Detroit in December!

These were taken right down the street from my house a couple days ago. Of course, flowering pears are aliens, so they do not respond to the climate cues as well as native trees. But meanwhile, it's been so cold, probably the leaves are mostly fallen now. The poinsettias are at our local florist, just down the street. That shot was taken at night.

I'm afraid our long warmish fall is over and winter is here to stay--we're supposed to get two inches of snow tomorrow.

And below is my latest art piece (click to view it larger):

Transitions, Continued

Perhaps I am fascinated by this because by now, normally, there would be no flowers outside, HERE. I know some of you live in warm climates or in places in the Southern hemisphere where it is warm at this time of year. But normally, here, it is cold. These pictures were taken this week.

The geranium is OUTside, on someone's porch.

The chrysanthemum is outside, I think right next door to the geranium. You can see a Christmas tree in the window.

This can't last forever--soon, there will be pictures of snow!!

The Coney Again and Transitions Four

1)The Coney Again. Note the new presence of coats on the coat racks.
(The last one was taken in warmer weather, LOL!)
2)Local Street Scene with (invisible but still present) snow melting
over leaves.
2)On Mack, in snow. It is actively snowing quite hard but because of
the time exposure, the snow all blurred into invisibility. And because
the ground was wet and warm, the snow was melting as it fell. Note
that there are still leaves on the light-decorated tree in front of
Ahee Jewelers (where we got our engagement and wedding rings).

These pictures were all taken with the missing camera which thankfully
is now FOUND! YAY!