gave myself a little extra time during my morning drive again, to stop and take more photos along this stretch of Co. Rd. 36










:( I just couldn't get my camera close enough to these amazing spider-webs - their delicate patterns so gorgeous in this light

Rodriguez - "Sugar Man"


Kinks - "People Take Pictures of Eachother"

“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure
nor this thing nor that,
but simply growth.
We are happy when we are growing.”

- William Butler Yeats

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Beautiful - this really moves me

a thought that struck at midnight

Random fact about me, as a haiku:

odd dates of the month
bring improvement to my mood
for no good reason

I was mowing the lawn when it started to rain lightly (while still sunny) - I rounded a corner to see stunning double rainbows!

image below generated by the Photosynth app on my phone - distorted and washed out, but captures the entire rainbow (shadow in the foreground is from our house)

a weird/cute/naughty video for a Friday
sort of fits a Halloween theme...?
(be sure to watch through the credits :)


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you ain't nothin' but a hound dog

this is hilarious

autumn reflections

Can you tell which photos are right side up, and which are upside-down? ;)





A sign on Rt. 36 says these waters are part of the Canandaigua watershed. Since I now regularly drive along this stretch of road (on my way to painting class!), I decided I need to make extra time now & then to get photos - it's often a striking scene.
This area has guard rails all along it, so I had to park farther down then walk back to get these views. As I walked, someone stopped almost immediately to ask if I needed help - aren't people amazing?

West River boat launch on Sunnyside

it was actually very chilly here - the breeze picked up and rippled all the reflections right after I snapped these shots:

Grime's Glen

can you believe we're here already?

grumpy sleeping face?

Memory

“...a wild and private place,...
we return truly only by accident...
as in a dream or a song...”

- excerpts from Margaret Wise Brown

last glimpses of color in our yard - after the frost thawed, everything became brown and bare (and it was the first morning I had to scrape ice off the windshield!)