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Location change! My flight chased the sunset from coast to coast yesterday evening.

Then: Sunset, taken July 5, 2013 Now: Sunset, taken October 21, 2013 I somehow managed to get these lined up pretty close. It’s interesting to see how far down the horizon the sun is setting now, and of course the colors are much more vivid. Maybe I’ll have to stop by in the Winter, as

Open pumpkins (two, for Jack-O-Lanterns). Open can of pumpkin (for making a delicious pie). Open flowers (for the bees to eat and rest). Open land (so we can enjoy its beauty).

A soccer game, a birthday party, and a fire pit, complete with s’mores! Someone had a good day.

You need not do anything.   Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, just wait.  You need not even wait, just learn to be quiet, still and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked. It has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Those darn dishes won’t clean themselves. Sun in my eyes! Ugh! Missed another deer photo opportunity. (But did get a cool creepy Halloween-ish photo!) Yet another doctor appointment. But I got good news: I don’t need surgery, and medicine should help improve my issues. I’m so thankful for that, and for the fact that I

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We went back to Joshua’s favorite space on Monday — the zoo. The animals all seemed happy in their spaces, too. Maybe because it was such a gorgeous day. Yes, that’s a bat. We don’t normally visit the area with the bat cave, but Joshua has been so obsessed with them lately, I had to

Were we watching the pumpkins… or were the pumpkins watching us? Bwa ha ha! The theme of this year’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular was “Pumpkinville USA.” There were pumpkins representing states across the country. This was Rhode Island’s. It was the perfect way to celebrate my mother’s birthday. Unfortunately, we completely missed out on the Flames of