Saturday, May 17, 2014

While driving through the pond one day...

In the merry, merry month of May.

I drive though Ellison Park every day to-and-from work. It is a more interesting drive than the expressway, and often provides an opportunity for picture making.

As the seasons come an go the water level rises and lowers with the weather. But I have never seen the water this high. Buckets of rain the night before had swollen Irondequoit creek beyond its banks and it just could not keep up with the flow heading North to the bay and out to Lake Ontario. Water always finds a way, and in this case it meant flooding the road in a temporary cascade.

Some traffic turned around, but many made a slow passage. Others took advantage of the fun at high speed. I used caution.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

More pink

A bit overboard this year with the tree blossoms, but you got to get them while you can.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Showy

It's now the season of the pink tree. Light delicate pink... Pepto-Bismol pink... and every shade between.

This is a big one. Most are only 8 to 12 feet tall, but this one is more than twice the height of the house behind.

When I was in New Jersey almost three weeks ago the trees were in full bloom, and now we have finally caught up.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Waiting for the sun


Other than a nice Easter weekend it seems we just can't have any sun. Rain comes and goes with gloom in between showers. Where is the sun?
The only sun I could find was painted on the barn.