Tag Archives: Autumn

~;;~ Some Haunting Images ~;;~

As I have mentioned before, my mom used to sew up our Halloween costumes.  I remember the cat one, which I loved, but I don’t remember any others; there might be movies of us on Halloween, but my parents weren’t … Continue reading

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~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~

Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday.  Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now.  But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading

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~;;~ game day and stormy weather: pt 1 ~;;~

I have spent weeks now with the camera glued to my face.  But the storms have come in, and autumn leaves do not weather weather, so soon enough I’ll stop.  Will you hate it if I keep posting what I’ve … Continue reading

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:: All Hallow’s Eve ::

I’m in the way of writing about Halloween today.  I know I’ve written about it a little before, but today is such a gloriously gloomy sort of day, I’m just feelin’ it.  I love holidays.  I love the ones that … Continue reading

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~o:> Winding down

There are just times when (you: finally sitting on the couch after many days, house now quiet) your eyelids just keep drifting down, all by themselves.  And there are also times you jump up to dance around the house, rejoicing … Continue reading

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~o:> Ah, to be clever and crafty!

I guess it’s because of the photobooks that my days disappear so quickly.  My Cammon dropped by the other morning to borrow G’s iPod.  I noticed the green truck at our curb, sandwiched into a line of string players’ vehicles … Continue reading

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~o:> Autumn Continued

Picking up where we left off: Here we were, at the top of the ridge, looking down on this incredible grass valley. And we’re slowly lurching down this steep path. Now, pretend you’re me.  You’re not me.  But you could … Continue reading

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:: Flaming Autumn ::

I am certain this will be part one.  I took over 200 shots when we went up the mountain on Saturday – took the big camera in the gigantic camera case, slung across my back (and dangling at my side, … Continue reading

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:: Up the mountain ::

This header, I just wanted to explain, is just another one of my poor efforts to capture the river light.  You can see that the yard is dark – that dark, velvet green of late summer.  But the last light … Continue reading

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Animal Husbandry

There are times, as you go around owning animals, when you end up with a sick horse. This is a sick horse.  Jedda is recovering here from “pigeon fever,” named not because you get it from pigeons but because when you … Continue reading

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