Squirrels Like To Say HI/ Nature And Man
Table of contents for 4/Writing
- Taking Photos /When Are They Worth Something?
- Roaring Ruminations
- Squirrels Like To Say HI/ Nature And Man
- Dr. Davidlind’s Holiday Shopping
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I only seem to be interested in man made objects as photo subjects if they are related in some way to nature. Or they are art. The statues of the generals on Monument Ave. are a good example of that. Leaving nature behind and going into the middle of Richmond to take some photos would be very challenging for me. And I’m not sure it is important to do it. It’s all very much up in the air as they say.
Here is a good example of nature redeeming something that many of us would not like to see in our neighborhoods. Bury it underground! Our neighborhood is old and they are still hanging around and often fail due to wind or ice. Squirrels sometimes vaporize themselves trying to investigate transformers.
I probably lost a few gentle readers with that last comment. I’m sorry. But I have this love/hate thing going on with squirrels. I’m trying to learn to love them because Beth would like it if I did.
But I generally find it difficult because they like to sleep in the road. And this causes me to swerve the car to avoid disturbing them.
But we are moving in the wrong direction here. Electricity is a marvelous thing. It allows me to write to you anywhere in the world. It saves lives every day in hospitals across the world. I love electricity. But I do not embrace it. I do not like the way it feels when my hand inadvertently becomes part of an electrical circuit. I prefer that small amounts of various legal chemicals light up my brain.
Look around and you will see all of these tremendous forces that could kill us in a second are under control in one way or another. They are peacefully humming along not five feet from where you sit unless you are out in the wild in South America.
There is an atomic energy plant up the road and it is humming along. There are large Naval ships down the river in Norfolk. They are humming along and creating V shaped wave patterns as they go about their business.
I watched the sun come up yesterday morning. It was very bright and I could not see well for several minutes after it arrived. But it was humming too. Sometimes a sun somewhere in the universe will blow up. But not our sun. It is well behaved.
Every once in awhile nature decides to stand up and stretch. Winds may reach one hundred miles per hour or more. A transformer blows up and a squirrel goes to that great pile of nuts in the sky. A nuclear power plant decides it doesn’t need a roof and would like to commune with the stars. A ship fires a guided missile that lands in a building somewhere and dramatically alters its architecture.
This is why I appreciate this photo so much. Everybody is playing nice here. Mornings like this are to be recorded and treasured. Tomorrow is a new day and one that may be full of explosions.
Ask my friend Chip. Or Dale. I can never figure out who it is waving to me as he (or she) passes from my view and under my car.
And yes I do remember to wave back at them as they happily dance around in my rear view mirror.
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