“Diamond in the Sky”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.5, 1/350s, ISO 200. View of Diamond Peak from the Hardesty Way Trail.
Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
Remember when bribery used to be illegal? Yeah, neither do Donald Trump or Pam Bondi. I hope they end up in adjoining cells.
Finished: The Pale Horseman, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. Second book in Cornwell’s series about the making of England in the ninth century. In this one, the young nobleman-raised-by-Danes Uhtred takes part in a rather improbable number of important incidents, revolving roughly around the exploits of King Alfred. Much better than the first book, I think, if only because it moves faster through more action.
“Growth”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 31mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 640. Along the Lawler Trail.
Why so many photos?
There are a few reasons why I post so many photos here:
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My aphantasia means that if I don’t take and save pictures, I have very little memory of where I’ve been. By turning photos of my hikes into wallpaper and having it on rotate on a spare monitor, I’m more anchored to my past, and this feels like a good thing. Typically I take a few hundred photos on a day’s hike, and turn a dozen or two into wallpaper.
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I flatter myself into thinking some of these wallpaper photos turn out pretty well, so I share them. There’s probably no one downloading any, but that’s OK.
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I figure the nature photos provide a nice break from the political ranting.
“Misty Woods”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the Lawler Trail.
“Stone Wave Breaking”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/30s, ISO 400. Along the Lawler Trail.
“Into the Mist”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/20s, ISO 100. Taking a break along the Lawler trail.
“Bad Hair Crowd”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 400. Close-up of moss along the Lawler Trail.
“Hidden cafeteria”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Bugs feasting in a skunk cabbage blossom along the Lawler Trail.
