This Says Fall

Nothing says Fall like pumpkin pie other than maybe pumpkin spiced coffee. This beats Starbucks all the way back to the west coast. Along with a new back splash (self installed ) and counter top, I thought this would be a fitting close to a project that went well....all considering.

Fall, Time of Necessity and Beauty

Color for us humans and the setting of seeds and fruit for the wildlife.

Good Luck Thursday Morning.

Nothing like seeing a rainbow early in the day. It's a sign your day will be good.

Posted Before

Just wanted to re-post a picture I put up 9/17/12. I had one comment and it was true to the point. I got the corn too orange but I will say the greens were too green. It was just the affect of how it turned out as I learned something. Looking back at it Birdman was so correct in his interpretation. This is the same photo with a new twist. Mind you, this is a sunrise shot and it was bright, looking into the sun about 9
AM.

This Is Not Karma

I volunteered to help, I actually started the darn thing, clean up and haul away debris from a foreclosed property two doors up and across the street from me. It has been vacant for a year plus. Chase Bank owns it and pays to mow it only and hasn't even put it on the market yet. Clean up didn't take long but my poor truck paid for my volunteering efforts. Truck, 2011 Toyota Tacoma purchased in April of 2010 that has only 2300 miles on it. (Used sparingly) Today I get to go and find out how much my good deed is going to cost ME! Ouch!

Warm Water with Cold/Chilly Air Equals

This combination happens every fall. It causes the steam or fog to rise from the local lakes and ponds. We get lucky to see it because the sun comes up on the east side of the pond from our house. We have two ponds with a road separating them, the larger one is on our side which is where the duck in the photo is and the water and fog is. The smaller pond is on the other side and more near the farm field. Large pond pushes water into the small pond and if the level rises enough it releases water down to what is known hear as the Little Sugar Creek. It's for flood control.

Lonely Duck on Pond

Fog on Pond

Fog Lifting From Pond

Working With Images

I took these two photos a couple of days ago on different days not knowing exactly why or what I was going to do with them. This morning I decided to try some different approaches to editing them. First obstacle is the sun, it's in my face. Second is my lack of imagination so I wasn't sure how to approach them. As I worked on each photo I kind of fell into clarity and impact on the first one and haziness on the second. With the clarity/impact I thought it showed that the day was going to be a good day and with haziness my thoughts led to the future and the harvest. See what you think.

It's going to be a brilliant day!

The Harvest Is Coming Soon