round the place

teaching this fall.

has taken a toll.

somehow i wanted to put a brave face on things

so here i am.

i hate being photographed.

 these are some of the doings here:

shanna leino sent me this lovely elk folder

 which i didn't need

but wanted because it's beautiful.

it's slight curve perfectly fits my hand.

i love the carving.

 there have been mornings

early, before sunrise,

of misty skeins

days of these, but only a few photos.

 the ladies appeared when i wasn't watching.

 and moss and lichen continue to make soil

here from asphalt shingles.

 there are a few rose leaves holding on.

 and my old windows badly in need of scraping and painting,

 become a mirror for an autumn sunset.

 my camera is not doing well

but this funky old door

in need of paint and unpainted 

because i love the texture.

 autumn winds are doing their part.

 sweeping leaves from their deciduous mamas.

 and the light in late afternoon is brilliant

if it's not raining.

 we've had a long lingering warm fall.

 on my drive to work i spotted something wonderful!

 far off through thick woods

invisible before because of the thick leaves,

a BIG power line travels.

and on it

this glorious huge nest.

 those are STICKS not twigs.

osprey? eagle?

and what i thought was a raven quarking and landing in a distant tree, 

appears instead to be a hawk.

i have been making long, large prints

 for a large book.

round the place i'll know that fall is here.