Roadside

I pass this little farm and its lovely retaining pond on my way to work. Usually, I'm zooming by at 70 mph, but today, due to construction, traffic came to a stop. I pulled out my purse camera, rolled down the window, and snapped this shot.

Unfinished

This structure, in Wisconsin's Tower Hill State Park, reminds me of an unfinished fort; there is no roof!

Autumn

I woke up early the other morning and couldn't go back to sleep, so I thought I'd drive over to my local park and try to catch the sunrise. No clouds, so not much drama. I did see yesterday's eagle. Fiddling around in the near dark, I captured this exposure of one of the few trees that is changing color. Shot at f/8, .6 sec, (tripod and cable release) ISO 200, at about 6:30 in the morning (sun was due up at 6:55). In PS Camera RAW, I pushed the exposure 1.3 stops to brighten it up. I had my white balance set to Cloudy to try to pop the color on the leaves. I think it worked.

Strong!

Not the greatest picture. It was just before sunrise, I had my ISO set to something crazy like 800, and this beautiful eagle took me by surprise as it floated over the lake where I was waiting for the sun to come up. We don't usually see eagles around my neck of the woods. This strong, silent bird flew a lazy circle and then took off to probably find some breakfast. I took three shots, and after some Photoshopping, managed to almost salvage this one.

In My House

Jon and I both enjoy football. Each season, we make a game out of picking the winners from each game, every week. These are my picks from Sunday. I put the phone in the photo to demonstrate that I chose my teams before the games started. (I didn't do too well this week!)

Wine

Add some fruit and other ingredients to wine and you have Sangria. Yummy accompaniment to chips and salsa.

Warped

My warped sense of humor found this Ford Escape with its unique license plate, parked in Illinois outside a Mexican restaurant, amusing.