A Halloween walk near bridge 1

We've had a few cold and almost snowy days, but Halloween was nice. I was itchy to get out of the house and take one of the cameras for a walk. I went down to Fish Creek, walking a short loop from Shannon Terrace to bridge 1 and back.

Just so you know, none of these photos are immortal winners that will change your life. These are whatever caught my eye, without thinking about it much. I've been mostly doing film lately, and I think about that completely differently. 

All of these are places I've been before, but things change. Trees fall down, the river changes course. A couple of them I know I have photos of that same place taken from the same spot or quite close to it. Just different light, different season, different photo. What was important was getting out into the fresh air and enjoying the experience.

As a side note, we had 39 kids come to the door then we ran out of candy. Just as we were shutting the lights off another 5 came along. This is about the average number of kids lately, and they seem to be trending younger. We used to get a lot of tween and early teens, but not so much anymore. I'd have to go back and look at my photos from previous community association events, but I think the same is true.  Also more people coming to the events and public parties, fewer trick or treating on the street. There's probably social commentary there, but I'm not up for it.

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I was sad when I saw this stump. That's bridge 1 in the immediate background and the highway off in the distance. I've walked past this tree many times, and there was a big interesting burl on it. I've taken lots of photos of it, but it was a tough subject for me. You can see some of my history with it in these posts, here with a political rant, here with another walk through Fish Creek, here with amusing speculation, and here along with Dinosaur Provincial Park photos. 

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You might not be able to tell from the photo, but it looks like ants have chewed it through and through. No wonder it got blown over with some of the wind we've had lately. I looked, but if the burl is still on the trunk, it's on the bottom.

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Bridge 1 itself is is a utilitarian concrete structure that I typically wouldn't take photos of. But the view from it is nice, this happens to be looking downstream. The view upstream has changed, and if the weather stays nice I might go explore.

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A lady walking her dog had seen me taking the photo, and asked if there was an interesting bird. She was a bit confused when I said I'd just taken a photo of the trees because the light was nice. She didn't quite edge away and run, but I could see she was wondering a bit.

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You've had lots of photos so I'll pass on the Of the Day feature for today.