The climbing hydrangea is dried and brown, and the leaves are mostly gone. In the background, the willow glows golden. Autumn.

And with autumn comes the wind! The willow sways with the wind - brrrr!

Mushroom season just keeps going on and on! These slimy-looking mushrooms have come up where a different type was growing earlier.

Today was supposed to be a big stormy day, but luckily we were spared most of the wind, and only got the rain instead. The birch trees are still quite yellow, viewed through the car window with raindrops running down.

HAH! Well, here is a blast from the past - my friend Fred sent this scan of one of our pig roasts - right foreground is the pit we dug for roasting the pig. This has to be about 30 years ago - how is it possible we are so slim and dark-haired?? But, you can see that I was taking photos then, too. This makes me want to dig through my boxes of prints and see if I can find the shots I took on this day.

I took this shot yesterday (the middle small photo below), but got a book out of the library about playing around in Photoshop, so here is a result. I changed the saturation, and used one of the artistic filters, added a black border and drop shadow, then put it on a beige mat. Always fun to learn new things!

A storm blew through last night, and there were some amazing clouds in the afternoon. Of course, the sun is setting at 4:30 already - hard to get used to!

This big black cloud was visible from everywhere, prompting me to go to the beach where I could really see the sky.

As the sun went down, the cloud shifted, and the light glowed on the edges.

The leading edge of the cloud picked up some of the light, too.

Art day was at Carol's today - and EVERYONE showed up, even a guest! Clockwise from lower left: Audrey, Mary ann, Suze, Jamie, Andy, Carol and Janet. Suze is headed back to FLA tomorrow, so it will be a while before she's back with us. Mary ann will hopefully be able to come often!

Carol shows her caricature quilt.