Photo Fun in the Fog

I am pretty much a web pack-rat, things I find on the web that are exceptionally funny, profound (the smallest category), or beautiful I tend to save--and then, of course have to sort and toss after a while.  It dawned on me that posting some of the lovely/interesting images I've collected would make for some good posts. 

So let me inaugurate this theme with some of the very favorite photos I've taken.  On August 19, 2020 DC was inundated with a thick, long-lasting fog--btw I LOVE a good fog.  We get a really good one a couple times a year here.  I had the good sense and opportunity (it was during Covid so there was no one around) to go down to the Potomac and take pictures around the Wilson Bridge/Jones Point area.  Hope you'll enjoy!

 

This is Jones Point and the old river lighthouse. This was the southern point of the original District of Columbia, which was diamond shaped. David and I got married here (standing above the old boundary marker, as it happened) on a much sunnier day in 2015.

Wilson Bridge

Heron's nest, lots of them along this stretch of river

 

Lovely Weather We've Been Having...

 

This Week's Flowers

 A crysanth of mums--wouldn't it be cool if "crysanth" was the collective...

Emergency Kit for Americans Travelling Abroad

 

Meet Teeter

  

This is Teeter, the newest addition to our menagerie.  This is prime birthing season for house sheep.  Being supremely intelligent creatures, they decided that standard reproductive procedures were just too cumbersome and messy--especially the birthing part.  So years ago they outsourced the entire process to China.  They found it more economical as well (as I said, supremely intelligent).  So every year at this time, the new shipment of progeny arrives from the far east.  The little critter's name comes from the place we found him, the venerable southern supermarket chain Harris-Teeter, which had quite lovely stores and good customer service until Krogers bought them out--don't get me started on that evil empire and its shenanigans!  Teeter is of course quite cuddly, charming, and a good conversationalist.  Cheers! 

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State of the Hamster Address

Alas, despite my stout electronic defenses, some news of Frump and his evil minions (aka GOP) gets through. When this happens I usually give myself and nice warm rinse in Stoicism, but sometimes, when I'm in a weakened psychic state, I give way to anger and depression. That's been happening lately and was particularly acute last night and today.  Some diversion was provided by an extended shopping trip, where I could at least turn my rage on the idiot drivers that abound in this region of the country. Many a bird was flipped and shouts of "you f**khead" resounded through the land.  Most cathartic.  (Please be advised that said cussword is only spoken when I'm alone in the car.) So let me indulge in some political memes I've been saving up for such days, and vent a little spleen.  I plan to return to my normal jolly self presently.  Tally Ho!

 

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