A Walk Along the Kelvin

Today seemed like a good day to take a stroll along the Kelvin River and snap some pictures of the fall colors. Honestly, it wasn't the best of conditions for photography (mid-day, overcast) but it was nice and warm, a balmy 289 degrees Kelvin. I started my walk behind the Glasgow Botanic Garden and walked down the river to Kelvingrove Park which happens to be a nice arc never being more than about half a mile from my flat.

Behind the Botanics

I think I may have missed the peak of fall colors by a week or so and I'm not even sure in which direction. It's hard to tell if they're coming or going since some of the trees are bare and others are still green. Nevertheless, I was satisfied with the scenery today. I caught a particularly nice orange tree just north of Great Western Road.

It started to rain lightly about half way through my walk but soon it let up. All in all, it was quite dry this morning by Glasgow standards.

I tried my best to keep from taking pictures of the University of Glasgow or the Kelvingrove Museum since they're such cool buildings that they could have their own dedicated photo albums but they kept popping up the the background anyway.

Eventually I made it to this guy:

Lord Kelvin! ... Yeah, you knew something was up when I quoted the temperature in degrees K earlier. Lord Kelvin, the formulator of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics, was named Baron Kelvin after the river that ran past his university. So by extension, Degrees Kelvin is named after the River Kelvin. On that bombshell, we'll end today's blog.

See the full photo album on my Picasa  page here or click on the link at the top of the page. I'm now uploading at 1024 pixels wide since my internet connection is faster here than Ghana... Yay!