Before my mind-wandering gets up a head of steam and goes all stream of consciousness, let’s concentrate on today’s topic; spotlight the core; get to the nub; converge on the nucleus … Uh oh, I am slipping into the stream. Scotty, I need those engines now!

When the weather forecast for this past weekend called for sunny skies and balmy temperatures (low 30s), I grabbed my camera bag and left the house in the wee hours Saturday morning.