Sights to see

Earlier this year I posted a list of online sites that are beautifully designed, gorgeous all around and last, but most definitely not least, easy to navigate.

In the course of doing class homework last night, I was introduced to another one, Core77. It skews too young for me but a quick skim really had me interested. I love the idea of industrial design, because I am always looking at things that we use and dreaming up ways I could make them better.

Yet there are other sights to see. The entire world is not online. This morning walking the dogs, I saw a young, antlered buck in a neighbor's front yard. He saw us, the dogs had their noses to the ground and so there we were. I hustled us all along and turned to see him, in the morning sunlight, treading down the street, toward the park. Thank goodness for the lightness of early morning traffic. We consider them pests because they eat our plants, but still, they share the planet with us.

The September sky is another sight to see. The light is starting to turn toward its "opposite of February" slant, that is to say, waning. In February, the same light is "waxing," you can feel when it is on your face that it is young light, growing more vibrant with each day to the brightness we will enjoy in summer.

It was beautiful tonight when I got off the bus. Deep midnight blue scattered with stars and thin silver gray clouds. The only thing February light is missing is the sleepy buzz of September crickets.