Somewhat Surprising

It was early afternoon on a clear Wednesday. I was strolling down a neighborhood sidewalk in the sunshine, relaxed and with not a care in the world, when suddenly something caught my eye -- a bright flash of light at the edge of vision, that quickly streaked across a road sign and disappeared.  I looked about, looking for the source, but didn't see any likely candidate.  So I was about to resume my walk when I saw it again, very clearly this time because I was looking right at the sign; and not only that, it seemed timed to match my movement.  Intrigued, I cautiously moved forward again -- and yes, there it was.  This time it stayed on the road sign long enough that I could tell it was mimicking my movement.

That's when I realized it was sunlight reflecting off the "steampunk" goggles on my hat!  I turned my head slowly back and forth, and sure enough, it followed my movements.  I was a little amazed that the spot of reflected light was so concentrated and clear-edged, with practically no dispersal to speak of, just like when I used to play with a hand mirror and sunlight as a child.  To look at the goggles casually, you would not think the lenses would be this effective as reflectors.

As for why there was only one reflection instead of two, the only possible explanation I can come up with is that perhaps it was due to the slight divergence of angle between the two lenses magnified by the distance.  You know, like how a Venus probe going just a few degrees off orbit early on could necessitate a course correction of tens of thousands of miles later on.

More About Gloves

So yesterday I came across yet another "errant glove" on the sidewalk. 

Over the years I have lost several gloves myself, but always the left glove only.  Never the right glove -- why would that be?

Somewhere there could be other bloggers posting photos of lost left gloves... mine.

This morning I found an old pair that I had forgotten about (in fact I couldn't remember them at all even after finding them);  they did not have conductive fingertips for touchscreen functions, so after some hesitation I decided to cut the tip off the right index finger.

I tried it on my phone and it was comfortable, and so I was about to cut the tip off the thumb as well, but then I realized I could expand and shrink photos with the thumb intract😐  Too late, I checked the print on the back of the glove, and realized these were "smart gloves", made of conductive material that made the use of special fingertips unnecessary.  Oh well.

I'll just pretend it was still worth it to open up the index finger;  that, for example, it's more precise for selecting words on the phone to look up online and such😁

"Space To Let"

Or in more common American idiom, "For Lease".

First A Triangle,

and today, a rectangle (or parallelogram).  Maybe a pentagon is next?

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Climbing Santa

The first one that I spotted this season, yesterday.

 

Goo-Goo Eyes

on a subway station air purifier.  A conspiracy theorist could well suspect that this is part of the government's first steps in getting the public accustomed to seeing robotic interfaces everywhere -- the ultimate aim being digital ID and facial recognition in every aspect of life.  Think that's extremist thinking?  Today I read about how China has actually started using facial recognition tech for dispensing toiler paper(!) in some public restrooms to prevent random people stealing toilet paper -- apparently that's been a significant problem in some places.

Errant Bouquet

Found during an outing to the Han River.

A bouquet of flowers someone had abandoned, wedged between rocks.

Not randomly thrown out, but carefully placed to make certain the flowers would be facing up and their stems would stay dipped in the water, to keep them fresh and abloom as long as possible.

Scenarios...

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A Memory

This came up in my Facebook memory feed today.

I hope I racked up a teeny bit of good karma for this act of sympathy and goodwill toward a fellow human.

I'd better have...  on that day I was acting quite against my natural impulses -- which incline more toward Wine, Women, and Song.

Just kidding -- I've only ever had any luck with just two out of the three...

Looming

I stood on a street corner for some minutes watching this cloud growing and advancing over the building, as if to overwhelm it by its sheer presence.  It was fascinating, and at the same time, a little ominous.  I took a shot every minute or so to keep track of its progress, but then this street proselytizer lady came up, handed me a leaflet (with a piece of candy attached, and bearing this passage from Matthew 11:28 -- "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest")

and tried to engage me in conversation.  I responded mostly out of politeness, but the distraction caused me to momentarily forget to photograph the cloud -- which is why there is a bit of a "jump" between photos 4 and 5.

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The Dragon's Return

I took this quick shot of a moderately interesting, but otherwise fairly unremarkable, cloud while out walking.  I didn't think much of it then.

However, upon taking another look later at home, I thought I noticed something, a tinge of familiarity(?);  so I gave the image a quarter turn, sharpened it up a bit, heightened contrast... and yes, my hunch proved correct;  it's another dragon -- a skeletal dragon, not my other dragon Dracovolans australocaliforniensis maximus -- falling down from the sky!

But a Dragon falling out of Heaven... isn't that Lucifer?

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                          There

                         Dracovolans australocaliforniensis maximus

                         Another Dragon

                         The Fall Of Lucifer

Ut Supra, Sic Infra

I was fascinated by these unusual clouds.  I stood watching them for several minutes, then as they moved I moved to a different spot for a better view and watched them some more.

Then later, after I downloaded the images to the computer, I realized they bore a more than casual resemblance to this raccoon skull I've got hanging in the living room.

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How Cute

and funny!  A tiger cub sitting on the head of momma tigress -- Korean humor, y'all^

(Actually reminded me of this)

An Oddly Confusing Staircase

that I came across in JongNo.  It's almost like the architect was deliberately going for an Escher-esque visual illusion.

 

Four Moods

Smirking Cyclops

giving you the side-eye.

Under The Ginkgo Trees

in my apartment complex.

Crazy!

A Quick Tour

of a staircase that I found oddly absorbing.

Honestly, this part was actually giving me the creeps -- I decided not to go up any further 

Balancing Act

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