A Striped Orb

 Photo date: September 8, 2025. Photographer: Mark Mahin. 

We see below a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. 

I have had some rather ominous-seeming indications recently. One was a dream a few days ago of a figure looking like Death personified: a figure with a black hat, all black clothes, a black cape, and a black mask covering his face. Then there was the dream I had last night of some person talking about my curtains. In English "curtains" is a slang term meaning death. In the dream the figure said, "You must take the design seriously," although he could have been saying "You must take the d. sign seriously," with "d. sign" meaning "death sign." Then this morning I saw that a green cloth bag had been blown into my backyard. It was a bag marked "Sam Ash music stores." Ashes are a death symbol, because many people are cremated.  This year the marking of "Sam Ash music stores" on the bag may be doubly-symbolic of death, because recently the Sam Ash chain of music stores "bit the dust," closing down, with apparently only an online business remaining.