October 25, 2015 {298/365} Fading
"A beauty lights the fading year..." - Phebe A. Holder, A Song of October
Fading Flowers
Wet Leaves
October 24, 2015 {297/365} Wet Leaves
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus
French Friday: Presque Provence
October 23, 2015 {296/365} Stone's Throw
"Language is wine upon the lips." - Virginia Woolf
As much as I'd love to be in Provence, the grapes, barrels, and lavender at Stone's Throw Winery in Door County speak to my francophile soul. And if language is indeed wine upon the lips, I prefer a French vintage. Santé!
Pumpkins
October 22, 2015 {295/365} Pumpkins
What do you get when you divide the circumference of your jack-o'-lantern by its diameter? -- Pumpkin π ;)
Apples
October 21, 2015 {294/365} Apples
“When the apple is ripe it will fall.” - Irish Proverb
Unexpected
October 20, 2015 {293/365}
"If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail." - Heraclitus
How unexpected to find a tiny new flower growing up through the dead leaves! Even as the year winds down and the land prepares for winter, there is new life and growth.