Shadow Shot Sunday – Shadows in the Heat

It has been hot here in Tulsa lately. Hot and steamy, just like a good movie (sorry couldn’t resisist). So I’ve been seeking out the shadows.

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Friday was my day off so I went running in the early morning. I captured a leafy shadow selfie.

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I like to walk a little bit downtown at lunch. I found myself this short, twisty turny path, with a bench. For some reason I never see any homeless people sitting in it. Everybody talks about how the economy is improving but it seems to me that the homeless population is exploding. Lots of businesses have taken out benches because so many homeless people sit on them all day. Of course with less benches, the people are now just squatting down on sidewalks. They are not threatening people and I feel for them.

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I love these purple flowers in the shade downtown.

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This is a repaired section of fence in our back yard. The two posts shown got rotted out. You can see their previous remains in the lower right hand corner. Years ago I used to help put posts in for my Dad on our acreage in Eagar, Arizona and then several years later, as summer help, in the oilfields of Texas’ Permian Basin I put in lots of posts for my employer. Fast forward forty years later when my neighbor and I were discussing this and I was thinking I’m going to have to do this. He said, “You know Alan, I am not much into manual labor any more.” Music to my ears. I found a contractor to do it and you know something it three of them two hours to dig the two posts out. It cost a pretty but it was hard work. I contributed to the effort you know. Yes I did, I took photos and passed out bottles of ice cold water. Nearly wore me out.

This is from my new personal weather station in my back yard. You can see, temperatures close to 100 every day an hardly any wind.

How about you? How are you beating the heat? Those of you in the southern hemisphere tell me how you are staying warm.

I’m linking with Shadow Shot Sunday

9 thoughts on “Shadow Shot Sunday – Shadows in the Heat

  1. TheChieftess

    We’ve been having an unusually hot and humid summer for us…Thank God for air conditioning and cool nights and mornings!!! We prefer our normal dry heat here in California! Thanks for visiting my blog, A Photographic Journey TheChieftess.blogspot.com!!!

  2. Driller's Place

    That leafy shadow selfie is a great idea. Withe a couple of bad knees and a back that is not what it used to be, hiring the work done is the only way to go.
    Like you, it saddens me to see the homeless, especially those that have fallen into a constantly drugged state. You have to wonder what life circumstances brought them to this state of existence. Sadly, some are broken beyond repair.

  3. Klara S

    I’d love to have some heat here ! We’ve had awful July so far. So much rain and rather cold 🙁 Purple flowers around the fence look pretty.

  4. Janie

    We’ve had temps around 100 for a month, at least. Shadowy trails and altitude are my solution. And A/C at home, for sure.

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