12: The views are beginning to open

13: Yellows

14: For Postcards to Possible Voters...

https://postcardstovoters.org/templates/

15: Autumn's Glory

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA and SOUTH DAKOTA

16: Borgo Pass, by Alan

Alan is taking a Two Dimensional Design class, and explains his art piece thusly:
[Double click photo to enlarge!]

"Borgo Pass was where Jonathan Harker, the protagonist of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was told to meet Count Dracula's carriage--as indeed he did.  His wife's maiden name was [Wilhel]mina Murray. When the count's carriage comes flying up and halts alongside the stagecoach (diligence?) at the top of the pass just after sundown, one of the passengers sotto voce quotes a line from the then well-known poem "Lenora:" "Denn die Todten reiten schnell" [For the dead ride fast].  The scientist-like character in the story was Abraham van Helsing, and Max Schrenk played the vampire in "Nosferatu," the second and oldest remaining movie version of the book. "Beyond the forest" is the English translation of "Transylvania."  I find it odd that none of the movie versions of Dracula after "Nosferatu" portray the encounter at the top of Borgo Pass;  it is one of the most dramatic parts of the original novel.  I read (and still have in my library) "The Annotated Dracula" (1975). I remember reading the conclusion--in broad daylight(!) on a warm beautiful afternoon outside the little house where I lived in Santa Cruz--and it was very exciting. I think an annotated version is helpful to a modern reader.  I wouldn't call it horrifying;  but certainly exciting!"

9: Taking the Long View

17: Re-elect!

18 Snow on the Mountaintops

19: Just hanging out together...until one of them swats. Ha!

20: Cool weather brings out the love...

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

MASSACHUSETTS

21: The Striped Maple has huge leaves

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

KANSAS, MARYLAND, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, OREGON and WEST VIRGINIA

22: At the Garden Center

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in: 

VIRGINIA

23: Happy Sunday

This is the church Wil and I sometimes attend.
It is made of red sandstone and has windows created by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
I took this photo from my eye doc's office across the street.
Downstairs from his office is the office of Dr. Judy Steinberg Dean.

24: Rainy Day in Autumn

25: Maple Leaves

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA and OKLAHOMA

26: Detail on a Divan

27: Perspective

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

MISSOURI

28: Autumn Splendor

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

GEORGIA and NEW MEXICO

29: Hang in There

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

ARIZONA, FLORIDA, HAWAII, INDIANA and KENTUCKY

30: Christine Blasey Ford on the cover of Time (double click+read)

Today is the last day to Register to Vote in:

ALASKA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, OHIO,
PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE and TEXAS.

31: One Month to Go

32: Foggy Foliage

33: We need more St. Francis in our world

34: Chilly Sky

35: Mums the Word

36: Welcome, October

37: Farewell September

38: Sea Spray Rose

39: Dr. Suess Flowers at the Old Red Mill

40: Striped Flowers at the Old Red Mill

41: Apples Time!

42: Big Ol' Red Zinnia

43: So Minty

44: Steeple in Early Autumn

45: Autumnal Equinox begins at 9:54pm EDT

46: Sunny Row

47 (days 'til Election Day): Woolly Bear says Very Mild Winter

Folklore says that if the rusty brown band is wide 

(more segments), then it will be a mild winter. 

The more black there is, the more severe the winter. 

Rainfall from Florence

This was definitely not the storm to ride out; puddle was just plain lucky.

~ via the National Weather Service

Humour Helps!

🎉🎏🎁🍦HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUDDLE!!! 🎂🍰🍭💖

Garden Spider, just doing its part....

And you know I never post pics of this dude. But...this!

Onions

It's Time...

New Kids in Town: Just-Fledged American Cardinals

Last of the Delphinium

Sunset Over the Ridge

JOY!

Happy Sunday!