Yeah, it's Pi Day, 3.14, and I nearly forgot all about it. First thing this morning, I was off to the boathouse and then the lake with a doctoral student-friend with whom I have rowed, indoors and out, for about three years. We had to share one single, so she rowed and then I rowed. When I finished, I brought the shell back to my back yard to give it a good cleaning and waxing. When I finished the hull (but not the deck), Clare was home and it was time to clean up for dinner. Before I could pick up my camera again, most of the day was gone, and with it had gone most opportunities for cleverness thinking about that irrational and transcendental number, pi, http://www.piday.org/
Today's post is my favorite rock formation on Cedar Lake: the sort of arch-shaped cutout just right of center. If you really, really squint and you're really, really imaginative, I suppose you might, might see a short, wide Greek letter pi shape in that arch. If not, then I apologize to all with great expectations for today, cuz that's all I got. :-\
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Well, Thom - I enlarged and squinted, but I still couldn't see a pi! Your photo, however, is beautiful - I love the way the trees seem to be growing right from the rocks formation.
@sparkleplenty1 Pi or no-pi; what can I say? A lame pi-day post. But this is still my favorite rock formation on the lake, and the trees are growing right out of the rocks. That will be another "life finds a way" post if I can figure out what tree to photograph and from what angle. Another possibility for this post was a tree that's a bit farther down the lake from this spot. I got out a protractor and the tree is leaning 40° off the water, or 50° down from vertical. How that rootball is hanging on — for dear life, to be sure! — is entirely a matter of physics and chemistry. This is another future post … unless it finally teeters over into the lake!
