Library Lunchbreaking, 2022 April

 In a nutshell: then-new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I (sometimes) post photos from those walks. 

Just like in March, I spent my April outdoors breaktime mostly on that particular spot at the riverside deck area.

Library Lunchbreaking, 2022 edition

In a nutshell: then-new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks. 

In the past few years (as I commute on foot or by bike anyway) that habit has changed and the photo-flood dried up. But in March 2022 I grab my trusty old pocket camera with a new urgent emotion: cherish the townscape, capture it, remember it as it is now. Because you can't be sure where the global neigbourhood bully might strike next. 

Anyhoo, here are some shots from yesterday. 

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 30)

 In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

In previous post I shared some shady moments from June; In July I spent some blissful weeks in the countryside and some events, and the work weeks I tried to pass with as little brain engagement as humanly possible. But here are some moments from August. I'd actually gone on a longer unrecorded walk for some errands, but once I circled back to the river, I found a neat little public pier that I hadn't visited before. 

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 29)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

If my previous records from May featured a proper walk, then in June I mostly went with the "reach shady spot, drink coffee" routine - often by the river or (like last summer) by the botanical gardens pond. 

Some moments of interest captured in the shade or en route to said shade:

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 28)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

My previous proper walk-record is from the middle of April, doing some location-research for a story in progress. First, a few moments from the end of April: 

 

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 27)

 In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

My previous mini-walk record came from where April started; this one's from the middle. I specifically took this route to gain some sense of space for the behind-the-market area because a WIP scene takes place there. (Sorcery themed short story commission that should have been submitted yesterday.)  

I started on the left bank, like on a previous walk on the same path. The area I was aiming at is showing straight across the river. 

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 25-26)

 In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

My previous walk-records were from February and this little episode (more of a sit-around than walk-about) is from early March. I believe this was the first hint of  warmer spring being a possibility; the first sunny day when the riverside wooden decks were warmed up enough to spend some time there. (Little did I know that the next freeze-wave just days ahead would bring an ice encore to the river.) 

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 24)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

My previous recorded walk (October) actually ended up as material for this  video short but here's the previous lunchbreak-post (also a video short). 

This walk is from early February (some highlights already featured in the photo harvest).

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 23)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Soon after I posted my previous walk-log in July, I went off to a vacation for a few weeks. Just like before the vacation, I'm now doing my commute on foot, so the lunch hours mean less walking, more chilling in one spot.
One of such spot is at the botanical gardens nearby, more specifically, by the pond. The pond swarms with life, and in late summer the schools of fish seem especially active. The moving, transforming, decaying, squelching pond life eludes photo capture, so I made a short video instead.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 22)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

My previous walk-chronicle was from the end of May when full spring was only just kicking in. This one's from the first week of July, so here's a foliage comparison shot.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 21)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

This is the first proper walk I recorded after the emergency situation kicked in. This is also the first proper walk I went to after the Library partially opened. (Those windy rains of April revisited us in mid-May; also, during the first feeble work week, I didn't think taking my coffee in the public space would be wise just yet.)

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 20 - garden edition)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.
And then came the pandemic and brought everything to a halt.
Mid-April I did some volunteer work in an infection hub, so for the first weeks of May I had to self-isolate my ass. Because I was providing materials for the library's reading-blog from home, some of this time already counts as work. Which means, this gardening session totally counts as lunch break!

This was the first proper warm period after the long non-winter and the hail&snow-imbued weeks that followed. So I crawled around, observing the blooms pop and the grass grow.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 19)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

This is the second of two walks I recorded in March. This is also the first day of state-wide emergency situation (the city had already started implementing some precautions before that). This made for an extremely busy day for the library - stacks and stacks of books lent, tons of study materials copied, digital errands run. When I'd finally earned my break, the streets were already emptying.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 18)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Previous post concluded February, and this is the first of two walks I recorded in March. At this point people were already receiving distancing instructions and the library was adopting extra sanitizing practices. Meanwhile outdoors the spring was gaining momentum. Some of this walk's shots also landed in the March photo harvest.

I took a turn towards upstream bridge #2 (I'd pick that direction more often than normally because some relevant locations of my then-WIP over there and I was hoping to budd up my sense of place.)
So, bridge #2 underpass was flooded - a surefire spring signal! (That underpass gets soaked even when the floods are at their most modest - like this year.)

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 16-17)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Once again, I'm mashing two walk-logs together into one post. Mostly to catch up with the real-time spring, although we've had some snow well into April as well (in fact there was a minor splash this very week!)
Anyhoo - like the previous walk, these two are from February. My routes were rather regular that week; the main significance being the snow that lasted for several days (the closest to a regular winter in our region we'd seen since October).

I took one of my regular routes upstream; my photo-goal was to capture the usual sights in the somewhat snowy setting.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 15)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Just like the previous walk-log, this one's from February. We were having a proper sunny week and some faint hints of actual spring after the lingering non-winter.
I chose a new direction this time: follow the river downstream, pass under the main road bridge...

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 13-14)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

With the previous walk-log I wrapped up January. To start February, I'm showing not one, but two consecutive walks bunched together.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 12)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Just like the two previous walk-logs, this one's from January. My brief stroll around the hill wasn't very eventful. I did notice this fascinating tangle of roots. Also, a rare sight (rare for this winter, that is) - a fragile veil of snow covering the tennis courts.

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 11)

In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Just like previous walk-log, this one is from early January. This time I decided to explore the hillsides beyond the "main" hill, extending my regular routes a little bit.


On my way I was trying to capture the subtle shifts in greens, paint and moss alike.(Results vary.)

Library Lunchbreaking (Vol 10)

I shall exploit the header space to boost the signal of our GM's Gofundme campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/blueberrycreekrecovery
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In a nutshell: new job brought lunch hours, lunch hours brought regular walks, I brought camera (occasionally), I post photos from those walks.

Previous walk-log concluded the year 2019, so this one kicks off 2020! I believe it was my first workday after the New-year - dull, drowsy, and full of fumbles. Also, low clouds and overall daylight deficit (from the pictures I cannot even tell whether this was during the morning or the evening shift).

But with all the gray all over everyting, some subtle colour was shining through. I noticed, for example, how the painted blues resonated with the brick reds.