Favorite Time of Year!!!

I love autumn.  I love not wearing flip-flops and putting back on my favorite rocket dog shoes, putting back on the denim jacket. (and can we get a cheer for the return of hoodie weather?)

I love the colors. the way red leaves look on green grass.

I love the way they look on trees… especially the baby trees!

I love autumn flowers, both alive and dead.

and I love autumn skies through leave-less trees. 

I love this time of year.  After the heat has stopped and before the cold has begun… I love autumn. 

 

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Last week walking around the local college campus, I saw a millipede.  does that count as an animal? I guess it is more like a bug, but still….

it is awfully cute. and it had this little guy pushing it to go.  I don’t know what he is, but once again, cute :)

(yes. the millipede is wearing high heels. )

on Monday I took pictures of my friend Katy and her husband for Christmas cards.  oh, and their two 6 month old puppies.  do you have any idea how hard it is to get 2 puppies to look at you? Add in a husband who didn’t want to be there and a wife who spent so much time making sure they were looking that she never was, and it was… interesting. Oh, and it had been raining all day so it was wet and muddy.  We had fun, but it was definitely a new challenge. that required lots of laughter.  which actually made holding the camera still quite difficult.

  

I also learned that sometimes with dogs, it matters less that they look at the camera and more that whatever they are looking at holds them still enough that their heads aren’t a pure blur. 

It was fun. 

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The faces of family

This weekend my grandpa threw himself an 80th birthday party.  pretty much all but 3 people came to it, and it was an awesome weekend. I wish I could show you pictures of the capture the flag game, but i was too busy helping the cousins beat the old people. 3 games in a row.  Life is good.

However, I have become known as the person who takes pictures, it is what I do at these things, so I did get lots of faces to share. I love these people…

I could post about 20 more, but until I figure out how to build storyboards (that is what they are called, yes?) I will leave you with these.  Not spectacular pictures, but they make me happy, because spending time with these people makes me happy.  Grandpa did a good job with his family.

  I think he enjoyed his party.

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