Finding the extra in the ordinary

I have the tendency to get a little stir-crazy at times. I have to coach myself into spending an entire day indoors and remind myself that a few hours in front of a TV does not make a wasted day. As such, I sometimes get a little ill at ease when plans fall through at the last minute, and I am left without a good book, movie or a plan for a particular night.

However, I have discovered that I can easily glean some comfort by grabbing my camera and setting off with no particular destination in mind.
Wanderings, if you will.
Sometimes it is a little amazing what you can come across just around the corner.

While I am still decidedly an amateur in my photographic skills, I find that merely having it in hand kind of forces me to take a different perspective on what is worth noticing.

One of the signs of impending Autumn is not only that the sunlight takes on a decidedly more golden glow, but that orb spiders have sprung webs on every possible surface, including connecting a parked car to the ground.
(although most of these webs disappear in the light of the camera, blending perfectly into the colours of the fence or shrub they happen to be strewn against)



These three were the highlights of my venture...






I find it odd how almost natural it looks for the tree's branches to be stretched around the power lines... almost as though we caught it in a big yawn.






I've decided that one requirement of my first purchased house is a giant weeping willow tree looming over it.




If you look closely, you can see another sparking web.






These two were my favourite final products, after playing around with them on my computer.


























Oh, what a twist... the shooter becomes the subject.


Another benefit of these excursions? I have become more sturdy against people's quizzical looks when I come to a grinding halt at some random corner, and start rifling through my purse.