Photo 365 #74

October 20, 20144 Comments

One of the things I love about fall is the profusion of color. From fiery reds to golden oranges, color abounds.

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I found these late blooms among the changing leaves at the courthouse today as I ran errands at work. I loved these flowers in the spring, when their golden yellow blooms were like little spots of sunshine on a cloudy day, and I couldn’t help thinking of them the same way today. As beautiful as they are in the spring, when they pop against the deep green of their leaves, they were just as beautiful today against the backdrop of green and gold.

What’s your favorite part of fall?

Photo 365 #71

October 17, 20142 Comments

Yep, it’s another beautiful sunset. Last night’s sunset was magnificent; I could have watched it all night.

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But this morning it was followed by an equally magnificent sunrise, which my hurried picture didn’t do justice:

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The sun must be rising a little later, because it was dark when I woke up this morning. I don’t like waking up before the sun because it’s awfully hard to leave my warm, cozy bed behind for the chilly darkness of early morn.

Photo Friday: Endings!

October 17, 20146 Comments

endcorn Who doesn’t love endings? Well, okay, if it’s the end of a fantastic book, or if it’s the end of a particularly beloved character (still bitter), or if a relationship is ending, then I don’t like them. As the great Jane Austen once said, “If a book is well-written, I always find it too short.”

But today’s ending is more in tune with the circle of life. While it’s true that a circle really has no beginning and has no ending, life does (which makes “the circle of life” something of an oxymoron, doesn’t it?), and now that we’re well into fall, you can see endings everywhere.

Over the summer, my aunt took a picture of the kids standing in front of the corn that grows at the edge of our yard. She wanted me to get another picture of the boys in front of the corn this fall, but I kept putting it off, and the weather recently didn’t help.

I came home from work one day and discovered that…

Photo 365 #67

October 13, 20149 Comments

It’s rainy, gray, and dismal outside today. Tomorrow is supposed to be much the same, but colder to boot. This makes for great writing weather, but otherwise it’s all rather dreary.

On top of that, it’s Monday. I strongly dislike Mondays, though after watching this cartoon, I have no wish to get rid of them. 😀

Anyway, to counteract all this drabness, I give you this:

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Nothing says cheery like a bright blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds. I may have to set this image as my desktop background in a month or two when winter’s monotone colors threaten to drive me up the wall.

What’s Monday like for you?

Photo 365 #66

October 12, 2014October 11, 201413 Comments

As I mentioned yesterday, I have a thing for sunsets:

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And with sunsets like these, can you blame me? I love Iowa. 🙂

Photo 365 #65: Dreamy

October 11, 2014October 11, 20148 Comments

As I drove home from work last night, I found myself thinking about this week’s photo challenge and what I could possibly post that was even remotely dreamy.

I know exactly what I would post if I were, say, fifteen years younger (cue pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling, Nick Carter, and JC Chasez).

Mmm, dreamy. 🙂

But I digress. 🙂

Photo 365 #64

October 10, 2014Leave a comment

I can’t believe October is a third over already. Pretty soon there’ll be snow on the ground, and I’m not sure I’m ready for that yet.

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In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the sunshine and colors while I can get them, because they’ll be gone before I know it.

Photo 365 #60

October 6, 201413 Comments

eeriemoon Now that it’s fall, it’s beginning to get a bit colder. Friday night there was actually a frost warning, so we moved our impatiens inside the office for the weekend because it’s too pretty to let go of just yet. But with cooler temps both during the day and at night, we’ve decided to cave a bit earlier than normal and start up the furnace. Also on the list of ways we’re preparing for winter? Insulation.

Since Seymour doesn’t work Sundays, and since we had both Bubbles and Tadpole with us this weekend, we decided yesterday was the perfect day to insulate our attic.

Of course, we didn’t get started as early as we’d hoped to because…

Photo 365 #58

October 4, 2014October 4, 20144 Comments

It was a beautiful day today. It was a beautiful day yesterday, too, and this was the view from my window last night when I got home from work:

I love Iowa. It’s such a beautiful place to live. 🙂

Photo 365 #57

October 3, 2014Leave a comment

Yesterday started off with a delightful fog before giving way to heavy showers in the afternoon. Today is wonderfully chilly (wonderful weather for eating chili) and windy.

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