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.

walk with me

The sky couldn't have been bluer today when I took a walk. I'm glad I decided to go back into the woods a bit because the trees were spectacular. Its those cold nights we have now--with snow predicted this weekend.

I have posted the bench from this spot in the spring and summer but have to say autumn has outdone herself this year.

See more spectacular sky views at SkyWatch Friday.

blue highways

I took this photo from the back of the motorcycle this summer on a Sunday afternoon near St. Francis, Minnesota...you can see the top of the windshield in the bottom right. Roads are my favorite subject, next to the sky, to photograph and this one has both, as well as visual proof of how hard the winters are on the roads around here! See more sky views at Sky Watch Friday.

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Speaking of rough winter months, I noticed this specimen near the apartment grounds where I live. This bench is never covered and is visited by all manner of weather and, except for some splinters, it appears to be nicely weathered and sturdy. You'll find more benches on Rune's site Visual Norway where he posts his Bench of the Week and gladly accepts others' photos of benches they've seen recently. That makes Friday even more fun!