Before the fireworks started, there was a natural spectacle in the evening sky. I should probably post one of the moon pictures I took during the lunar eclipse, too...

Okay, back a while later, and here are 4 eclipse pix from earlier this year.


An establishing shot


Nearly eclipsed


Newly eclipsed


Fully eclipsed

My cute, friendly dog who can jump high enough to lick your face while you're standing straight.

I have no idea what this place is, but it looked interesting.

I don't remember what state I was in when I saw this thing. I was passing through in a hurry. Look at the stuff around it for the scale -- you could crucify the Jolly Green Giant on that thing!

Not sure what kind of bird this is. A gull?

Just another peaceful day here in Silent Hill.

Mushrooms popping up

These actually appeared in the "fairy ring" pattern, a rather large circular formation of mushrooms, so named because people imagined fairies caused them to sprout up so they could have a marked-off dance floor for their fae parties.

In fact it's more easily explainable by a single mushroom popping up at first, spreading its spores out all around itself, then dying, and a second generation of mushrooms popping up in a ring around the original one.