I'd better get out this weekend and find some ruins or junked cars or new alleys!
I think I did as much as I could with these sunflowers.
Late one evening I managed to hold the camera steady enough to get this shot:
I've located a few candidate sites for the kinds of things I like to photograph but I don't know when I'll get to them. I'm kind of waiting for that first detectable norther. Too hot for far too long. June and July are rotten months as far as I'm concerned. August is usually hot but it isn't unusual to have some relief from the relentless heat in mid to late August.
Special effects used here.
And I might just scrap the sunflowers next year-- plant something else. I keep thinking it might be interesting to plant corn. The stuff grows taller than the sunflowers and I'd actually have something I could eat. If I expanded the garden, watermelons might work well in that new section. I don't think I'd run afoul of the city's zoning regulations. It might be an interesting experiment.
Recent rains have really made this garden a lot more like a jungle. It is not as dense or wild as it was last year but I know what I need to do to correct that. Just lots of work next year!
At this point the finches are able to eat sunflower seeds from the sunflowers themselves. Of course, I still fill the feeders.
At some point I will search for much earlier pics of this garden, from years ago, and post those. It's changed a lot. At first I had something else in mind. It kind of evolved, almost taking on a life of its own. Strange.
Haven't gone anywhere.
My new home gym setup is pretty awesome. Can't go to the old gym anymore, even though it is open. Not likely to be safe. Some people go to a gym to be social. When I went, even with my wife, it was to EXERCISE! She had the same attitude. So with the home gym there is a total focus on EXERCISE and no distractions, no need to sanitize, no need to wear a mask, and no annoying people around trying to chat me up while I'm lifting weights or running on the treadmill. No need to try to make polite but perfunctory conversation while thinking: bugger off. And it's all right here, all the time. No need to arrange a time, no need to drive anywhere, no need to wait for someone to finish with the weights or equipment I need so I can use the stuff. This is one good way to cope with COVID. For pointers on form and technique, there's a ton of excellent material on the internet.
Not finished with this garden stuff by a long shot.
In more ways than one.
Good thing I took a lot of these pics.
