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.)

I contemplated sloshing through, but a closer look made me reconsider.

Instead I changed the course from under to over, and crossed over to the left bank. Cue dramatic scenery shots in the middle of the bridge.

The bankside view was filled with dramatic shadows and shiny reflections. I attempted to capture some of those for the rest of the walk, and the results, of course, varied.

Walking along, I noticed a crow strolling in the water. Every time I approached for a photo, it jumped out and flew a bit ahead, only to dip back in. Eventually I got some semi-decent shots where you can actually tell that it is indeed a crow standing, feet in water.

Farther ahead the sun kept on shining on the lazy scenery. (Also, there were some ducks napping on the pier.)

Some very active bird life up in the trees. I hurried past the drop zone VERY fast.

Past the danger zone, I observed some more dramatic shadows and even caught a sight of some remnant snow!

I ventured farther upstream along the left-bank path I'd ever visited before, almost up to the wooden shipyard. (In fact, I'm pretty sure I've never actually set foot in that particular area until now.) If I'd had another half-hour to spare, I'd have continued on up the hill and figured a suitable route back on the go.

But since I couldn't be sure how long such a loop would take, I decided to leave further explorations for another time and simply turned back on the same path.

On my way back I spotted the bathing crow again.

Also, more deep skies, more rushing cloud-rolls, more drama!

The park promenade, on the other hand looked super serene.

Another March post coming soonish - stay tuned!  And here  are some bonus shots from springtime botanical gardens. (This wasn't a proper lunch break walk; just passing some extra time before the beginning of my shift. Again, buffing up my sense of place for the then-WIP.)