Tuesday: A Walk

After a visit to the local whatever-mart store to pick up a few items...and I must say, it's shocking how much other establishments overcharge for the same items one can purchase at the whatever-mart...sometimes for half the price!...I loaded my loot into the trunk of the car and drove off in the mid-morning sunshine to a nearby neighborhood for a walk, parking along a quiet street.

 Donning sun hat and sun gloves

and striding east along the street,

the first beauty I encounter

is this dewey white rose.

 There seems to be a lot of white around...

...even the sky is white...

 ...white blossoms and white lawn chairs...

...white house on the corner...

 ...white planes in the blue sky...

...funny how the sky changes color
depending on which direction one is looking...

A white porthole window...

...look how weather beaten the paint is...

I like the texture it creates.

But there is still plenty of color around too...

...green shutters...

...orange pumpkins...

Have those pumpkins been there since Halloween?

Probably.

Just look at this glorious tangle 

of green, orange and russet 

star-shaped succulents.

Faded pink cinder blocks, yellow flowers...

...and what is that I spy?

A half-drunk bottle of amber brandy...

...someone evidently had a bit too much to drink last night

and forgot to take his bottle home with him...

Colorful birds of paradise...

...I must admit, I do not care for these flowers

but I do love those broad green leaves glowing so brilliantly...

Now, isn't this the cutest little trailer you ever saw?

It reminds me of an Easter egg.

I'd love to look inside!

My chosen walking location is directly under the flight path

of the Long Beach airport.  Look at this old 1950's (?) era

propeller plane.  They have their own distinctive drone...

I can remember first noticing that sound when I was six or seven.

I was at my grandparents' home lying on the grass in the hot sun

with my eyes closed and listening to a plane flying overhead...

...its deep rumbling droning sound seemed so lazy and soothing to me...

I'll never forget it.

I see there is a commercial jetliner in this photo also

visible only by its shining trail, straight as an arrow...

...and the tip of that palm tree seems to be waving hello to us...

it makes me smile.

 I like how this front yard has been arranged...

a sloping lawn in front,

and a wrought iron fence closer to the house

with a porch/patio area behind it.

Not only is it attractive, but it also keeps the

door-to-door salespeople away!

 This is the prettiest section along the many blocks I trod during my 80-minute walk.

 The hubcap resting against the base of the stop sign

is what caught my attention.

Somewhere out there is a car with a naked wheel.