Scenes From November

  Cormorants on the pilings . . . 

. . . an airplane in flight . . . 

. . . the Woodrow Wilson Bridge illuminated by the setting sun . . . 

Riverine Scene

 

The Sky and the River and the Grass

Daingerfield Island

Here is a picture of Daingerfield Island (which is not an island) on the Potomac River as viewed from the north.  

I’d like to dedicate this picture to the people who have left the Washington area to chase their dreams across the far horizons of the world . . . which sometimes seems like almost everyone whom I know.

Dramatic Sky Pictures

Is it too soon for more dramatic sky pictures? 

Over the years I have taken many pictures like this, particularly in the area of Alexandria along Holmes Run between Duke Street and Eisenhower Avenue, which has very few buildings that block the view of the sky.  

The camera made these three scenes darker and more orange than they were in real life.  

October Sky

October Sky is the name of a 1999 movie based on the life of former NASA engineer Homer Hickam.  The original title, Rocket Boys, taken from Hickam’s autobiography, was changed when marketing research revealed that women over thirty would not see a movie called Rocket Boys.  (The two titles are anagrams.)

In 1999 I saw Hickam on David Letterman’s CBS show promoting the film.  Letterman recalled an occasion on which the producers of Letterman’s earlier NBC show attempted to enlist Hickam to teach Letterman to scuba dive for a special underwater episode.  The idea turned out to be unworkable, however, as at that time of year the local sea water was so cold that Letterman would have frozen to death over the course of the hour-long show.  That would have been a great loss to television, especially during Letterman’s earlier, funnier days.  

I have never seen October Sky, nor does it, or Homer Hickam, or David Letterman, have anything to do with these pictures.   

They are simply some pictures of the October sky.  

(As always, click to enlarge.)

Eveningscapes

I have a huge backlog of things that I want to write for the blog, going back years.  But I rarely finish writing any of it, because life it too tiring, and it’s easier to just put up some pictures.  

Here are some eveningscapes from May. 

As always, click to enlarge. 

The Crooked Utility Pole

I'm putting up this picture to give me something for March.  It will have to do until I can get the energy to write something . . . which may never happen . . . 

Waterfall for February

I felt that I should get something on the blog for February, so here is a picture of a small man-made waterfall along Holmes Run in Alexandria, Virginia.

As often happens, I have a lot that I want to write, but I don't feel like actually writing it.  

The Woodrow Walk

Here are some pictures that I took when I walked across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the day after Thanksgiving in 2014.  (As always, click to enlarge.)

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since I did this. It feels like only a few months.  

And now Woodrow Wilson is in trouble for his racism.  

The Patapsco River