Weather: October 2005 Archives

Not every day has a moment of intense beauty. Today had several.

My commute takes me past Lake Johanna in the morning. Today the mist was rising off the water. It wasn't 18 inches off the water it was hanging 10 - 15 feet off the water. The sun was streaming down, the mist nuzzling and caressing the water and the big fluffy clouds were floating overheard; it was stunning. I didn't want to continue the commute, I wanted to sit and stay until the moment was gone.

Then while taking my usual walk around Langton Lake a co-worker pointed out a Pileated woodpecker. The bird looked huge as they all do. I've seen them before but I don't think I've seen them in the metro area. It was a pleasure to see something so wild and beautiful on my walk in a city park.

BTW, I was amused that MS Word would like to change "pileated" to pleated. A "pleated woodpecker" now that would be something to see.

Combine those sightings with my favorite kind of crisp fall weather and perhaps it wasn't such a bad day after all.