I know that from now until the holidays are over, that area (well, pretty much everywhere), will be insane, traffic-wise. GAH!

OMG.

I managed to find other items to look at, ran a few more errands and was fearful to look at the clock after somehow losing track of time. Books and music does that to me every time.

5:15 pm. oh man...

and sure enough, the blvd was packed. Saw three smashed fender bender accidents within a quarter mile.

Jumped on the 290. Traffic was at a crawl.

Jumped OFF at Colvin, figuring that I would never make it the Grand Island bridge (and that would be likely just as bad or worse).

Twin City Highway was a traffic mess.

(saw such insane driving that I expected to be in an accident or see yet another one.)

Jumped off at some random nameless street and decided to make an adventure of navigating through unknown territory. This was actually quite fun.

Didn't know where I was going but I am sure I looked like I did, as I made my way home without further issue.

However, saw two more car crack ups along the way. WTF?

anyway.... glad to be home. :)

• more on the movie, "High Anxiety"

if you didn't know, it is a parody of suspense films, notably, Alfred Hitchcock, and the movie was dedicated to him.




This scene makes me laugh SO HARD.


OK, here is the scene, just a few minutes long. Cracks me up to no end!

• but really, I was peaceful. Annoyed to some degree, but you know how that goes..