North Wind Among the Maple Leaves

The maple tree next door still shows mostly green leaves because the strong gusts of the north wind are continually sending the yellow ones down to the ground. It's been so dry this fall that they are very brittle and crunchy underfoot.

At the bottom of the hill, the firebush has just begun to turn its usual briliant red:

In a Dry Year, Flowers Watered from a Friend's Rain Barrel

A White Zinnia



An Orange Zinnia



Two Rosy Zinnias



Yucca



Canna



All but the yucca were growing in or near the back yard patio on October 1. The yucca is one of two near the front entrance of the house.

New Slideshow from Dierk Haasis

A beautiful new set of pictures is available, images made in and around Hamburg by Dierk Haasis (click on this link), which have now been selected by him for his October Home Page slideshow. Don't miss the one of Hamburg's harbour, bathed in blue fluorescent light last July. And enjoy, intermixed with all the wonderful photographs of city and harbour scenes and the images of flora and of various wildlife, the gray goose beginning to take flight off the water. Look carefully, also, at "Object of Desire," worth viewing both for its thoughtful composition and lighting and for its glowing blue and red colors alone.