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 trying to accustom the public 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...

Related posts:  Errant

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.

Related post:  Blooming Darkness

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?

Related posts:  Something Really, Truly, Is Going On Up

                          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.

Related post:  Unusual Cloud Formation

How Cute

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

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

Just Thought These Were Cool

Just Strolling Along,

marveling at the beauty of nature in autumn,

(Although I'm not formally religious, I used to attend church for social reasons, and even sang in the choir;  during this walk I felt like bursting out with a round of "How Great Thou Art")

when I came to this patch of sidewalk densely strewn with ginkgo leaves,

and noticed this out-of-place leaf.

Apparently it had made up its mind to follow its brethren and fall off the tree, but then changed its mind mid-fall and decided to stay on the tree a while longer.

Jupiter Moon

 

Errant Cucumber

Not sure exactly why I found it humorous, but anyway the sight of this snapped-off cucumber lying on the sidewalk had me chuckling.