Woo-Hoo – Standard Time Again!

|What a relief – back to Standard Time. I feel much more grounded now.
What a terrific weekend this was, weather-wise. We took walks around the block and I took some more photos of the fall colors. As a result, I moved the four pics in the previous post that were in Flickr “Misc Set” to a new set called “Fall Colors 2006” which includes the new photos from this weekend. What I really need is to take the camera for a drive down Tennessee or Kentucky Street. Those make for a marvelous view. Some folks have Halloween decorations up, a couple of which were a hoot. If you take a look at the entire set of Fall Colors 2006 shots, you’ll see what I mean. |
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|Besides taking photos of the fall colors, I used the camera’s “video” feature to make some clips to capture sounds to go along with the scenes. There was a wonderful breeze making the trees even more “alive” with movement and the sound of the wind rustling the leaves was something that competes quite admirably with the sound of a surf breaking on the beach. Additionally, some of the trees were chock full of roosting birds making quite a racket; including the cottonwood tree in the back yard. If I can get it right, the photos at the right will link to a clip of the trees blowing on Brush Creek Dr., and to a clip of Becky and me trying to startle the birds in the cottonwood. The effort was futile. If you play the clip, by the way, I will tell you now there is no dog.|
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Early Fall Colors

A couple days ago I noticed some interesting (to me, anyway) colors as I looked toward the back yard. You can click on thumbnails below and choose among several sizes to look at, and/or see them in the “Fall Colors 2006” set on Flickr. You might enjoy re-visiting the other pictures in that set; I always do. A couple of them never fail to bring a smile no matter what’s got me down at the moment. You’ll know which ones.

Evelyn’s 80th Birthday

|Last Saturday (Oct. 7) was Evelyn’s (Becky’s mom) 80th birthday. Family members gathered at Wellsville Manor for a birthday party. Evelyn was in good spirits, and we had a good time visiting with everybody. I took some photos you can see at my Flickr account. It was also a very nice day. Once in a while here in Kansas we have a day of weather that’s as good as can be found anywhere in the world. It’s rare, but it happens.||