Want to read some romances that end with fireworks? www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB222K28

A free-standing vending machine snack shop on a Porto street. 2023.

Sun Yat-Sen garden. Vancouver, B.C. 2015

Random red tree. Fall makes me so happy.

Pete Davidson singing, "I'm just Pete" on SNL last night was priceless. Kudos to the writers of that sketch.

Watching season two of Star Trek SNW. I am really struck by how many scenes involve drinking. It's like Mad Men in space!

1. Musical Theater 2. Wordplay 3. Art 4. The Simpsons 5. Rube Goldberg 6. All Animals 7. Good Music 8. Deep Films 9. Riddles 10. Mozzarella Cheese

There are many ways to support people who are trying to keep books on the bookshelves.

Enough.

The best cat ever! Maestro. L.A. 2013.

An alien map hiding in plain sight.

Tri-colored Halloween tree. Centralia, WA.

Always nice to understand our place in the universe!

Death Valley, CA. Sometime in the 90s.

Banned book week is coming up...

This cover is one that says "buy me."

Base of Mt. Ranier.

This story is just beginning to gain traction. I first read about it earlier in the year. Extremely scary story.

I know nobody wants to think about Covid, but...get your free tests.

Random red tree in parking lot.

Shadow geometry. Porto, Portugaql 2023.

Christmas lights thorugh window screen. Bellingham, WA 2016

Portrait of a covid campus. Centralia (WA) Community College, 2020.

A place to contemplate fall.

And here's what we can look forward to in the coming days (if we're in the northern hemisphere).

It seems fitting that on the solstice, this collection of dark fairytale retellings hits the bookstores. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTDJQZZ....

Believe it or not, there's a beautiful beach hidden behind this. Bellingham, WA 2019.

Who's ready for the season of squash and gourds?

Shadows in Stanley Gardens. Vancouver. 2017

Arctic Nights 💫

The buck stops here...

Ginger cat appreciation day you say?

Imagine you're a scientist whose job is to develop inventions like this. I guess I'm glad they use their powers for good. A new, ridiculously slippery toilet bowl could keep poop from sticking, scientists report | Live Science

A colorful wall. I like mundane things that are special.

Saw this on a walk. Polka dots painted on a street for no readily apparent reason. Only in a small area. Not associated with a store front.

I grew up with two award-winning Virginia baker grandmothers, so I know a good biscuit when I bite one. This recipe looks delicious to me. Maybe you'll like it too. www.thekitchn.com/cheddar-bisc...

What a sad story.

Keep horror weird.

My mother, an avid gardener, hated morning glories with a passion. But they're my birth flower and I admire the way they grow anywhere and everwhere.

Mostly had the park to myself this morning.

Who's ready for Halloween? This pumpkin should be ripe by then.

There are a lot of reasons for looking askance at billionaires. The reality that they're doing way more than their fair share to despoil the Earth is one of them: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Just when you thought you could relax this weekend and not worry about anything...

Riverview reflections.

One of my favorite astro-sights is a glimpse I got of Saturn during a big astronomy love-in sort of thing on the lawn of the L.A. Observatory.

Flowers on a wall on a walk.

Shadows. Portugal. 2023.

Sun through rain on screen. Bellingham, WA 2015.

And I want to submit to it!