Afternoon capture

Been meaning to shoot this tree since last summer, and especially for the past 6-7 weeks. Finally got my chance tonight. Glad I waited for the sunset.

This photo does nothing to hint at the actual size of this tree. It's quite large and noticeably mature...and it's a hottie, as trees go.

Nope, no color treatment or photoshopping whatsoever. This plant is truly two-tone. I know I'm not supposed to comment on my own shots, but this one blows me away.

Why do I love leaves' vascular systems so much but get queasy when anything has to do with the human vascular system? Hmm.

Sunset, crystal, and glitter

Sunset...


Crystal...


Glitter...

Hope springs...

I went out to look at the jacaranda and saw this.


And the jacaranda has begun...but it has only just begun.


Parts of the southland are already aflame in purple. My own corner of the pit won't be fully alight for another week, likely. I'm ok with that. It just means my hope lasts longer. :-)

Bonus Photo

Done the day...

...gone the sun. Finished the grades (as much as I'm going to get done, which is not everything, but it's reality). Going to bed.

Atonement...

...for the sin of not posting yesterday. Two local scenes.

Look what opened up nearby, just in time for Lent. I've never tried them before, but everyone raves. Guess I'll be waiting another forty days or so.

Sunset over local shopping mecca. I like the airplane trail; I never get too old for them.

It must be finals week.

Student, napping, in class.

OK, it was after school. This is a great kid. Involved in everything. Student government, athletics, you name it. Excels in academics. And he's just truly nice and polite and intellectually inquisitive and well-rounded and broad-minded and a gentleman. A gem. He was wiped out. How cute is that?

Sunset tonight. The sky was expansive, blue, lightly cloud-strewn today. The mountains were broad, awash in snow and whiteness, and utterly clear. Yesterday's steady breeze cleansed the air of smog, and it was one of those days that reminds you why the settlers moved here in the first place.


Moi. Psychotic indeed. It's what grading stacks of high school sophomore essays will do to you. Ha!