The Day After

The storm had had its way with us, but had left us in its wake by Thursday morning. Thankfully, we didn't lose power. You may recall that we were sans electricity for four days last June, and that we lost some shingles. This time the cover was somehow blown off the bbq, but at least the bbq wasn't turned over, which has happened before. At one point, we even had a rock on top of the bbq to secure the cover, but it too went sailing.

It was foggy when I awoke, and as you know, fog always interests photographers. But I was also waiting for the grocery store to open and was, therefore, biding my time. By the time I left the house, the fog had dissipated somewhat.

The first thing that I determined to shoot was our neighbours' tree, which bears cherry-like fruit, but it most certainly isn't a cherry tree. The driveway was still quite icy, but I persevered with my longest lens and got these shots. My photos are never tack sharp when I handhold that long lens, but sometimes it is what I have to do.

When I got to the park, I was pleased to see that quite a bit of fog lingered on there. That was good because fog softens the background houses that otherwise can be very distracting. I had kept my long lens on, so compositions were tight and not always the best, but I am okay with the photos regardless.

This first photo was taken from near the park entrance. I wanted to get what I could of the path leading to the tree with the broken branches.

The next photo shows the same bridge on which I posed in red two posts ago, and that is the same tree that I had leaned against on a much more spring-like day.

Finally for today, but not an absolute finally to the topic, we have a long distance photo of the other bridge, the one beyond the pond and that leads to the trail that travels alongside the river. Through the fog and just beyond the bridge, we see the root ball of a tree uprooted by the storm. The distance was so great and the fog so subduing that I couldn't see that until I got the image onto the computer.

I took one or two more photos before leaving to do the grocery shopping. I did return later, but the photos weren't as good by then. However, there shall still be a reveal.

I was somewhat fortunate that the store was open, for the traffic lights were out along the major road leading to it. I was also lucky that the hordes hadn't yet descended. for I have discovered in times past just how crazily crowded grocery stores can get before Easter. It is often said to be worse than Christmas.