Red-winged Blackbirds fly around in fast-moving flocks, changing directions many times before landing in treetops all at once. They take off altogether and fly erratically until they swoop down on another treetop or into the black bamboo.
Doubleku
Sun shines through thin clouds
Trees don black lace under blue
Contrails all around
Transecting ringed clouds
X’s and Y’s mark their spots
An upside-down V
Government Motors Reintroduces The Trans-Am
In a nostalgic move, GM has announced it’s bringing back the Trans-Am, as an all-inclusive automobile with the advanced, leading-edge “Pedal-Electro” propulsion system that will bring Pride to everyone. “This is not your average EV,” said Arden Hoffman, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for GM*, who is in charge of peddling the new pedal car. “Pedaling this baby charges the batteries and your cardiovascular system at the same time!”
Besides a revolutionary drive-train powered by pedaling, a generator attached to the drive-train helps charge the batteries that supply power to lights, computers, and a 200-watt Bose® audio system with a super sub-woofer that provides an inspiring booma booma booma to sync your pedaling. “The new Trans-Am will keep you in shape,” commented a short-of-breath Mark Tatum, GM board member, and Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the NBA, after taking the 3000-pound Trans-Am for a test pedal. “It weighs much more than it looks with that compact body.”
Other innovative features include a no-roof, open cockpit-style interior that provides natural airflow to keep you cool while pedaling with pride.
*Arden Hoffman’s real position and titles.
After my more serious post with a protest song yesterday, I figured a chaser of satire with photos of trees and clouds was in order for today.
The comet was supposed to be close to Mars tonight. Using three different cameras, various exposures, and binoculars, I did not see a comet near Mars.
The above image was from the live sky on SkySafariWeb. The image below is from Celestron’s website. I’m in MST, which was 7:00 PM when the above photos were taken.
The night sky with whispy clouds from a couple of nights ago.
We got a dusting of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Clouds over the Sandias before sunset on Wednesday afternoon.
Sunset on Wednesday evening.
Loki and Gwendolyn
Kitties conflated
Tangled mess of tails and toes
Two cats into one
When a half-moon blurs
Becomes a ball, a cold sun
Sits eternal blue
From time’s space, she saw
Vibrant sky wore lacy trees
Venus winked, skies blushed
It’s Déjà vu all
over again, the clouds spread
colors far and wide
Coldku
Frost bites clouds on fire
Ice forests reflecting phone
Fifteen degrees. Brrrr!
Rockku
Look another brick!
It used to be in The Wall
“Leave those kids alone!”
Ghost-like clouds in the southern sky tonight. Jupiter is on the right between the clouds.
Off Center & Not Even 