sunny with clouds

Feb 18, 2005
late afternoon
family outing to Gibson Ranch
sunny with clouds, breezy cool to warmer, depending on whether we're in shadow or not

Start out by the pond, not too long before mallards come to check us out, Scott pretends he has food and we've got geese interested soon, too. One big white gander comes up hissing and we give him plenty of space


Cattle graze in a pasture across the road, look up at me, then get back to the business at hoof. Scott and the kids check out a pair of oaks - I want to call them live oaks because they're evergreen - Scott climbs one and is attacked by ants.


We drive around to the creek side of the park and are promptly stomping around the creek.


Suddenly a set of soccer goals catch my eye. The park is mostly empty now and the goals are giant frames around the landscape with a second far away goal echoing in the distance.

I like the second set of the three sets I find best and the thought that I am not the first to see this relationship haunts me.

Still I like this idea and later realize I missed three more landscapes seen through the opposite side - I wonder what I missed?


Next to the soccer field I find a more pastural scene - quite literally a horse pasture. I like the clouds that echo the shape of the tree. Dee has joined me while the guys bird watch - they find a couple kinds of woodpeckers along the creek.


Dee leads me along tiny little creekside trails while the sunlight comes and goes behind the clouds.


I run out of film before I get all the shots I like, so Dee & I decide to come back Monday, weather permitting. Storms have been passing through and more are forecast these next couple days...