Fall joggers at Hoover

Fall joggers at Hoover

Two joggers at hoover Reservoir run in the shade of trees bearing leaves glowing with the warm colors of fall. My Final Photo for Nov. 10, 2013.

Two joggers at Hoover Reservoir run in the shade of trees bearing leaves glowing with the warm colors of fall. My Final Photo for Nov. 10, 2013.

Fall joggers at Hoover

Fall joggers at Hoover

Two joggers at hoover Reservoir run in the shade of trees bearing leaves glowing with the warm colors of fall. My Final Photo for Nov. 10, 2013.

Two joggers at Hoover Reservoir run in the shade of trees bearing leaves glowing with the warm colors of fall. My Final Photo for Nov. 10, 2013.

Return of the starlings

Return of the starlings

Starlings gather in a murmuration at I270 and Westerville Road before settling in for the night in nearby trees. My Final Photo for Sept. 24, 2013.

Starlings gather in a murmuration at I270 and Westerville Road before settling in for the night in nearby trees. My Final Photo for Sept. 24, 2013.

Return of the starlings

Return of the starlings

Starlings gather in a murmuration at I270 and Westerville Road before settling in for the night in nearby trees. My Final Photo for Sept. 24, 2013.

Starlings gather in a murmuration at I270 and Westerville Road before settling in for the night in nearby trees. My Final Photo for Sept. 24, 2013.

Sore knees on Earth Day

Sore knees on Earth Day

Church of the Messiah The only thing I didn’t like about Earth Day was how my knees suffered at the end of a day of bike riding around and through Westerville.The good news is it’s a great day for being on your bike. The bad news is that you will hurt at the end of the day.

I didn’t mind the pain even if my photos were not extraordinary and somewhat pedestrian. I was on my bike, outside for hours, breathing spring air and taking in the earliest of green sprouts on the trees.

A small project I’ve been working on includes the Church of the Master at Otterbein. Usually it’s very difficult to get a good photo  because the two large trees out front cast great shadows across the front of the church in summer or it looks stark and uninviting in the bleak look of winter.

In early spring as the trees begin to show the chlorophyll greens of summer and the white blossoms of apple trees border the church my photography is a little easier.

That day was Earth Day this year.