a single color

In our life there is a single color,
as on an artist’s palette,
which provides the meaning of life and art.
It is the color of love.

~ Marc Chagall

mouthful

“What? I’ve got to bulk up for the winter.”

throw the leaves

throw the leaves!

throw the leaves!
throw the leaves!

crispy, crackly, crunchy fun

throw the leaves!
throw the leaves!

make them shimmer in the sun

throw the leaves!
throw the leaves!

watch them twirl and glide

throw the leaves!
throw the leaves!

here comes mom – let’s hide!

my autumn home

some beautiful autumn photos around my little corner of the world

“There’s no place like HOME.”

The LORD is my Shepherd.

“Shall we walk?”

Sunshine DOES grow on trees

harvest moon

another great thing i love about autumn is the moon

because there is a special moon called the HARVEST MOON

it’s so special, even Neil Young wrote a song about it

dog’s birthday

today is my dog’s 5th birthday and my wife and I didn’t get him a present

do you think he hates us now?

distinguished

I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

Henry David Thoreau

world poverty

With all the foreign aid given to poor 3rd world countries…

why are they still poor?

“Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”– Douglas Casey, 1992

migaloo!

migaloo (the world’s only white humpback whale) was seen again! awesome!

latest migaloo sighting link

here’s an older migaloo video – but still very cool

“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains
the hottest blood of all…”

- D H Lawrence

intellectuals

“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.”

– Teddy Roosevelt, Abilene, KS, May 2, 1903