December 3--Persimmons and the Moon

[zyzyly]

It was a surprisingly full day for a Sunday. I got up early and went down to the farmers market and bought a bunch of stuff, and took some pictures. There were a lot of people there.



The persimmons. I bought a bunch for Malida. I walked around for about an hour looking at things.

After I got back home I put the stuff away and went for a walk along the creek. Malida was at Pilates, so she didn't join me. There were a lot of people out there too. It was a really lovely day, so I was not surprised everyone was out to enjoy it.



Egret?

After my walk, I picked up Malida and we went to the noodle place for lunch, then did some shopping and came home. I had a nice nap.

After our nap we got up and drove down to the nature preserve to see the birds and the sunset, and watch the big moon rise.



I was fooling around with the camera and trying to do the remote shutter via a cellphone app, but it was kind of bulky, and not too helpful. The moon looks a bit distorted too, but it's the moon so there you go.

Comments

[elainegrey]

Love the lighting on, yes, the egret. I am appalled to find i can't remember which egret has the yellow feet ... ah, this is a great egret. The snowy egret has a dark bill and yellow feet.

[zyzyly]

Yeah I was pretty sure it was a great egret, but don't really know enough about them to be confident.

[asakiyume]

The persimmons are beautiful, and the egret on its inky, twisty perch reminds me of ink paintings on that theme, e.g. ...



And look what I found while looking for an example--a persimmon! Complete with watermark ;-)

[zyzyly]

Wow--both such lovely ink paintings! Thank you for sharing them.

[elainetyger]

The persimmons are like a bunch of moons.

[zyzyly]

Yes!