Fog On Spiderwebs

 

Fog on the spider webs taken last week

Conversation in Nov. 2009 between Bob and I about Fog and fog photos I took at Emerson Park Preserve sometime in 2009.

Monday through Friday, we leave home at 5:17 AM to be at the YMCA gym at 5:30.
This morning, as I backed out of the driveway, I noticed the street lights had misty fog, only showing where the lights were. The fog was moving in.

Sandra: "Look at the mist in the lights"

Bob: "fog in the lights"

Sandra: "I just said that"

Bob: "No, you said mist, it's fog"

Sandra: "It's mist if you can see through it and it's only where the light is"

Bob: "It's fog no matter where it is"

 
And so forth and so forth, you fill in the blanks.
On the way home, at 6:30, the FOG was on the roadway and we could hardly see the trees and no sky at all, as I drove slowly through the FOG
Sandra: "now this if FOG"
Bob: "Right, this if Fog and it was fog an hour ago."
 

and so forth and so forth. Since I had no clue what to do for my daily post I decided to find a few fog pictures to go with the discussion. I started to say argument then thought quarrel.

Selfie Sunday Birthday for Dan

 

Happy 59th Birthday, Daniel. Love Mom and Michelle

Dan and Michelle are Cat and Dog lovers, above is a screen shot   of feral just born and grown up. They have 3 cats and a Mastiff inside and 6 feral, that don't know they are feral, except they don't like going inside.

This is Bandit, small female, and is full grown. 

she was feral, now is indoor only, and they found a home for the kitten, and it has been raised indoors. 

At Beaus early AM animal emergency hospital visit, I was left alone while they doctored him. I was ecstatic to see they have a Cat Lobby, No dogs allowed. I have never seen this before.

The lobby was not their the last time we went over a year ago. they did a remodel in that year, I probably paid for the cat room. ha ha

FOG ART by God, and The MadSnapper

We planted our powder puff bush, as a small 4 ft tall bush, in the early 90's. From November to April it blooms with hundreds of these red flowers. These photos above are from past posts, Full blown in the 1st pic and dying and ready to fall to the  ground and then we take it down to 4 foot tall from 12 foot, and nothing but sticks and in 2 months is is a huge bush again.

We thought the drought would cause no blooms but I was unable to cut it down, and it has grown uncut for 2 years, and black mold took over the leaves, due to Bob not being able to care for it. I went out 2 weeks ago to hack it down myself, and while counting the 40 blooms on it, realized that there were bees in every bloom and two butterflies sucked fast on the pollen. I left it until the bees left. Beau and I went for a walk in fog so heavy and thick we could only see a few yards in front of us, and I needed by baseball cap to protect my glasses from the drops from the fog. While outside with him, I stood aiming my cell phone at the above photo, marveling at the tiny drops of fog that made the flowers sparkle and look sprinkled with glitter.

Below is the same photo, but blended in procreate, just because I could.

If you enlarge, the photos you can see the beauty of details painted with fog.

Above is photo, below is blended in procreate

Above is photo, below is blended in procreate

My walk with Beau that morning was blind and could hear nothing. The fog had blankets the entire city, with no sight, no sound. It was breathtaking and reminded me of this poem.  It explores the beauty of nature, the transient quality of life, and the way ordinary phenomena can be profound if observed closely. 

The Poem by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes 

on little cat feet. 

It sits looking 

over harbor and city 

on silent haunches 

and then moves on. 

 

Nature Friday with Rosy and Sunny at Living the LLB Life    https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/