October Part Two

Bus Stop

The only really good thing about having to get up early to catch the bus is seeing the light on all the buildings.

Minneapolis

Autumn makes living in a city much more pleasant.

Waiting

When I pass this leaf in the hallway, I am filled for some reason with expectation.

Wall

Who knew that pink was what is left behind when autumn gets too cold?

Gourds

Gourds. They're the human condition. Think about it.

Jack o Lantern

Somebody got a bunch of baby-doll legs and we’ve been hiding them around the house, most notably in the refrigerator. Certain people’s brains make me happy. For example, the creator of this masterpiece.

Olmec

How pleasant to sit in a booth and drink a cup of coffee and forget everything for a while.

And then you see this face staring up at you…a face from the past…

Gleaners

We went to this farm and picked the last of the raspberries as the snow fell down…there was something so beautiful about it. Being together in the snow, and suffering, and then coming away with delicious produce that would have gone to waste.

Halloween

For obvious reasons, Halloween is the best holiday all year. Because your beautiful friends become beautifully creative. Festivities then occur.

October Part One

I am not going to lie to you…most of my pictures from October are just leaves. Thing is, that is what mostly occupies my mind/eye/camera as I go from place to place.

Cinderblock

I guess I really didn’t expect this to look so cool! Such is life.

Sumac

Sumac is one of my all-time favorite trees. It’s fuzzy and the berries make this great lemonade. You can hollow out the stems to make spigots. You can tear them down and make a huge bonfire. In autumn, the range of colors they produce are just shy of unbelievable.

Orange

I warned you.

Dead Leaves

As Jack White sings, “dead leaves and the dirty ground/ when I know you're not around”

Zombies

About an hour into the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis, I realized that our generation has no real purpose. We have no war, no Great Depression, as it were. Instead we prefer to spend our considerable resources dressing up and playing dead. Just to feel alive.

Corn 1

Many breathless moments have been spent afraid in cornfields.

Corn 2

Let it be known that walking in corn is the best thing ever, unless you start thinking about drowning in it, or starving children, or government subsidies…

Fall Fare

Pumpkin soup, salad, fresh bread, red wine, hot cider…

Life is good.