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One of my favorite fall movies is... "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." And every year we sit down as a family with a gigantic bowl of popcorn and watch it. There are lots of words of wisdom to be gleaned from movies such as this... one of my favorites being... (Linus) "Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker."

Today it was raining all day... and I had a horrible migraine... and things just weren't working out as easily as I had hoped. I was beginning to despair of finding a photo for the day... when it occurred to me that the Catholic church here has a garden behind the church buildings... and I was thinking I would perhaps get a flower picture or some such in between the raindrops. However... when I got there... I was amazed to find a small pumpkin patch... worthy of the Great Pumpkin himself!
What a great finish to my day... some times ya just get lucky :)

*photos by Elaine A. Russell

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...today I didn't even get out of bed til 4pm. I have been sick, and I seem to be sleeping (or trying to sleep) more than usual. My hours are totally mixed up and confused... my sleep pattern... erratic at best. I have some pretty vivid dreams... and occasionally they are quite disturbing. So when I woke up, I quickly tried to do some housekeeping... and then I despaired because I thought I had lost what little light was left for me to take a photo for the day.... and then I went outside.

What had appeared to be a totally dull, lifeless, and blah kind of day inside.... was certainly not what was happening in reality outside....

These two photos I took of some items I have hanging on my front patio. The green wire globe is a set of wind chimes that I got several years ago... they make a beautiful tinkling noise in the wind. The globe and wire contraption is an art piece I got off of Craigslist about 3yrs ago. When it twirls, it gives the illusion that the glass globe is moving up and down the wire spirals.... It is an awesome effect.



These are the views from my driveway... looking south. It was just beginning to turn into a stunning sunset, and the clouds were on fire in multiple shades ...turning from pink to burnt orange in a matter of minutes...



And then I drove out to the edge of the housing neighborhoods... and this was our view looking westward....



So for now.... goodnight my friends...Stay warm. Rest well. And try to enjoy the beauty that is around us all... all the time....