First day of the best month

October is here at last.

It was fall today, the way it should be. Cool weather not above 60˚ starting with some rain this morning. Golden sun and leaves beginning to fill the yard. Adrian wearing fuzzy warm clothes as he crawled and climbed all over the place. Hot cocoa and apple cider for breaks.

I was driving to the Post Office and a few errands on the Southside when I saw some ominous, billowing clouds rolling in. I took a quick u-turn home and grabbed the Infrared camera to play a little with skies, textures, and see what dark clouds do when I use my IR camera. Here’s one of my favorites.

On the way home I stopped at a playground I’ve visited before I was old enough to remember how to get there. Back even before the gas prices and economic whirlwind of today my parents used to take us kids riding around the neighborhood on bikes. Bike rides were a family outing, we all liked recreation. I still do today. They even had kid carriers on the backs of their 10 speeds, though I don’t remember riding in them. We’d ride for blocks on end – less than a mile – to Monroe Elementary School and play in the big field next to the school, jump all over the playground, or ride bikes around the sidewalks and paths near the school.

So on the way home for dinner from the stormfront photos I stopped there to see what the place looked like with infrared photos. Instead I found giant mushrooms behind the baseball backstop where I used to play as a kid and my freshmen year high school team had it’s practices. They practically shouted to be photographed before the schoolchildren found them.

The fungus had an interesting glow to it in infrared. Mostly I think the glow was something I saw from finding serendipitous subjects and getting to try new ideas in a rather familiar place.

Never stop trying new ideas.

OCTOBER HERE WE COME!