An End of October Drive By...

I love to photograph anything that shouts Autumn! Colorful trees, cute houses that are decorated with Fall style, scarecrows...oh! Looks like all of those things are in this post today! Uh huh...let's see...

(As always, clicking on each photo will enlarge it!)

Scarecrows?

Check!

Colorful trees?

Check!

Lovely homes brimming with Fall style?

Check...

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...and Check!

I hope you have enjoyed coming along with me on a little drive by photo shoot!

It seems we were just carving our Jack O Lanterns and now we are readying our shopping lists for Thanksgiving! Isn't this a glorious time of year!

I hope your November treats you sweetly!

The Old Gray Susie Ain't What She Used To Be...

Hmm...let's see...someone has a birthday today. Who is it...hmmm...

Oh yeah, old Susie Q is turning another year older.

Let's see here...add 5, carry the 2...yup. Here it is. The old girl is 54 today!

I just can't help but laugh...here I am remembering HER birthday but

did SHE remember mine? July 9th went by without one word about it on her blog. Not. One. Word!

But heck. I have a big heart. I'm a big guy! So let's just forget about my

self proclaimed "world's greatest fan"'s indiscretion and move on...

I will now read a poem I  wrote for the old girl.

Ahem...

Today dear old Susie turns 54

The years pile up, she's turned into a bore.

Her hair's gettin' grayer, the age lines are deep

The hot flashes make her lose lots of sleep.

Her joints are a creakin', her back's pretty bad

She still thinks she's young, now ain't that real sad?

 Not that I am holding a grudge or anything...

A Pioneer Fall

Another place we love to visit during Autumn in Ohio is the Pioneer Village at Caesar Creek.

We stopped by on the day of the Harvest Festival and as we walked around, oh!  The smell of pumpkin bread baking and corn roasting met us at every turn! I wanted to share a few photos with you of that sweet afternoon...

I hope your Fall season is giving you many reasons to pause,

smile and just be thankful to be alive!

Love to you all.



Falling Into Woodland

A dear friend recently called and asked a few of us to take a tour of Woodland Cemetery with her. It was absolutely the perfect Autumn day! The skies were so blue, the air cool and crisp, the trees glowing in all their Fall splendor.

Woodland is on of Dayton's treasures. Truly a place of beauty, it is also rich in history.

Of course, it is a quiet place of eternal rest for so many as well.

Among those buried here are the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright, comedian and actor Jonathan Winters and writer and humorist Erma Bombeck.

Thank you for sharing this tour with me...it is such a special place

and it is never more beautiful than in the Autumn.

Love to you all!