Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

FL decided to stay a second day in Havre de Grace on Sunday, so I spent another day by myself, watching TV and finding fractals.  I must have spent too much time by the TV, for today's fractal is not one of the best.

I never rate fractals that I put almost no effort into.  Since today's image is one of these, I let it go without a rating.  The parent fractal was created by calculating Z^(sqrt(3))+C at a level of 3 rungs up the infinite ladder.  Today's scene is located, as most interesting images are, in a valley of its parent.

The name "Sign of Shame" has little to do with the image.  It could be an admission of guilt however.  I certainly have been guilty of enjoyable laziness these past two days.

The preview of autumn continued here at Fractal Central on Sunday.  The dark, lumpy clouds were still there, though we had a little more sun, and the temperature stopped at 70F 21C.  The fractal cats spent the day waiting for the pigeons to return.

With FL still away, my day was very lazy.  The next FOTD will be posted in 8 hours if all goes well, if not, then we'll see.  Until whenever, take care, and waste no energy wondering about things that cannot be answered.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


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