Happy Halloween!

The creaking of a gate, howl of an animal in a foreboding forest, shrieking wind, footsteps in the alley -- then  --

TRICK OR TREAT!

Near and far

Light glowing through colored leaves -- like stained glass.

Ready for harvest?

Big enough to make several pies (sans bug), and a large jack-o-lantern.

Fall dreams

The moon was full last night, clear and crystal where you could see detail in the craters. Silver light shone through our windows and illuminated the white rock rose blossoms in the back yard. Magical.

Today the skies are cycling bursts of rain and sunshine. Against the gray, colorful leaves glow and shimmer.

A peak time for those who like to dream....

Like Sisyphus?

During the last few weeks, these guys have constantly been scaling the windows. They slip, struggle, waggle one leg about, climb a little higher, then, finally fall to the ground. If they make it to the top, there's no reward that we can see.

Maybe it's a calling from Grasshopper Mind....

Color and light

I love fall colors like these.

Newcomer

After two rounds of emergency repairs, my trusty Saturn had become not so trusty. (To be fair, I'd driven her for 16 years).

So today we went shopping. And tonight there's a newcomer in the garage.

My new Honda Fit

Fun to drive. Great reviews. Excellent gas mileage. Killer audio system.

I'm psyched :)

Inner rose

After a morning rain

Orange, purple, blue

.Hope your Monday was a colorful day....

Moon and stripe

A jet jetting off to another city, another place, while the moon looks on.

Happy weekend!

Music

Music has always been a big part of my life.  I like how Ntozake Shange says it in her poem (excerpt):

i live in music
is this where you live?

Others' thoughts on music:

Music was my refuge.  I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. 
~Maya Angelou

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. 
~Charlie Parker

Music is what life sounds like. 
~Eric Olson

Exactly.

Glorious

Blessed with another amazing sky. A good Monday to you all!

Spicy shadows

As seen during a lunch out.

Tablerock in red

Something sensational to end the weekend.

And because it will soon be Monday and the start of another work week...

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America.  If I'm not there, I go to work. 
~Robert Orben

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. 
~Pearl Bailey

What's the story...

morning glory... blooms glow in the morning sun.
May your weekend bloom as well....

Roadwork ahead

Photo by NW

Stripping off the old pavement and rolling down the new. Because this stretch of road is a major thoroughfare, the work is being done at night.

The moon is full tonight. Outside we hear the sounds of crickets and frogs -- and the distant rumble of machines.

Scenes from the Scenic Overlook

The Boise foothills

Downtown Boise is in the distance

Storm coming....

Another foothills view.

A band of sunshine

Recipe?

Came across this while taking a walk. Wonder if there's a record of this on paper in the archives of City Hall?

On another note: the vines on the right are Virginia Creeper. Although it's pretty, this plant grows vociferously and will take over trees, telephone poles and anything else it can get a grip on. We've had personal encounters with this plant in the back yard of our new place. It had nearly smothered a deck and 5 rose bushes, and had spread into other parts of the yard. I think we've gotten rid of most of it by now. We'll see what it does next spring....

Yellow

Bold and bright, leading us into fall

Pining for you...

in the half moonlight

orange cones glow

like those along a disturbed highway

there's no reason for cone-descension
these are not pseudocones;

slip one into a bottle
and watch it
open to you