L. W. flew a kite!

Some people never learn - and a week later return for more.

Now some people walk their dogs, while others go take a jump:

One for the money, two for the show:

L.W. also takes risks to photograph.

This has left the daft old bird "thinking" (?) - well, relatively, maybe.

Wise Old Bird

Go fly a kite!

Mom used to say: "Write about what you know." That meant stay away from fiction and stick to science. However, I am very ignorant about science!

So I became an observer, complete with failings as well. However, on Saturday, the snow had stopped and the skies cleared - why plural "skies"?

How many can you count?

The skier attached to the blue traction kite did some big jumps but I don't  think I managed to capture any - too busy watching. (From our balcony.)

For contrast and as a comparison, the next shots were taken in October 2011 with the previous Pentax but same zoom.

I was on the beach looking north - so 90 degrees left of the direction from the balcony.

The  flier was about 1km away in the previous 3 shots. In the next shots , he is only 3m away:

The kites are approx 5m by 2m.

Still looks like fun - from the safe position on the balcony!

Would I like to try it?


Wise Old Bird !

It's an ill wind that blows no good

So Sunday was mostly a white.out of snowy squalls:

I said a white-out is white! I think you see that there is an actual photo between the lines. So while I was watching white, I noticed that there were occasional flecks of colour high up. Strange!

So I looked and waited

See what I mean about bits of colour?

The kite appears to ne about 10 meters across -

And the skier is on a snowboard, I think. Now if the person is 1.5m tall then, ...

I thought at times I could see 5 different kites, I am not sure if there are 2 or 3 kites in this last image.
The person is about 100m from me, about 50m off shore on some 20cm of powder snow on ice frozen to the bottom - very shallow in October when the lake level has dropped by 40cm,

WOB

A couple of redwing blackbirds - stealth bombers?

It is currently -15C,  sunny, but oh so windy

So let me dream a lttle about the past when the world was young and dynamic:

Is there not a sensible tension in the dynamic? I would love to be able to "sail" away

But all good things must end -

(14 as in 14 feet => 4.2m )

On the shores of Lake Mariposa, sigh,

W O B

Details from Sat October 1st 2011

The wind was steady and the actors keen and active. So I left the balcony and walked 170m over to the public beach, now unsupervised for swimming and the swimming area markers removed. The stunts were performed approx 100m off shore to onshore and from chest deep to just wet.

Quite something.

W O B