The Progeny
Some Times You Just Have to Get Away
By morning's end I was suffering a severe case of Nolan-fatigue, so I made the impromptu decision to break from the loony bin, and head over to Prairie Bridges Park.
It meant missing my nap, but oh well.
On the way to the park I was nearly taken out by a pickup truck.
Tooling down a gravel road, minding my own sanity, I spied a grain semi coming toward me. Not unusual at all, and since he kept to his side of the road, all was well. Coming behind him, however, was a blue, two-toned pickup, traveling precisely in the center of the road.
This happens a lot on gravel roads. So many people travel down the middle when by themselves, that the nicest tracks are always in the center of the road.
I waited for the guy to pull over to his side, but noticed that he instead was pulling further over to MY side. As I veered toward my edge and contemplated visiting the ditch, he finally saw me and swerved back on his side.
Of course, even a head on collision would be survivable in the Green Dragon Lady Lincoln, but all in all, I'd rather not be bothered with untidy bits of broken glass, fiberglass shards, and mangled Ma.
I still don't know what that guy was doing, unless he was planning to pass the semi. There was certainly not a lot of dust to obscure his vision. And if there had been, he had no business trying to pass in the first place.
We came within 10 feet of each other before he "woke up."
I wasn't quite sure whether to be mad or scared.
ANYWAY...didn't mean to chase that dust bunny trail so far.
Back to Prairie Bridges Park, that little harbor of tranquility within spitting distance:
With leaves mostly gone, there's a lot of bare-branched imagery.
As well as stark lines
Pebbles and leaves vied for multi-colored beauty
Some wildlife was observed
Slightly deflated red berries
Had a decent little walkabout, though fairly soon after my arrival, some men began burning brush in the back of the park. It wasn't long before a slight haze of smoke spread throughout the area.
Hazards everywhere ones goes, apparently. But it was still nice to get away :-)
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It meant missing my nap, but oh well.
On the way to the park I was nearly taken out by a pickup truck.
Tooling down a gravel road, minding my own sanity, I spied a grain semi coming toward me. Not unusual at all, and since he kept to his side of the road, all was well. Coming behind him, however, was a blue, two-toned pickup, traveling precisely in the center of the road.
This happens a lot on gravel roads. So many people travel down the middle when by themselves, that the nicest tracks are always in the center of the road.
I waited for the guy to pull over to his side, but noticed that he instead was pulling further over to MY side. As I veered toward my edge and contemplated visiting the ditch, he finally saw me and swerved back on his side.
Of course, even a head on collision would be survivable in the Green Dragon Lady Lincoln, but all in all, I'd rather not be bothered with untidy bits of broken glass, fiberglass shards, and mangled Ma.
I still don't know what that guy was doing, unless he was planning to pass the semi. There was certainly not a lot of dust to obscure his vision. And if there had been, he had no business trying to pass in the first place.
We came within 10 feet of each other before he "woke up."
I wasn't quite sure whether to be mad or scared.
ANYWAY...didn't mean to chase that dust bunny trail so far.
Back to Prairie Bridges Park, that little harbor of tranquility within spitting distance:
With leaves mostly gone, there's a lot of bare-branched imagery.
As well as stark lines
Pebbles and leaves vied for multi-colored beauty
Some wildlife was observed
Slightly deflated red berries
Had a decent little walkabout, though fairly soon after my arrival, some men began burning brush in the back of the park. It wasn't long before a slight haze of smoke spread throughout the area.
Hazards everywhere ones goes, apparently. But it was still nice to get away :-)
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posted by Ma Hoyt | 8:46 PM
1 Comments:
Lovely photos, and I wish I could go for a walk with you in your park.
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