About those pictures...

It's true, as Amysue pointed out in her comment on my last post, that I find the oddities that I see in the world more interesting than the "pretty landscapes", etc. It appears that I may need more "leavening" in my world than most do - or at least, a different FORM of leavening.

As an example, I find that MY opinion of when the fall foliage colors "peak" is different from the news-critters' opinion. In my opinion, things peak when there's still green foliage visible, for the reds and yellows to play aginst. Once everything is "autumn-y", I lose interest - it's back to being all one thing, agin - it's just moved halfway around the color wheel... big deal! It's when the span is from blue-greens, through true greens into the yellows, oranges, and reds, that there is contrast and interest.

I suppose that it's similar to the way that my musical tastes run. I LIKE straight-on music - Art Tatum, Beethoven, Janis, Ella, et.al. But mixed in there, I NEED my Whisky Before Breakfast (Rock 'n' Roll with bagpipes), Don Angle (Ragtime harpsichord), and Babaloo (Punk Mambo).

So, getting back to the items tha I find to photograph; again, it's the odd juxtaposition - the element that (arguably) has no place being what and/or where it is that fascinates me.

As examples; presented for your approval...



Sorry about the quality of this one - it was shot at dusk, looking west (that is - INTO the shadows) with eveything on automatic. At that point, without a rest of some sort, the picture WILL be blurry. I just didn't dare take the time to change the settings for fear of missing the shot.
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A while ago, walking around town, I (again) noticed something odd, which made me curious, and led to more cheking and led, evntually, to this picture:



As near as I have been able to tell, EVERY fire station in town has a fire call-box on the front of it. Which, of course, raises the question: WHO ARE THEY GOING TO CALL? Or if it's for public use, wouldn't it be easier to open the door and shout: "Hello-o-o-o...! Your firehouse is on fire! Hello-o-o-o-o!!"
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As I mentioned in my last post, I went to New York for a couple of days, recently. I had gone a while previously and had snapped some pictures of local oddments then, as well.





This, for example, is apparently what happens if you screw the manhole coves on too tight.
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More later - I want to walk the dog and get settled in before "Heroes" starts.