Every Day Images

Linking up with Kym for Every Day Images and Joanne for Talking About it Tuesday

Nature

The means by which to nourish and sustain us and the power to extinguish life (sorry, but I'm still in a somber mood). These pictures will be about life and not death, though...

I've mentioned before that I have some volunteer tomato plants growing in the garden (though I don't expect anyone to remember the particulars of my garden 😏). These plants are the most prolific ones in the garden by far. I've picked at least 95% of the tomatoes from these plants and not from the ones that I planted. I took pictures and pointed out some here on the blog but about a month ago, I discovered additional tomato plants growing whose seeds I did not plant. These are tucked in the corner where the house meets the side of the house. Obviously one would not plant seeds there! I didn't notice either plant until they'd grown too large to cage but I don't think I could have squeezed back there to cage them and they're too close to the house to cage anyway.

Here is one of the plants further out. The plants look super healthy- no fruit so far (and we're running out of time in the season!) 

These are the real stars of the unplanted volunteer plants. The plant in the compost bin is not growing out of it. Rather, I added a wire plant climber to the compost bin (this worked because the bin was filled almost to the top with compost) and tied one of the plants that was growing super high so that it would have a way to continue grow taller. 

Books

It's always fun to find a new author to like. I read devoured Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda recently. As in, I tucked my kindle into my purse on the way to church and when there was a lull in our conversation, I took it out to read.

I really enjoyed the book and immediately downloaded another one of hers. She doesn't write literature but in the suspense/mystery genre, her writing is my style and the reading is enjoyable. D of M was very atmospheric and taut with an engaging plot. So far, I'm not liking the book I'm currently reading of hers nearly as well (I don't care as much for the plot) but I still like the writing style of the author and unless this one is a total dud, I look forward to reading more of hers. 

Technology

My phone- My default GPS transportation mode has transmuted to bicycling. I don't think it was anything that I did (it's not a hill I would die on but since I bicycle nowhere I can't imagine that I took any affirmative steps to make this happen). I actually don't mind. It's jarring at first to see the time estimate being so much more than I would have thought. But then I relax when I realize the estimated time is based on biking to the location and not driving.

It's sort of like when you have a dream that you're going up to a podium to speak (scary in and of itself) and you look down and you're only in your undies. Then you remember that you're dreaming (/nightmaring) and that you're not in public in your skivvies. You're so relieved. That same feeling.

Also a weird thing with blogger that's been going on for a few months: I load cell phone photos onto my blog  with my iPhone. Whenever I first select pictures for a post, I always get this message now. It will not accept my first try. I hit close and then go back to add photos and it always works on the second time. Because it can take time to select photos and I know the first round is going to be rejected, my work around is to initially choose just one picture- the first one that's displayed on my camera roll (it doesn't matter if I want it or not; blogger will reject it). Then I go back in and select the pictures that I want to upload. So odd!

monochrome

Sort of, kind of, not really (the costume not the whole picture with the red in it!)

Also not monochromatic, but rather quasi bichromatic. I'm using it because I'm a rule breaker I like how close the two colors are and how the background contains both colors and then you have the other two colors in the forefront. The cookies were pecan flour chocolate cookies- eggless to boot and sweetened with maple syrup. Definitely not your typical cookie but a decent bit more healthy.

Evening and/or morning

Evening out on the town, our town's Oktoberfest. A fun night with friends and seeing many people in the community whose lives have intersected with ours however briefly: parents of a child who was in one of the kids' classes for example. Lots of laughter with neighbors and friends of twenty years. It was sehr gut!  

...and the following night at the ballpark in Dayton with Donnie's work colleagues for a Dayton Dragons baseball game. Is there anything more quintessential Midwest small city than watching a minor league baseball game on a beautiful summer evening? Donnie has worked at the firm since 1999 and many of the people whom he began work with in 1999 were there at the ball park. A fun evening of a little sports, good fellowship and plenty of complimentary "take me out to the ballgame slightly elevated style" food that we enjoyed immensely. 

Warning

At first, I couldn't figure out what I didn't like about this warning at the Dragons game. At first I thought it was because it didn't reference "foul" baseballs since that's the only kind of ball that could have reached our area. But then I realized that in some parts of the field, balls that come into them would be because of a home run. So this sign covers areas in the stands where a ball entering would be a foul ball or a home run.

Then I realized it was the verb "leaving." Leaving is used as a present participle and it implies that it's happening now. 

I came up with a variation that I like better. Attention: Please be aware that baseballs can leave the field of play and cause injury (and possibly second hand embarrassment when you witness an adult trying to take a ball from a child).

My version references the possibility of injury which presumably is the main point of the sign?