More Fall Color

Here's some more fall color captured on an iPhone camera using that CameraBag application on Lolo mode that I blogged about earlier. Click on the photo and check out how cool the grainy image is. I love gritty little images like these way more than the clarity of the sharpest lenses. I want to see better than the cameras I use. That's not a problem with this equipment.

This is a gingko shot on November 6th. What I love about gingkos in the fall is not just the color. They lose all their leaves in a few short hours. The leaves literally rain down from these trees in two hours leaving a yellow puddle under the tree. If that happens on a day that isn't windy it looks like a yellow nightgown has slipped off its shoulders. Nature is so damn sexy.

Homemade Things

Our friends have made Ruby so many wonderful things and it's hard to say how much we appreciate that. Ruby's hat was knit by Janey Girl, one of my best friends from Tallahassee days. And the cute little hand sewn kitty was made for Ruby by Airy who lives just a few houses away. The purple underbelly was from one of her favorite shirts that wore out from loving it so. And this isn't all. We have a nice cedar chest that this will all be stored in after Ruby grows out of it or quits carrying it around so she'll have it for when she's a big girl and will appreciate such things in a brand new way. So... thanks to all of you that have been so kind.

Miss Ruby has tons of clothes and all of it, with one or two exceptions, is handed down. Not only is it soft and comfortable from use but it also lowers the carbon footprint of buying new things. This little pumpkin outfit was a fall favorite. We are gonna scoop her out and make a pie out of her.

Climate Change is Good for November Strolling

Strolling in shirt sleeves on November 2nd. This has been a lovely fall.

Maple Gingko Maple

For the record and in my opinion:
Peak fall color this year is/was November 4th through November 9th.
This is a revision of an earlier estimate.

Black Maple
Gingko
Sugar Maple

BINGO

Yes we did.

Ruby's Civic Duty

We consulted Ruby in our voting this morning. Our method:

Say "ehhhhh" if you want us to vote for Barak Obama.
Say "John McCain" if you want us to vote for him.

Two votes were cast.

Bamboo Wire and Wind

My friend Mike is making these really cool kinetic sculptures made out of wire and string and rope and rocks that hang from springs on bamboo poles. Very soothing movements as the wind moves them around. This one is made from old tomato cages. We went and got more bamboo poles this past weekend for future projects. Watch for them in Crow's Nest blog entries come spring or so.