Here we are half-awake

[sovay]

The second-best part of this highly mediocre day was a gyro on which I put a phenomenal amount of tzatziki, to the point that by the end of it the meat was probably the condiment. The best part was taking a walk with spatch right before sunset. I remembered to bring my camera.



Since our street has proved something of a canyon when it comes to afternoons, I have gotten into the habit of walking up to Tufts for my allotment of late sun and brick.



Their last roses of summer are particularly voluptuous.



This Karnak-wall of sandstone belonged to one of the residential halls.



Up close it was filled with the wealth of tiny shells and spines and bones, the settling of an ancient seafloor.



Rob took a dramatically sun-flooded picture of me.



I liked the interaction of the subject with the shadow.



This brilliantly dead leaf in its mesh of green looked like as good a symbol of autumn as any to me.



A moment of silence for the birch that used to grow around the corner of our block.

I am not sure that Series 13 of Doctor Who holds together at all, but since Kevin McNally was playing essentially Marcus Brody if he had started in parapsychology instead of classics, I enjoyed him very much.

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[scifirenegade]

*hugs*

Pretty pics, as always. The "Karnak sandstone" in particular. The colours and composition, quite abstract.

S13 is... is. It's been so long and I still haven't made up my mind.

[thisbluespirit]

Some really beautiful pics! Love the shadow interaction.

I am not sure that Series 13 of Doctor Who holds together at all, but since Kevin McNally was playing essentially Marcus Brody if he had started in parapsychology instead of classics, I enjoyed him very much.

Awww. It really does not, even by DW's standards, although I enjoyed the Mary Seacole ep, and they did something new and interesting with the weeping angels for a moment or two there, but Kevin McNally was great. Fandom doesn't agree on much, lol, but there was a lot of love for him and the random trio off having adventures in the 1900s & it was a shame they dispensed with him so needlessly, although he played that very well too. (Excellent fanfic opportunities re. the 1900s, top marks, no notes.) So glad you had fun with it and him!

(Tbf to Flux, even if it is Chris Chibnall, my nemesis, the eternal monkey's paw showrunner [--> not still bitter *eyes*], it was the series that was hit by the pandemic & had to be completely reworked for lockdown filming, so he does deserve kudos for getting anything made at all under the circs).

Congratulations on having managed a merely mediocre day! *hugs* (More seriously, I hope there are so many better days to come!! Or at least some; some would be nice, right? <3)

ETA: If you wanted any more Thirteen in passing, The Demons of the Punjab from s11 is really lovely and one of my favourite episodes of DW.

[sabotabby]

That sandstone shot rules. Extremely good minimalism.

[moon_custafer]

I shall have to show Andrew the fossils when he wakes up.

[selkie]

You always get so MUCH walk into your walks. I approve purely for your sake.

I am struggling this week and so I especially appreciate the pics as a reminder of a world that is not so inside-baseball that I am the mole person under the dugout.

[gwynnega]

That rose photo is incredible.

[pameladean]

Oh, the sandstone cliff (metaphorical) and the fossils! Also the shadow interaction is lovely.

Also that is just the proper ratio of tzatziki to anything else in a sandwich. As long as the pita doesn't collapse, you're good. Really, even if it does.

P.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I love the picture of the wall with its shells and bones! And also the one of you staring down the sunset, it's like you walked out of a spaghetti western! <3

[lokifan]

Gorgeous pics as always!

[asakiyume]

Whoa, in my missing-things-on-DW situation, I'd missed this gorgeous collection of photos. I love each one more and then it cycles around. A spiral of increasing admiration and pleasure! The light in the first few, and I love you and Shadow Spatch in conversation in that one. (Is that a dragon on your shirt? Very cool.) And yes, the softness and richness of the rose is SO alluring. Puts you right in a certain frame of mind.

There's something in the center of the former birch tree that looks elevated, so that at first I could see only a very broad mushroom--I didn't even notice the lower part of the stump. Now I see it as it is, but it makes me think about how our transformations, disguises, and alternate selves are always present.