Wet Street Corner (251/366)

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.”

Albert Camus (French Novelist, Essayist and Playwright, 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1913-1960)

TIME:  6:27 PM
PLACE:  Downtown
SUBJECT:  Wet street

Between the torrential rain showers we had this afternoon, I went downtown to purchase movie tickets for SD and me to see “Paranorman”.  I did not take an umbrella.  Dumb move.  Lucky for me, many of the storefronts have awnings.  I took advantage of them when returning to my car.

Distant Red Bird (130/365)

 
“I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy.”
 
Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Martha in The Misunderstanding, act 2, sc. 2, Pléiade (1962).

TIME:  10:33 AM
PLACE:  Our Lady of the Snows Shrine
SUBJECT:  Northern Cardinal

A cardinal flew in front of my car while I was returning to work after attending a visitation for my cousin’s father-in-law this morning.  I tried taking some photos, but he was quite a distance away and I wasn’t getting close enough in my opinion.  By the time I changed lenses, he had flown away.  Nothing else inspired me today, so this is as good as it gets on this chilly Monday.

Autumn Colors (293/365)

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

Albert Camus (French, author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, 1913–1960)

TIME:  3:55 PM
PLACE: Outside the Quest Lab 
SUBJECT:  Maple leaves

Poor StellaDella, today she had to have blood drawn for a lead screening.  This is required by the Illinois District of Public Health.  She is considered “at risk” as our home was built before 1978 and renovations have been done to it in the past year.  She voiced her displeasure at the needle stick, but then sat still and watched the 2 vials fill with her blood.  I hope (and I think she does too) that we are done with medical tests for awhile.

This is the third day in a row we have had sunshine.  The temperature was warm, about 74 degrees.  It was a gorgeous fall day.  The late afternoon sun just made everything glow.