On Yesterday’s Bike Ride: Sights and Sounds

What you see depends on where you look. Frieda and I repeatedly ride to the same few places, for the most part. But I manage to see new things each time. Yesterday, we went to a city park where I’ve taken several photos in the past. But none look exactly like the ones I got yesterday. All of the photos below were shot from the same spot, but looking in different directions.

For one, I turned away from the creek and the natural landscape, pointing my camera toward the city instead. A little shot of Americana.

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Facing the other way, you might not know there was an urban area so close.

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I rode in the evening and stayed until I looked up and saw the lamp signaling me it was time to get home while I could still see and be seen.

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The cicadas sang me a goodbye song.

On Today’s Walk: Small Mysteries

These photos were taken while I was walking home from work on my dinner break (4-5 p.m.).

 

Small mysteries:

What made this hole in the middle of the walking path? And is the creature in there now? The hole is 3 to 4 inches in diameter. I’m not sure how deep. I wasn’t about to stick my hand in, or even put my face too close.

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Could it have anything to do with this mound of dirt a little farther along? The photo doesn’t do justice to the height of the mound.

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Last mystery — a single shoe. I’m always baffled when I see a single shoe lying abandoned.

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