September sunrise

in my sister's yard

the grape goddess statue guarding our grape vines (both cultivated and wild, as it happens) was a gift from our friend Tom:

As I was saying,
fuchsia makes me happy...
:)

what an interesting basket:

scans from this beautiful old catalog that belonged to my Grandma Torpey -
I can imagine her enjoying tracing the curves on the "C" with a pencil:

gorgeousity

late afternoon light





These greens almost look garish - but the glow is accurate, the light was just amazing on this day. I've had my digital camera on the "foliage" setting for the last few weeks, which seems to be similar to using Fuji film in the way it amplifies greens.

alium

I like how our neighbor's house looks like a fairy tale cottage here:

more poppies in Fred's garden (in morning sun):