Watery Wednesday

These are straight out of the camera shots I took on the one sunny day we had last week.  This first one is to give you perspective on where the next two come from.  The river is not large, but runs quite fast.

I was standing on a pedestrian bridge across some of the strongest waves in the river.  It was beautiful to see all the colors and reflection of the light.  Also, the design continuously changed.  I tried to catch a couple different moments.

I could have been easily entertained by this magnificent view all afternoon.  More water:

I am tempted to try and use a few of these as a texture or something.  I haven't had time to play around with them at all, but if I have any interesting success, I'll be sure to share them.

M.E.

Barn Charm

I headed north to visit friends and family for Easter on Sunday.  And, like all holiday drives home, I hit a wall of traffic about 7pm.  You see, there is a highway running through the middle of the state that is 3 lanes wide in each direction - except for the small section they haven't finished.  It's only 2 lanes each direction for that stretch.  So, you see where I'm going with this I'm sure.  If you try to fit 3 solid lanes of traffic into 2 itty bitty lanes, you get back up of brake lights for miles.  A parking lot.

So I decided if I was going to be burning that $4 a gallon gas anyway, I should take the scenic route home.  It was a good distance longer, but still a better option, even in the rain. The up side to this unplanned road trip?  Extra barns to photograph...well, when I had a place to pull over and before I lost all the light.

I did add a little texture on this, to mask the rainy day look.  You'll note that is a little bit of theme right now.  I happen to live along that storm front line that seems to keep coming across the US over the last few weeks.  Having read several other blogs today, I know I'm in good company!

I like that you can still see the name and year in the roof shingles - although it has certainly faded over time.  I've actually driven by this place several times before, but somehow missed getting a shot.  I'm happy I had a minute to catch it this time.

M.E.

 More Barn fun:

And then it rained

First is snowed, and snowed, and snowed for months.

It warmed a bit and all that snow started to melt and run off to the rivers.

And then it rained...

We had a horrendous storm come through and the rivers flooded the banks and into the streets.

The brown of the water and trees is just how it looked that morning.  It was also really windy as the cold weather started working its way back in.  You can see the ripples in the river/street.

This is a little more difficult to see the water in the grassy area.  There is usually a large area between the river and road.  Not so much here!  We're expecting more rain in a couple days.  

My thoughts are with those folks north of here who are still underwater, as the dam in that area could not hold.  

We're cautiously optimistic that things down here will hold, but if you're sending a prayer up anyway, please keep these folks in mind!

M.E.

More Watery Wednesday photos.