Sunday, August 31, 2025

Panorama Fire Pit

I had a relaxing fire last night, and a good conversation with Mom.  The mosquitoes were terrible so I had to spray myself head to toe with repellant, and resign myself to having to take a full shower again today to clean up before bed.

Recently I needed to upgrade my phone from a Pixel 7A to a Pixel 9A because my battery was going.  Last night I found out how much better the panorama feature is on the new phone, likely AI assisted.  I notice only one error stitching images together, the back steps and roofline of the house in the first picture.  But if you open the pictures full size you get a lot of detail of the back yard with no real distortion.


Just got home from a nice dinner on the bank of the Yahara river.  Dining, relaxing, and watching the boats go by on a beautiful Sunday evening...

3 comments:

delcatto said...

Great photo of the fire pit and mosquitos are the bane of my life. I always have a bad reaction to bites.

Anonymous said...

Great panorama! Mosquitos seem to get more vicious by the day. Citronella oil diluted with water and put in a small spray bottle works better for me than all those nasty chemical sprays that you can buy. And it smells nice!

Happy to see you enjoying firepits again.

- BW

Scoakat said...

They are really bad currently. Last night I stepped out briefly to water potted plants and was swarmed. Maybe half a dozen bites in just seconds.

I haven't found citronella as helpful, but I have several anti-itch products for bites this year! Benadryl itch cooling spray works best, but does leave a film on the skin.

Nice temps this weekend, but we've been cooler than normal for a few weeks now. Fires are easier when cooler, obviously, and with earlier sunsets so I'm not out there so late.