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Snow at SOU
There was no school today, not because it snowed but because the campus is closed this week for Thanksgiving. I went in anyway. Nobody was there. No footprints in the snow on a college campus is an unusual sight. So peaceful…
Today’s photo is from the same basic location (with camera pointed a bit more to the right today) as this prior picture. I was on the steps of Central Hall.
Japanese Maple
A rare glimpse of the sun yesterday allowed this photo. It may look like an HDR, but it is not. The light was just right, and our Japanese maple is just a few days away from giving up its leaves for the winter (which feels like it is already here).
10 Year Anniversary
Ten years ago we moved to Ashland from San Jose, California. Things haven’t changed much in Ashland during those ten years. When we got here in 2000, it was freezing, one of our Japanese Maples was in full fall splendor, and the other had lost all of its leaves. That’s the same condition as things today.
Today’s photo was taken a couple weeks ago. Going from the left, about 30% into the photo is Pilot Rock. About 75% into the photo from the left is Mt. Ashland.
Ashland Creek in Autumn
Ashland Creek, which runs through Lithia Park, is nice in all seasons but fall has to be my favorite.
View from the position of a fallen leaf
I was sitting in the grass in Lithia Park the other day, enjoying rather warm temperatures for November. Instead of pulling the camera up to see what I was taking a picture of, I just took it from the position of the leaves I was sitting in.
Swirls
At the corner of Terrace Street and Ashland Loop Road I noticed some unusual, swirly clouds blending nicely with the curves in this person’s driveway. The fall foliage looked nice too but didn’t come out so much in this photo.
Japanese Maple squirrel
A closeup taken soon after yesterday’s photo… I didn’t realize squirrels ate maple leaves.
Poor camouflage
My Japanese Maple tree has changed colors causing its usual occupant to stick out a bit more than normal.
Autumn sunrise
We had a really nice sunrise earlier this week. This one was colorless before taking my shower (photo coming someday). When I got out of the shower and looked out the window 20 minutes later it seemed someone had painted it orange. I should have known by the color that the San Francisco Giants would win the World Series later in the day.