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  • October Writings

    October Writings

    A black feather quill in a gold-colored holder beside a dark inkwell, resting on a stack of decorative books surrounded by green moss.

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    October Writings

    A feather pen, familiar poems, and memories worth revisiting.

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    Thoughtful Thursday – Poetry

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    October, You Have My Attention

    On an afternoon walk Neal and I purposely directed our path towards a seasonal treasure. The cooler weather and earlier evenings said “Get out, be among the first to see!”

    When we arrived, Wow! It did not disappoint!

    A black feather quill in a gold-colored holder beside a dark inkwell, resting on a stack of decorative books surrounded by green moss.
    Well, somebody has October’s writing desk ready. I brought my camera!

    I look down at that feather pen, standing over those books. “Click!” “Blog worthy”, I thought.

    It was part of a larger Fall and Halloween display at a historic downtown home known for its seasonal decorating, this year with a nod to Edgar Allan Poe.

    “Nevermore” came to mind, but October is a month I’m happy to welcome back! Yes, you can quote me on that… Ha!

    “October makes me want to revisit a poem and see which memory comes with it.””

    – Robert

    It’s one of my favorite times of the year, a season for pausing and looking a little longer.
    So please, October, give me a comfy chair and a familiar poem, and I may stay awhile.

    A Feather’s Worth of Possibilities

    Close view of a black feather quill, ornate gold-colored holder, and dark inkwell atop a green decorative book with a gold bird design.
    That feather pen looks ready for something more dramatic than my grocery list.
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    A Few Words Before Winter

    That display sent my thoughts from Poe to the other poets who have given October a voice.

    Robert Frost asks, “Make the day seem to us less brief”. Yes, please!

    Mary Oliver’s “trap of attention” feels familiar to someone who keeps stopping for photographs.

    Then Bobbi Katz brings an “orange sherbet sunset”, Carl Sandburg supplies jack-o’-lanterns with “terrible teeth”, and Helen Hunt Jackson celebrates “October’s bright blue weather”.

    There’s room for all those moods this month. I can enjoy a Halloween grin and still find myself lingering over a line that brings an earlier autumn to mind.

    Ellis Parker Butler’s “October” belongs here, too, with its bright celebration before winter arrives.

    “Let October have its carnival. I’m happy to linger over the words.”

    – Robert

    October
    by Ellis Parker Butler

    The forest holds high carnival to-day,
    And every hill-side glows with gold and fire;
    Ivy and sumac dress in colors gay,
    And oak and maple mask in bright attire.

    The hoarded wealth of sober autumn days
    In lavish mood for motley garb is spent,
    And nature for the while at folly plays,
    Knowing the morrow brings a snowy Lent.

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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Leave October a Line

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    I’d love to read a line from your own October, whether it begins with a memory or something you noticed today.

    What is October asking you to put into words?

    “I’m grateful for poems that keep an autumn close, even after the season has passed.”

    — Robert

    📍 Downtown Historic Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Thoughtful Thursday, Poetry

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

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    Robert Snap Spot

  • Dragonfly and Autumn Leaves

    Dragonfly and Autumn Leaves

    A pale wooden dragonfly design spans dark boardwalk planks, surrounded by scattered yellow and brown leaves and pine needles.

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    Dragonfly and Autumn Leaves

    An autumn discovery on the Loblolly Boardwalk with Neal

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    Wordless Wednesday – Changing Seasons – Botanical Gardens

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    A Few Leaves on the Wings

    An angled view of a pale wooden dragonfly design running diagonally across brown boardwalk planks, with fallen leaves resting on its wings and long body.
    Autumn has added a few finishing touches of its own.

    Neal’s in the Picture, Too

    A wooden dragonfly design stretches diagonally across a leaf-strewn boardwalk, with Neal’s gray walking shoes and socked ankles visible at the top.
    Yes, those are Neal’s shoes. He made it into the photograph, too!
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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Let’s Follow Those Fallen Leaves

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    A familiar garden path can look different once the leaves start falling. Bring a bit of your Autumn walk into the conversation.

    What has changed along your usual walking path this autumn?

    I’m grateful we stopped on that garden boardwalk. The leaves marked the season’s change; the dragonfly gave me a shape to remember it by.”

    — Robert

    📍Loblolly Boardwalk, Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

    Collection
    Wordless Wednesday, Changing Seasons, Botanical Gardens

    Celebrating Autumn & Dawn’s Festival of leaves week #3

    Captured with
    iPhone 15 Pro Max

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  • Roadside Toadstools, Find Some Fungi

    Roadside Toadstools, Find Some Fungi

    Ground-level view of a brown mushroom with an upturned cap, exposed pale gills, and a thick white stem among pine needles, with Neal blurred beside the road behind it.

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    Roadside Toadstools, Find Some Fungi

    A morning walk with Neal, one roadside buddy, and a name still up for discussion.

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    Toadstool Tuesday – Down Among the Pine Needles

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    Down Among the Pine Needles

    Neal asked me to join him on a little walk while we were staying on Skidaway Island. We often travel the same limited routes and occasionally veer off on paths that join the different neighborhoods.

    “Walk with me 10 feet and I may have spotted 10 things to photograph.”

    – Robert

    Perhaps I didn’t notice before or recent rains caused its growth but a gorgeous mushroom had sprouted from the ground next to the road. Time to leave our direction and step into “Fungi Hunter Mode”. Okay, TIB (truth in blogging), I just made up that term, but I like it!

    A Name Would Be Handy!

    Time for my handy-dandy Google visual search and my go-to, iNaturalist.
    Both suggested Russula, the brittlegill genus. Sounds great, except there are hundreds of species. Fellas, could we please narrow that down a little?

    Close view beneath a mushroom’s curled brown cap, showing cream-colored gills and a stout white stem among pine needles, with a pinecone behind it.
    Getting closer gave me more to look at. Naming it? That needed a little help.

    Oh yeah, ask Siri AI! Its suggestion: Hygrophorus Milkcap (Lactifluus hygrophoroides). Another possibility for the same roadside buddy. Ha!

    I’ve uploaded my photographs to iNaturalist; observation one, two, and three and I’m waiting to see whether someone can help settle the name.

    It looked well established to me, though looking at its size wasn’t going to give me its age.

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    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    Leave a Little Room for Looking

    I’m noticing that a lovely morning walk needs a little room for unscheduled stops. Neal and I can follow the road, but my attention may wander off to the side. Something catches my eye, and suddenly I want a closer look. Getting anywhere takes a little longer that way! Just ask my walking companion.

    Then there’s what happens after the walk. I can look through the photographs, notice a detail I missed, and ask someone who knows more than I do. Wandering gives me somewhere to begin then paying attention gives me something to bring back and share. I rather like having a question tucked in with my photographs.

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    Angled overhead view of a mushroom with a depressed brown cap, irregular upturned edges, pale surface patches, and exposed cream-colored gills among pine needles.
    One more angle for the identification department. That includes you, if fungi are your thing!

    The underside had my attention, but I wanted a look across that curled cap, too.
    Here’s another view to add to the discussion. My roadside buddy is getting quite a portfolio!

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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Oh My, Let’s Learn Together!

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    Mushroom, fungi or toadstool…Oh My! A little yellow brick road spirit has followed us onto Skidaway Island. Stop beside this roadside buddy for a closer look. Share a clue if you recognize it, or tell me about something that sent you searching. We can compare notes here as the identification unfolds.

    What’s the last thing you stopped to learn about?

    “I like a walk that sends me home with photographs and something to look up. If you know a little more than I do, come walk beside me.”

    — Robert

    📍 Skidaway Island, Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Toadstool Tuesday, Friday Fungi, Nature Walk

    Captured with
    Iphone 18 Pro Max

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  • Portraits of Me: With or Without Gay Sprinkles

    Portraits of Me: With or Without Gay Sprinkles

    Robert smiles while holding a cup of ice cream covered in colorful sprinkles, with Neal blurred in the background.

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    Portraits of Me: With or Without Gay Sprinkles

    If you want me, I definitely come with sprinkles!

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    Portraits of Me – Ordinary Life – Sweet Treats

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    One Scoop or Two, Robert?

    Neal and I brought our iPads along to Vilano Coffee Shop in Vilano Beach, Florida, for some ice cream and blogging time to ourselves.

    One scoop or two? Yum! Well, look at that cup. I seem to have answered generously.

    And yes, readers, I took my Ultra Dairy Digest pills beforehand. Me-time requires a little planning! Lactose has no power over me right now!

    “Time to give the toppings my full attention.”

    – Robert

    Hello! Just me, making another appearance in Portraits of Me.
    Today the camera gets pointed my way. This is a bit of my life I want to keep.

    Robert wears black glasses, a cream-and-green striped shirt, and a rainbow cat pin while holding ice cream toward the camera.
    My sweet cat pin came along for me-time. Apparently, we coordinated our colors.

    Which Cup Looks Like Me?

    Before we go any further fellow bloggers, take a look at our orders.
    You know us well enough by now. Any difficulty telling whose is whose?

    Two cups of ice cream held beside each other, Robert’s covered in multicolored sprinkles in the foreground and Neal’s without sprinkles behind it.
    Same outing. Two very different ideas about when an order is finished.

    Neal’s scoop looks perfectly content without any decoration.
    Mine needed a very healthy serving of sprinkles. Health in quantity, folks! Don’t judge me, Ha!

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    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    A Coffee Shop, Hold the Coffee

    A coffee shop makes me think about a cup of coffee and something to do while I drink it. We even brought the iPads. Then there’s the ice cream, offering a perfectly good reason to sit down before I’ve opened anything. Look at my table! I already have something worth giving my attention to.

    I took a seat at a table, and Neal settled onto a nearby lounge couch. Close enough for company, with room to enjoy our own things. I like that about going somewhere together. We can bring the screens, choose our seats, and let an afternoon happen without having to organize every minute of it. Hmmm, hear that, Neal?

    A cup of sprinkle-covered ice cream sits on a wooden café table beside a plastic cup and a rolled napkin with a “thank you” sticker.
    A table for my treat, and a thank-you already attached. How thoughtful!
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    Childlike with Sprinkles

    Neal ordered his plain-looking scoop. My turn! I was wearing my gay cat pin (what a sweet cat pin), and I asked for a very healthy serving of sprinkles on my own ice cream.

    Well, what did Mr. Neal Saye do? Called out that it was mighty gay to have sprinkles! Excuse me?

    The cats on my shirt and I were doing just fine before the ice cream joined us.

    Portraits of Me: Pinned Love – Cat Pride

    Is that not a huge container of multicolored confectionery dots sitting just above the tubs of ice cream?

    What else would you use them for? Coffee? A cheese Danish? I’m standing here with the very thing they belong on!

    Extra sprinkles, please!!! Thank you. Look at that cup, a child’s dream, and it’s all mine.

    A close landscape portrait crops part of Robert’s face as he holds sprinkle-covered ice cream, with Neal seated out of focus behind him.
    Neal is still in the picture. I’ve simply given him a less demanding role.

    “Take time to grow yourself, to know yourself, to love yourself.”

    – Robert

    I’m getting to know the Robert who still wants the colorful topping and has no intention of outgrowing it. The ice cream can soften, the sprinkles’ colors can blend and run, and I’ll still want my spoon. Being grown comes with enough responsibilities. I can manage choosing my own treat.

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    Someone Wants My Spotlight

    Anyway, guess who suddenly wants to be pictured with my gay sprinkles? Ha Ha, very funny!

    Robert holds sprinkle-covered ice cream beside Neal, who raises his own cup and points toward it on a covered café porch.
    Yes, Neal, we can see yours. There’s considerably less to look at.
    Robert and Neal pose together as Robert holds sprinkle-covered ice cream and Neal holds his plain cup just above Robert’s head.
    Now he’s accessorizing my head. Somebody wants a starring role!

    My readers, you know him well.

    Sorry, Neal!

    You’ll have to star in your own WordPress blog post. On second thought, maybe a few of your readers will follow you over here!

    These are portraits of me! Ha! All right, come closer. There’s room for you beside the sprinkles.

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    While we’ve been posing, my ice cream has been getting on with melting. Okay, Robert!

    Put the camera down. You’ve got colors to catch with that spoon!

    Close-up of softening ice cream covered with round multicolored sprinkles, with blue, red, and yellow color streaks running down the scoops.
    The colors are running. My enthusiasm remains firmly in place.
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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Tell Me Your Gay Indulgence

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    Mine came in a cup with enough sprinkles to attract commentary from the nearby peanut gallery. Tell me your gay indulgence; I’ll bring my appetite for the next conversation.

    Gay or not, what’s going in your ice cream cup? Don’t be shy. One scoop or two?

    “Don’t look at others’ desserts, this really is all about me and my treats!”

    — Robert

    📍 Vilano Coffee Shop, Vilano Beach, Florida

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    Portraits of Me, Ordinary Life, Sweet Treats

    Captured with
    iPhone 18Pro Max

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  • Look, The Trees Have Eyes

    Look, The Trees Have Eyes

    Metal-framed sunglasses hang among green and yellow leaves and tangled vines, with a stone wall and building behind them.

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    Look, The Trees Have Eyes

    Please check, somebody’s missing shades

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    Cellpic Sunday – Nature Walk – Ordinary Life

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    A Mystery Worthy of Sunday

    See that, Neal?

    Wait a minute.

    Strange, Is somebody peering out from that tree?

    I stopped during my afternoon walk for a closer look. A practical joke?

    Oddly, a pair of sunglasses are hung among the leaves, looking quite comfortable watching the path.

    “I came out to look at the trees. Well, apparently, one tree was expecting me!”

    – Robert
    A thin reddish-brown vine twists through hanging foliage toward a pair of sunglasses near the lower left of the vertical frame.
    Follow that vine. There’s something unusual at the end.

    Now, this was a mystery worthy of a Sunday stroll. If you are up for the challenge, walk with me! Let’s get closer before I start introducing myself to the foliage.

    Shades in the Shade Tree

    Look closely. Thin, twisted vines snake through the leaves and around the glasses.
    Placed at that height, they certainly caught my attention. How many people merely walked on by?

    Close view of dark sunglasses suspended among narrow leaves, with foliage and pale sky reflected in the right lens.
    These shades have found themselves a shady address.

    Someone may have lifted them off the ground, hoping their owner would come looking. That’s my best guess! Until then, this tree has a rather convincing pair of eyes. Wouldn’t you say?

    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    I’d Lose My Head if It Were Possible

    I can spend a good part of a walk studying leaf shapes, wondering about a tree species, and deciding where to point the camera. Then I’ll nearly walk past something hanging right in front of me.

    So much for my powers of observation! Ha!!

    Apparently, I can examine a leaf or tiny insect and overlook the accessory beside it.

    And once I do notice something odd, everything nearby gets another inspection. Inspector Gadget Time! Go gadget go!

    Was that vine always curled like that? What else did I pass while my mind was busy naming things? I’d lose my head on this path and forget to pick it up if it were possible, although I suspect I’d still stop to photograph something while looking for it.

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    Lost and Found

    With these sunny, bright days, somebody could be missing those shades. I can imagine the search.

    First place to check? Your face. Eureka!!! Oh, not there.

    Top of your head? You know, like me, you’ve done that before. Nope, not there either.

    Now comes the worrying part: did I leave “my precious,” slightly expensive eyewear somewhere today, or have I been so absent-minded lately that it happened days ago?

    Back to the car. Check the jacket. That favorite lunch spot near the park? Then remember the trail where tree species and leaf types had your full attention. Bingo!

    Finding lost glasses along a walk has made it onto this blog before:

    Lost and Found, Really!
    Sunglasses fill the lower right beneath a curling reddish vine, surrounded by green and yellow leaves and woody stems.
    Whoever left them here certainly chose a noticeable lost-and-found counter.

    “Have I been so absent-minded lately that it happened days ago? ”

    – Robert

    The next thing that came to mind? A good Samaritan who knows that sinking “where did I leave it?” feeling put them somewhere easier to spot.

    Ok, I’ll leave these well-placed treasures right where they are. Whoever owns them may yet tap into those sleuthing skills, saunter back along this path, and recognize a familiar pair of lenses looking out from the tree line. That reunion can happen without my assistance. No need to wait and see, I’ve already taken the photographs!

    Angled view of sunglasses hanging among long leaves, with the nearer dark lens in focus and the background softly blurred.
    Still waiting for someone to say, “There you are!”

    One last look before I head on. Such a cool sight on a Sunday stroll! Come on, Neal.
    Hope your person comes back for you, shades.

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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Retrace Those Wandering Steps

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    I know the “I only put it down for a moment” defense quite well. Half an hour later I’m wondering if I really had the item at all! Bring your left-behind story along next time you stop by; we can compare where our wandering steps took us.

    What did you go back for, and was it still there?

    “The day is not ruined if you take time to walk back and look again.”

    — Robert

    📍 Virginia -Highland, Atlanta, Georgia

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    Cellpic Sunday, Nature Walk , Ordinary Life

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  • Saturday Cubed

    Saturday Cubed

    Gray bathroom shelving holds six fabric storage cubes: three with outlined flowers, one with colorful daisies, and two with pastel checks. A shower screen stands beside it.

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    Saturday Cubed

    A bathroom garden with room for our stuff.

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    Six on Saturday · Bathroom Flower, Bathroom Beauty

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    Pull Up a Flower

    Go ahead, pull one forward. These flowers have a job to do.

    Ask any tenant in an urban apartment, “Where are the closets?” “Where are the shelves?” Well, you have to make things fit in small spaces. Ever hear of IKEA?

    Close view of six patterned storage cubes in gray shelving, with the green floral cube and two pastel checked cubes pulled forward, revealing stored bathroom items.
    Close view of six patterned storage cubes in gray shelving, with the green floral cube and two pastel checked cubes pulled forward, revealing stored bathroom items.

    Four floral cubes and two checked ones. There’s my six for Saturday!
    And somewhere behind all that pattern, the bathroom necessities get a place of their own.

    Six fabric storage cubes sit inside gray bathroom shelving under warm yellow-green light. A bright patch crosses the central daisy-patterned cube and the lower left checked cube.
    The green one seems determined to be noticed.

    Same six cubes, a warmer view. Look how the light catches those daisies. I do love fresh flowers in the bathroom. “Always keep flowers (and plants) in your bathroom!”

    Sunflowers in the Bathroom

    I can count these bathroom flowers without watering a single one.

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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Make Room for Beauty, Ha!

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    I’m all for giving our stuff a home, especially when I enjoy looking at the place it lands. Tell me where you’d put a few cubes of your own; we’re heading to the bedroom next.

    “Which corner of your home could use some pretty storage?”

    “Pretty can pull its weight around the house, too.”

    — Robert

    📍Savannah, Georgia

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    Six on Saturday, Bathroom Flower, Bathroom Beauty

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    iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 18 Pro Max

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  • Sunset Cocktails

    Sunset Cocktails

    A whisky sour in a clear cup with ice, an orange slice, and a black straw on an outdoor table, with the low sun reflecting across the Matanzas River behind it.

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    Sunset Cocktails

    A hightop seat for the sunset.

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    Weekend Sky – Sky, Clouds, Star, Moon – Good Drink

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    The Sun’s on the Rim

    Close view of a golden whisky sour with condensation on the cup and a backlit orange slice, with the low sun above the garnish and blurred river reflections behind it.
    Hold that pose, sunset. One more photo before I take a sip!
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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Stay for the afterglow

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    Stay for the afterglow. Should I have another? I’ve settled in beside the pier, watching the light on the river. Tell me how you’d spend the rest of this evening.

    What would tempt you to stay past sunset?

    “Tonight, I’m giving myself the evening off. The river can do the running.”

    — Robert

    📍Matanzas River, Saint Augustine. Beaches at Vilano Resturant, Vilano Beach Pier.

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    Good Drink, Weekend Sky, Sky, Clouds, Star, Moon

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  • Walking with Wild Poinsettia

    Walking with Wild Poinsettia

    Wild poinsettia with bright red-orange bract bases near the center of a dense patch of green leaves, branching stems, and scattered red markings.

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    Walking with Wild Poinsettia

    An October walk with Christmas colors growing wild beside the dunes.

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    The Flower Hour – Beach

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    Poinsettias? Here at the Beach?

    Neal and I were walking one Thursday afternoon beside the sand dunes next to our condo at Ponte Vedra Beach. I love the fact we can do daily walks here. Red among all that green caught my eye, and I stopped to look. Strange plants.

    Wild poinsettia? Only after I had some looking up to do!

    I asked Siri and checked my go-to iNaturalist app, which then pointed me toward wiki and Euphorbia cyathophora. Poinsettias make me think of Christmas. Big red and green leaves, holiday cheer.

    Yet here these were, pretty and plentiful beside the beach in September and October!

    “I went out for a walk, and came home with a plant name I never expected to learn at the beach.”

    – Robert

    I have walked this very path for months, passing plants I am still getting to know. Then a Thursday afternoon comes along and… “Surprise! Something new!” Now I’ll be looking for these red markings when Neal and I pass this way again.

    Several wild poinsettia stems with red-marked bracts and rounded green capsules grow among broad, round leaves and long grass blades.
    Once I started looking, those flashes of red were all through the greenery.
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    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    Walk This Path Again

    I can know where a path goes and still have plenty to learn along the way. There’s the turn, there’s our condo, there’s the way down to the beach. Familiar enough that I could start thinking about what we’re doing afterward.

    Hold on, Robert. You’re still on the walk! Slow down, be right here, right now. Give this stretch another look.

    The Red Caught My Eye

    Come closer and look at where that red begins.
    I learned that the colorful parts are leafy bracts around the tiny flowers. Florida Wildflower Foundation. A flower foundation, who knew?

    Close view of wild poinsettia with red-orange bract bases, lobed green leaves, tiny yellow-green flower structures, and green and tan capsules among grasses.
    A closer look gave me quite a bit more to examine than that first splash of color.

    Those yellow-green centers would have been easy for me to overlook. Shades of green everywhere. The red certainly did its job of getting my attention!

    Red Among the Green

    Let your eyes wander through this patch with mine.

    A wild poinsettia stem with red-orange markings stands among crossing grass blades, broad green leaves, and clusters of tiny white flowers.
    Everybody seems to have claimed a spot in this patch.
    Red-marked wild poinsettia bracts and rounded green and tan capsules appear near the center, surrounded by large round leaves and narrow grasses.
    Those rounded capsules earned a second look of their own.

    Look how much is growing together beside our path.

    I came to photograph one plant and kept finding more to look at around it. INaturalist goes hand-in-hand with my photography these day!

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    One more look before we continue our walk; I’m really getting acquainted with these beach neighbors.

    A wild poinsettia stem has two red-orange bract bases beneath an upright green leaf, with a smaller red-marked plant below among grasses.
    A bit of red here, another bit down there. I can see how I walked past them.
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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Walk Beside Me Awhile Longer

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    We’ve still got a stretch of dune path ahead, and I’d enjoy hearing what grows along yours.

    “What’s bringing a little holiday color to your October?”

    “Wander, notice, observe, respond. I have to tell myself that, even when I passed this way yesterday. Today, Robert, look again.“

    — Robert

    📍 Ace Hardware, Ponte Vedra, Florida

    Collection
    Beach, The Flower Hour’s #50 Floral ABCs: W, X, Y and Z with W for Wild Poinsettia.

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

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  • Mouse on Wheels

    Mouse on Wheels

    Front view of a yellow Volkswagen Beetle decorated with oversized black mouse ears, a pink nose, whiskers, and a toothy grin in a Walmart parking lot.

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    Mouse on Wheels

    Well folks, the mouse has left the house!

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    Wordless Wednesday – Humor

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    Cat’s Away, Mouse at Play

    Tilted front-and-side view of the yellow mouse-themed Volkswagen Beetle, showing its roof-mounted ears, smiling bumper, and pest-control lettering along the side.
    When the cat’s away, the mice will play!
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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    Mousing Around Town

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    Pull up, folks! There’s room beside this mouse for your parking-lot story. With a face like that, who wouldn’t smile!

    Would you stop and laugh? What made you smile today?

    “That mouse can keep the parking space. I’m taking the smile home.”

    — Robert

    📍Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Wordless Wednesday, Humor

    Captured with
    iPhone 12 Pro Max

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