On California Hill. I liked the receding towers and the curves and diagonals of the cables.
Taken with an Olympus Stylus Epic film camera.
Power Lines
Fall Colors
The title says it all. Bright fall leaves against a lovely blue sky.
Feeding the Fish
I came across these large, and very voracious fish in a nearby pond. Clearly they were used to being fed and indeed while we were there some people came with a huge plastic bag filled with bread. The contents looked like leftovers from a restaurant. The fish descended on the bread. We, too, were feeding the fish and noticed a smallish turtle. We threw some bread in his/her (I don’t know how to tell the difference) direction but the fish were a lot quicker and he never got any. We continued our walk around the pond and suddenly noticed the turtle swimming in our direction. He/she had figured out the while the fish were distracted he might be able to get some food elsewhere. And sure enough he got quite a bit from us before some of the fish noticed and swam over. From this I conclude that while fish might be faster than turtles, turtles are smarter.
Chuang Yen Monastery – Exteriors
I’d been to this monastery a number of times before. It’s such an unlikely sight in Putnam County, NY that we often take visiting friends there. Since we had some friends over for the weekend we thought we’d go again.
I’d already taken numerous broad view pictures of the monastery so this time I thought I’d focus on some parts of the complex that I hadn’t been to before and also on some interior details. This is the first of two posts. It concentrates of some of the outlying areas of the monastery, which I’ve never visited or photographed before.
Chuang Yen Monastery – Details
This is the second of two posts arising from a recent visit to the Chuang Yen Monastery. The first post concentrated on some parts of the monastery complex that I had not visited before. This one focuses on some interior detail. I was really fascinated by the thousands of tiny Buddhas (see third picture). It took me several visits to even notice that they were there.
