The birds are all coming out as it warms up. This is in the woods in our property.

As beautiful as the photo looks, the actual sky here in Minneapolis is even more beautiful with hues ranging from purple to gold. That bright yellow is more like golden orange in reality. I had to reach over my next passenger who is sitting by the window to take a shot. Should have gone with a window seat today to get a few, better, steady shots…

This was last evening from our property. Unfortunately, I could not get any opening where I could get the sky without being hindered by trees. Funnily enough, I saw a similar post from Budhu – our friend in Knoxville.

This morning, while having coffee with my Sunday running buddies at a Starbucks, I saw a nice chandelier right above our head. It had some – what looked like – unique lamps. Took a few pictures with my iPhone. Anybody who has tried to take a picture of a bulb with iPhone will know that it is very tricky since the lens gets very confused on the focus/aperture thing (too many spots with too much brightness contrasts).

In any case, I had completely forgotten about it. Just now, I was looking for something and chanced upon those pictures from the morning. Out of curiosity, darkened the pictures a little and lo and behold! I realized something that I had not this morning. Each “bulb” is actually a bunch of LEDs arranged like a Christmas tree!!

It is the season to be jolly!!!

I was cleaning the pool in the rain when I thought I saw something unique fallen on the fence. I assumed it was a small branch that had fallen off a tree in the high winds. But it was the colors that got my attention. Once I walked up to it, I realized that it was a single strand of a creeper – I believe it is called a wild grape creeper – hugging onto the fence.

I cannot think of a better microcosm of Mother Nature’s glorious change of colors. We have all seen the beauty of tall trees changing colors – but note how this single strand has all the changing colors – going from green in the top to the bright red in the bottom.

Apologize for the quality of the shot – it was raining and I needed to quickly get a couple of shots in my iPhone before water got into the phone.