Recent Days

My old laptop has finally been retired.  Editing images had become an extremely tedious and painful process.  The hard drive was near capacity, RAM seemed to be nonexistent, right-clicking made for a circling mouse cursor that lasted up to a minute.  The new laptop is sleek, beautiful and unbelievably fast.  Oh, how I love viewing and editing photos on a high resolution monitor.  Life is good.

I still have a number of images to go through from earlier in October, but here are some from recent days.

This beautiful sunrise was enjoyed prior to a very wet and dreary day.  At least we had the morning.

Ablaze
Sunrise

A favorite to photograph, our neighbor’s lovely ornamental grass basking in the early evening sunlight.

Glorious Grass

I saved these pretty little cosmos from a more than a few evenings of frost.  They have shown their gratitude by continuing to bloom.  These are the first white blossoms I’ve seen this year.

Late Bloomer

A sunny day with highs in the mid-5o’s brought out the last honey bee of the season.  I don’t expect to see any more until spring.

Last Honey Bee Of The Season

Daphne enjoyed some late afternoon sun and posed for a few photos.  It helped that I held one of her favorite tennis balls in my left hand.  She was very captivated.

Brown-Eyed Girl
Alert

She was very patient, but then she started looking at me like this.  Way too serious.

Thoughtful

I treated her to some fetch when the photo shoot was over.

Reward

I’m quite certain that she felt it was worth the wait.

Beautiful Weekend

It was a beautiful Minnesota weekend.  We enjoyed the outdoors with some recreational activities, a little yard work and sitting on the deck enjoying the view.

We have seen many, many blue jays in recent days. This one posed in our apple tree.

Blue Jay

My sunflower is quite spectacular with several blossoms.

Sunny Flowers
Sun Flair

Here’s the view from the trail during my bike ride along the Amity creek.

Amity Creek

Our neighborhood bear stopped to get a drink out of our backyard pool.  He left the inflatable ring deflated.  His claws tore through the cover and made a puncture through the pool.  Luckily the pool water stayed put and Mike was able to patch it.

Bear Evidence
Big Foot

The leaves are just beginning to change color.  Photos of the autumn hues will be coming in the weeks ahead.