Colors are turning golden here, with splashes of red and orange. We had our first hard freeze last night, down into the 20's F. It's too early for this, but we often have our first snow around this time of year. Time to put away the shorts and flipflops,...

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One more black-and-white photo as we enter the most gloriously-colored season of the year. It's just a little reminder of what follows. Heh. And in other news, we have lost a bit more of the "bark" in the world: The Associated Press: William Safire, speechwriter...

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“I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move” ~~ Alfred Lord Tennyson Taken in Janesville, WI summer 2008. This archway once graced the front...

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"Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last You wouldn't know a diamond If you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can't understand "

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I've seen these all over the northwoods, these little piles of rocks. On the edges of fields cleared for farming. Along roads. On hiking trails. This was the first I'd seen in water, out in the middle of a fast-moving river. It must have taken an extra...

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I'm having more derned fun with this camera than anybody should be allowed to have.....

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Told ya there would probably be a couple more photos like the last one from this weekend. There is a constant rumble in the background this weekend, thunder that never ceases from morning till....oh... about 3 am. Going to be fun to try to sleep tonight,...

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I hope to be seeing a *lot* of these over the next couple of days. Yes, it's time for the Fall Ride, and there are...oh...about 20,000 people coming to town on their bikes. It's my favorite weekend of the year! Let the rumble begin!!

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“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.” G. K. Chesterton

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