Sunday, November 13, 2011

Odds-N-Ends-N-In Betweens

Starting off with an "odd" for this post, I found this little slightly-worse-for-the-wear doll by the side of the road the other day in a very posh neighborhood, an uncommon sight for sure. I'm guessing it probably fell out of a car passing by, and someone propped it up against this stone wall so that, hopefully, it would be found. She seems to be waiting patiently although I wouldn't be surprised if five brand new ones had already been bought to take her place.

The Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" is the soundtrack I hear every time I pass this part of the beach, with the residents all having their own private boardwalks to the Sound.

The garden globe just defies having realistic photographs taken of it. The reflections always render as just a few shades of blue and white instead of the millions of subtle color variations when seen in person.

Looking like one of those "fool the eye" color tests, the red leaves of this fall Burning Bush appear totally different when the background goes from bright to dark.

Hundreds of starlings were flying all around the beach the other day. They were in the air, on the power lines, on the houses and in the trees. Enlarge the photo to see them all around these three cottages.

Some sort of vine is growing on this tree, still very richly green and lusciously full, even though most trees have lost their leaves. The way it gets thicker as it travels upwards is fascinating, too. The bright yellow leaves of the tree behind it really puts this photo in the autumn category. Long Island Sound is at the end of this narrow road.

I have no idea what this contruction is, lol. I'm guessing it was a bonfire of sorts, though it also looks like a funeral pyre to me, complete with a log "pillow" on the right side. The nighttime beach can be quite an interesting place to experience!

Ending the post today, fittingly, is the end-of-the-line for this huge old tree on our town green. Clearly visible is the fact it was rotting from the inside out, but the shapes of this trunk are absolutely beautiful to me. I would LOVE to have a few one-inch sections cut from this trunk to use in my art. The aqua-colored lichen on the south side is so striking, too. I bet the age-circles and grain of this wood would be stunning when brought out with a gloss varnish or polyurethane.

8 comments:

  1. I bet some kids where building a fort of some kind, in your next to last picture.

    Growing up at the beach as a kid we would play for hours in the sand, gathering up everything we could find that washed up on the shore. Great fun.

    Sometimes all the news dolls in the world will never replace a favorite one lost...

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  2. I agree about favorite toys/dolls. I just see a lot of the wealthy children around here with brand new everything, all the time. I'm not sure they even get attached to anything. Could explain the "coldness" I sense from a lot of people around here, young and old. Why savor anything when you can get a bigger, "better" version tomorrow and the next day?

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  3. CASEY,
    AGREE AGREE AGREE
    I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.
    I STILL HAVE MY WORLD WAR TWO DOLLS PUT AWAY IN A BOX. WHEN I'M GONE I WONDER IF THEY'LL BE SAVED OR THROWN AWAY. JUST MAYBE I'LL TAKE THEM WITH ME. WHY NOT?

    THE HEADACHE IS LIGHTER TODAY. THANK GOD.

    GRANNY

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  4. You should take them out of the box and enjoy them for a while. That's why I have so much stuff on display all the time!

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  5. that's why I use my favorite china and real silverware every single day, even for cornflakes. I've seen too many people "save" things for the future and then that future never comes. I enjoy my things every day.

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  6. FOR SURE YOUR RIGHT.
    I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEND THEM TO A DOLL DOCTOR AND HAVE THEM ALL REPAIRED BUT NOW I JUST DON'T CARE TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR WHAT IT WOULD COST. IT WOULD BE BIG BUCK.I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT I STILL HAVE THEM.MEMORIES OF MY PAST.
    I FORGOT TO TELL YOU HOW NICE THE PICTURES ARE TODAY. I LOVE EACH FOR A DIFFERANT REASON. THANKS FOR SHARING.YOUR WAY TO COOL.

    MALIBU, WHERE ARE YOU?

    GRANNY

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  7. Looking at the staircase picture, what does the planks of plywood on? I never took notice until you presented this spectacular angle to us.

    Wish I was there.

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  8. I think they're anchored in cement footings on the hill and in the marsh area.

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