Saturday's stories

I prefer winter and fall,
when you feel the bone structure of
the landscape- the loneliness of it,
the dead feeling of winter.
Something waits beneath it,
the whole story doesn't show.

Andrew Wyeth

that was the week that was

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

John Keats

so, I've been complaining all week about the weather to anyone who will listen. I took the photo above this morning while grabbing a chance to walk between rain storms. The water on this little neighborhood lake was calm and glassy with sounds of geese and ducks in the background. Visit James' Weekend Reflections meme for more reflections to ponder.

We were visited by different forms of precip this week, including some way-too-early snowstorms. I found this poor summertime bench shivering in someones garden. So I'm adding it to Rune's collection of weekly bench sightings here.

SkyWatch Friday in St. Paul

55Two views around Como Lake this week66

Up until yesterday we've had blue skies and sunshine in St. Paul. Then storms arrived, including tornadoes in downtown Minneapolis and east of St. Paul with much attendant rain today. Wildflowers have flourished along the lakes as well as much green algae atop which makes the ducks and geese happy. These are my SkyWatch Views for this week.

In a more wooded area around Snail Lake I found another rustic bench to add to Rune's Friday bench postings. Visit him here.