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Emptying my cache solved the problem of opening a page for a new post. Once.
Today I got around the issue by using Firefox vs Chrome. We’ll see how far this gets me!
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A few days ago I found myself near the river inappropriately shod. So yesterday I hauled on my shit-kickers.
Ironically, I almost fell in the Battenkill.
We’d climbed up a the bank for a better view and Grant sat on a log. Intending to join him, I got my foot caught on said log.
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Plunging into the river would not have been a problem but bouncing down the bank on the way could have been damaging, both to my camera and me.
Luckily Grant has quick reactions and strong hands.
Aging bodies don’t much like being shaken roughly, but at least there is no lasting damage!
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A handful of the photos I took just after were randomly out of focus but whether this was a protest by the camera or my own visual oddities, I can’t say!
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The air has been slightly smokey again which might result in a sort of soft focus but not all the images seemed affected.
It was one of those 50/50 days…
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Alternately fine or foul.
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Noticing the dramatic contrast, I shot past the driver’s head but the camera decided I was going for the raindrops on his window.
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Moments later…
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A fawn saw us coming and scurried off.
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Just up the road…a turkey family.
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Looking east…
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…we turned west.
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Nice empty roads!
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We had somehow found yet another new road.
New to us, that is, though I should mention that quite a few of the roads we travel have been re-surfaced recently.
Tax money that goes to the infrastructure is well spent.
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More turkeys!
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Still not a car in sight.
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If only we could disappear power lines.
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We discovered we’d gone around in a circle and were only a few minutes from Cambridge.
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The rain had caught up with us, or vice versa and it came down in torrents.
An empty route 22 was very wet.
Three minutes later, we were home from our latest short excursion. As Fall progresses, they will become quite numerous and probably less short.
The things you get up to, Carolyn, in pursuit of the interesting picture! The roads around your place do look perfect and well-maintained. It is a fact that weather can change in an instant. Lovely to see all the wild creatures free to come and go as they please. I resisted unsuccessfully the temptation to ask what are those something-kickers.
Joanna
Solid shoes for stomping about in mud or other such things that are found in the country!
Some lovely dramatic captures of extremes of light here. I love the term shit-kickers which I’d never heard before!
I wish our local roads were in such good condition. Most are damaged by the huge trucks that drive back and forth to the many local gravel pits to collect aggregate. They are on narrow roads originally built for horse and carts, and should never be allowed on them. Glad to hear Grant saved you from a nasty fall.
Best wishes, Pete.
My mother always made a noise when I dragged my feet as a child because she said that’s when one falls easily … she didn’t say anything about how easy it happens when you get older! I love your pictures of the river – it seems like a serene place to just sit and be quiet. And great to have no traffic, but rather see wild life!