Foggy Monday

Straight-out-of-the-camera foggy Monday morning;
and yes, it’s the same view as in yesterday’s post.

To save you the tedious task of scrolling back to compare:

Friday My Town – Skylines

“Do you see prairies,  sky scrapers or something in between when you view your skyline?”

The panorama view above is from today – a skyline I get to look at quite often, walking to/from the supermarket.

The closest I come to seeing a ‘prairie’ would be the football field on one side of my building, I suppose – and maybe the tall chimney sticking up may count as sky-scraper?

▲ Misty morning today when I set off out...

▼ Below is the view as I approached home again on my way back from the supermarket. (I chose to go round in a circle today, one way there, and another way back.)

Having a chimney on the horizon might not seem like a lot of fun – but it can be! (a winter collage from 2010) ▼

Another of my nearby skylines consists of the tall trees in an old cemetery:

From my kitchen window, the skyline looks different depending on the time of year ▼

In the winter, the view includes buildings that are hidden from me in the summer. Although I prefer the greens of summer … I also like it that I see farther in the winter! ▼

▲ Winter sunrise and Moonrise ▼

Friday My Town Shoot Out – Skylines

Skywatch Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday My Town – Get High

… with your camera, as in shoot from above.

 

Next to our railway station, there is a high rock.
So I decided to do a bit of climbing…

… On second thought, better use the stairs and path!
But I did go up there, and here’s what I saw:

Looking west: The railway station – and a bit beyond…

And a rainbow in the clouds (cut and enlarged from the photo above) – I actually didn’t see that until I got the photos up on the computer!

Zooming in the buildings on the other side of the tracks.

 

South: There’s the tornado sculpture from the first photo again. To the right is the “travel centre” for the long distance busses. In the background to the left is a school, and to the right a spectacular triangular office building.

 

East: Towards the town centre. You can see both church spires in this photo.

 

Lots of red roofs…

 

… and other colours, too.

 

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The day after I’d been up to the top of the Rock, I thought of another high place I’d never been to with the digital camera. So off I went… up to the old Water Tower.

Built in 1900 and looking like a little fairy tale castle, surrounded by a little park on the top of a hill.

 

  

I’ve been up to the top of the tower once, but it’s not usually open to the public. So the entrance gate is as high as I got this time.

The view downhill towards the town centre.

 

The other side of the hill.

 

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On my way back downtown, I passed the Gustaf Adolf Church which was built around the same time as the water tower…

I’ve never been up in the tower…

… and I didn’t go that high this time either.

But I did go up on the balcony where the big organ is.

▲ Looking down … and looking up ▼