Stand pipe

 

purple and yellow and greys

A water standpipe stands ready at the station.  Two yellow bollards protect it from direct contact.

 

 

 

Ox eye spiral

 

Don't get dizzy

The Leucanthemum vulgare is considered in some places to be an invasive species.  That does not prevent one from taking a closer look at the spiraling floret of the ox eye daisy.

 

Close up buttercup

That is yellow!

Commonly known as St. Anthony's turnip, the butter cup (Ranunculus bulbosus) has bright yellow flowers.  The flower petals are glossy and curved; they reflect light towards the center of the flower.  The "turnip" name comes from the bulbous root of this flower.

Children use the flower in a game to determine if someone likes butter.  One child picks the yellow flower and asks another "Do you like butter?". They then hold the yellow flower up close under the others chin, see the yellow reflection from the yellow flower on the skin, and exclaim that "Yes, you like butter.".

Naturally rusted

 

31x29 cover

 

The late afternoon sun enhances the colors of the yellow street striping and the 31 x 29 diamond pattern on this sewer cover that was seen in the street beneath our feet.  This labeled SEWER cover is located in a marked off section of a parking lot and gets very little foot or vehicle traffic.  That has allowed it to attain a natural "rusty orange" color.

 

Caterpillar and flower

 

That must have been a long crawl to get to a flower so tall.

 

 

What is that?

 

The flower - maybe an echinacea?  The caterpillar - maybe a skipper butterfly?

 

 

Feeding on flowers

If you can identify the flower and /or the caterpillar, post a comment.  This unexpected find was seen in a field of flowers in southern Quebec, near the middle of the Vermont border with Quebec.

 

 

Floral fecundity

 

In full bloom

 

The wild tulip - Tulipa sylvestris - has a very faint fragrance:  sweet, slightly vanilla, slightly banana.

 

Pollinated

 

The stamen consists of the anther that has the pollen and the filament that supports the anther.  The pistil consists of the stigma, which catches the pollen, the style that holds up the stigma, and the ovary that produces the seeds.

 

Stairway to back deck

 

Back stairs

 

The stairway allowing access from the ground level to the second level deck also allows egress from the interior upper floors of the building to the exterior ground level of the building.  This bi-directional stairway is presented here as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

Yellow melon

 

Ellipsoids in a box

 

A box is enough to keep these mellow yellow canary melons - named so after the color of the bird - from getting away when a buyer approaches them.

 

Wild tulip

 

After a rain

This wild tulip - Tulipa sylvestris - appeared several years ago in an untended part of the garden. How it got there, when, who - is all a mystery, but the  bloom of the woodland tulip is looked for each spring.

Hidden grafitti

 

What's that say?

 

Written on the steel basement doors of a discount store, and hidden by the store's outdoor merchandise stand, years later this graffiti remains pristine, and, still as undecipherable as when it was first written.

 

 

Spill flowing

Spilling and dispersing

A wet parking lot reveals the petroleum product drips and leaks on the street beneath our feet.  As light is reflected and refracted by the layers of differing thicknesses, colorful "rainbows" are produced by the thin film interference.  The slight slope of the lot shows the flow and spread of the spilled product.

 

Pipes screensaver

Cafe au lait wall

The piping colors and layout seen on the side of the industrial building was inspired by the Microsoft Windows 3D Pipes Screensaver.

The Spatter screensaver:

Under the pipes

was used for the splatter on the concrete pad underneath the yellow pipes.

 

Sunny loading dock too

Nicely stereoscopic

That certain appeal of the clean lines of this loading dock are recorded as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

See the sunny loading dock in non-stereogramic.

 

Sunny loading dock

 

Nice and clean

The clean lines of this loading dock have that certain appeal that just asks to be recorded.

See the stereoscopic view of this loading dock.

Willys coupe 1941

Mellow in yellow

This lemony yellow 1941 Willys coupe takes a short break from cruising with a leisurely stop at the beach.

n.b.  previously seen here.

 

Yellow hydrant

At ready

This 4 1/2 inch fire hydrant was made by the Kennedy Valve Company, located on East Water Street in Elmira, New York.  The company originated in 1877 with Daniel Kennedy at a location on Gold Street in lower Manhattan in New York City.  They moved to Coxsackie, New York in 1890, and then to Elmira in 1907 where it continues to this day.  This model is the AWWA with a 200 GWP capacity.

Sunny and bright

Small sunflower

This small sunflower with lemon yellow petals was grown from the sunflower seeds that are in bird seed.  It is much smaller than was expected!

Some of the other seeds that are in bird seed were also planted.  They came up as well.  Being grasses, they were not as interesting as the sunflowers.

Willys 1941 coupe

Coming...

...going

...on the way out...

This bright yellow 1941 model year Willys coupe stopped long enough to be seen up close.

n.b.:  also seen here.

Friendly fruit

Grapefruit and limes and lemons

Contrary to the belief that they also have a sour attitude, citrus fruits are quite convivial and will visit with the fruits in the neighboring bins.

 

Yellow trio

Three yellows

Tulips can self-pollinate and can be cross-pollinated.  The dark patterns inside this trio of yellow tulips look like they should attract any pollinators that may come by.