Hurry up and have fun

Looks good, Lets go in. 

This morning the weather was warming fast when the dog and I stepped outside.  The humidity is returning and rain is eminent.  We walked up to the west end of the dirt road and all in all it was a very peaceful walk.   The last few days have been very sunny with temperatures in the 90's.  The water left from the heavy rain is drying up in the ditches and culverts quickly.  In the U.S.  this weekend is a holiday for most everyone. It is known as Labor day.  I know it seems strange to take a day off on labor day but that is what we do.  I am pretty sure the holiday is about the advances made by labor unions and the like to reduce work the work week , improve working conditions and eliminate child labor and those sort of things.  Anyway Labor day has established itself as the official last holiday of the summer.  Everyone tries to cram in one more road trip, vacation, visit with Grand Ma and Grand Pa all in three days and it can be hectic.  I choose to seek out peaceful places so I just stay home.  The dog and I arrived home and I noticed the big Morning Glories I have growing on the fence.  There was a brown moth taking a look at one big flower so I thought that would be a good photo.  These morning glories are large and start off the morning a deep shad of blue and as the sun comes up they change to the familiar deep purple we are all familiar with.  Some time around mid day they begin to fold up and that is the end of the bloom.  This particular Morning Glory never makes seed and is apparently perennial as it has returned year in year out but has never spread.  If anyone recognizes this variety and it's habits please let me know in the comments.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Have a great holiday.  Bye.

From near to eterninty

Petal powered.

This evening we walked up to the watermelon field where all of the watermelons are gone now. They have plowed the field and the melons that were left have been chopped up.  I guess they did not want anyone looking for leftovers.  Once we got back home it was pretty dark outside so I went into the back yard where the zinnias are next to the garden and there I found a very nice looking white crab spider hiding among the petals of the flowers.  There were actually several of them but this one was completely white.   I photographed the flower with my IPhone set on HDR and flash off.  I held an LED mag lite above and placed the phone a few inches away to get this photo.  The LED light gives the flower a strange almost daylight look with pitch black in the background.  I was glad it was getting dark outside as I wanted to begin the fall season of photographing the night sky.  I managed to get some shots of our Milky Way galaxy in the area of Sagitarius but the haze is a little heavy and it will need to be clearer to really see faint objects.   When the dog and I walk at night there are certain times of the year when the sun is at the right angle we can see satellites and the space station whizzing past so clearly it seems you should hear them going by.  We sometimes see meteors streaking across the sky which is a real treat when you realize how far and how long those little rocks have circled the sun before burning up in a few seconds before our eyes. Last night as I walked I looked up and thought to myself that there is a amall chance that where I am looking there is nothing to see all the way to the end of the Universe.  Is there an end to the Universe?  I will think about it and let you know.   I hope you have a peaceful night.  Thanks for coming by.