A couple sunrises from back when I could get to the beach for sunrise. Also a bonus alligator skeleton I found last weekend in Big Cypress.
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Wednesday was the 6-year anniversary of my dad’s passing. I usually try to mark the occasion by going out somewhere and taking some time to reflect on all the stuff he did for our family and the ways I’ve been lucky in life. This year it happened to coincide with with a new moon, so I thought it would be cool to go out to the western part of Big Cypress and spend some time under the stars and maybe get a photo of the Milky Way. That area is one of the darkest spots in the state, and I’d been looking for an excuse to go out, so around 9pm I made a cup of coffee, loaded up my camera equipment and headed out to the swamp. The weather semi-cooperated, there was light cloud cover over the eastern part of the sky, which is where the Milky Way was, but the western part of the sky was nice and clear. Other than being way creepier than I anticipated (there are lots of critters moving around that you can’t see, but you know can see you, lol), it was beautiful and such a great time. The midnight sky is one of the few things that still fils me with that childish sense of wonder. Anyway, around 2am the Milky Way just edged out the clouds, so I snapped a few photos somewhat blind, and hoped. I’d never tried astrophotography before, so I had no idea what to expect. Much to my surprise, I got one photo where you can see part of the Milky Way, along with Antares. It turned out to be a great night and I’m stoked I got a halfway decent photo I can remember it with:
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The Milky Way bands cut diagonally across the bottom left corner.
Nice shot. The more I look at it the more I like the composition.
Also, getting popo at the end of the street was pretty great. On purpose or serendipity?
Serendipity. Didn’t even release it was a cop car until I got home and saw it on a bigger screen.
I recommend spending more time on cottages. Far more picturesque.
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We can’t all be powdered wig nobility leisurely strolling through the countryside.
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Taken on a crappy phone, but I do consider myself lucky to live 10 minutes walk from the sea and 15 minutes drive from here
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Damn.
I’ve been feeling pretty low the last couple weeks, between being cooped up and feeling isolated b/c of the pandemic, not exercising, and just generally feeling shitty about the state of affairs of our society, I went out to hike through one of my favorite places in the Everglades, Rowdy Bend. The landscape looks post-apocalyptic and is completely captivating to me, but the mosquitoes are horrendous even during the best times. Summer is not one of the best times. This time of year the mosquitoes are ungodly. You can hear them as a constant low hum and they form literal clouds around you as you’re walking along and bug spray does little to deter them. Oh, and there are horse flies, lots of them. Somehow one bit me on my fucking lip. Regardless, this place perfectly suited my mood this weekend, desolate, but beautiful, and not a soul around. I managed to get a few photos I liked, too.
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Those are great! How old’s your son?
He’s 15 and way more talented at art and photography than I’ll ever be,
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Yeah, looks like he’s got an eye for it. It’s a great creative outlet, I hope he takes to it.