Day 81 - raindrops on roses....

Coming home from a long day at work I'm always pleasantly amused when I see both the kitties looking out the window as I walk up the front steps toward the door. Leo always looks so peaceful and patient as he stares out with his big bright eyes. I am always wondering what he may be thinking in his little mind, but one can never know.

I took these shots of the cats through the window with the full knowledge that I may get the reflection of the sky and trees in the background due to the direct sun behind me. I liked the shot after seeing it in the lcd screen because it looked so ethereal. I think the blending of the cat and the reflective nature came out quite interesting. Notice the thick orange mane, but the white out almost vanishing face staring directly back at me. It almost looks as if he is looking down from the clouds at me wishing me well on my journey...

...and whiskers on kittens....

Day 77 - each day through my window......

One of the many doomed businesses of this economic downturn is the Macaroni Grill restaurant. This one situated on Route 2 across from the Verizon store is one of those casualties. I was upgrading something in the store, I couldn't leave, yet I couldn't do anything either at the time but wait, so I drove across the street and noticed the abandoned building for lease. Of course I also found the one window with the decrepit shutter.

Perfect opportunity for a great shot, a little deterioration in the urban architecture, I like the contrasting colors of the wall and shutters as well, the 2 things I don't like about the shot is the speaker on the wall, but even that doesn't bother me as much as seeing my reflection in the bottom left pane!!

...I watch her as she passes by....

Day 68 - all in all you're just....

Drove around a little bit with CJ after picking him up from the Y yesterday and stopped by one of my favorite areas nearby, the Monastery. The grounds are large and full of many different buildings , most of them quite old.... This is one of a couple buildings near the back of the property close to some of the many hiking trails that abound back there. There are over 400 acres of trails to explore. It looked like some people had been trudging through the snow covered trails recently.

Notice the reflection in the window of this shot. The sun was on it's way down and I thought this old building looked like a neat way to capture a little of the lighting of the moment. It's a dark shot otherwise, the white brick wall looking rather blue in the photo, but you can get a glimpse of color in the glass which offers a bit of warmth.

...another brick in the wall.....

Day 59 - the sun will come out tomorrow.....

Really lousy day, I wanted to go walking in the rain to look for some dreary shots in the puddles, but we were busy all day getting things for the house and grocery shopping as well. I came back from the stores and was unloading the car and stood under the garage eave for a moment and snapped a shot of my soaking wet car.

Ok, I don't like this shot, I do think it's neat how the water almost looks like a sheet of ice, and the fact that you can see the trees in the reflection. I know there will be much better shots for tomorrow, since i've already taken that one !!!! A little foreshadowing for ya....

...bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow.......