Nature’s Paint By Number

I am experimenting taking pictures with my brand new cell phone.

What do you think of these beauties?

Don’t they look like “fake fotos?”

I mean, they remind me of the old paint-by-number kits I used to love when I was a little girl.

Staying in the lines and making the colors pop were my goals.

Oh, the hours and the plans I made for framing and display.

I thought they were truly magnificent “originals.”

But then, here are my latest creations.

They were generated by nature and enhanced by “edit,” which can be just as much fun

as painting-by-numbers!

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Virginia Signs of Change

Autumn’s Arrival

No!

It  simply cannot be closing in on Halloween again.

For Heaven’s Sake, it was just summer!

Still, there have been unmistakable signs.

 How about falling leaves and a little nip in the air?

Or whole aisles of Halloween Candy at the supermarket?

Yes – Something is amiss.

Virginia’s had an unusually cool summer –

cooler than California I wager.

Oh, I do love Autumn in Virginia!

But is it really time to post Pumpkin Pictures

or my yearly Witch Warnings?

 

The Perils of Texting and Driving

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Remnants of Autumn in Virginia

I thought that Autumn came and went

as winter spread its clenching hand

but Indian summer lingered

 

leaving love notes upon the land.

I am here.  Please don’t forget me.  I am here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Virginia Autumn

It rained a day or two.

And then the sun celebrated Autumn.

An Autumn in Virginia.

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