Though they struggled to stoke the fire, the flame was extinguished by the torrential downpour…
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A late entry for #treetuesday , but I thought I'd offer up my last of our front yard Red Maple for the year… the rain today pretty much dropped the rest of the leaves into a layer of mush on the grass.
…I'll see you again next spring, old friend…
Maple’s Last Stand
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I was about to start saving my pennies so I could keep funding my Twinkie addiction by buying from e-bay…
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I hide in my camouflage of brown during the hot summer months…
…waiting for my chance to ignite before fleeing with the wind!
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I've always loved our front-yard Red Maple, that waits until late fall to transform her dull brown summer leaves into a fiery show for a few short days until rains and wind leave her bare…
+Macro Monday is co-curated by:
+Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden and +Kelli Seeger Kim
#macromonday
Blaze of Glory
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#twinkies #twinkcalypse #twinkiegeddon
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…just one more day, please?
I'm not quite ready to go… just let me stay here a few moments longer…before I flutter off with the breeze…
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Our front yard Red Maple is displaying her fiery red colors after a summer of brown…about half of the leaves have fallen, carpeting the grass below.
#leavesonsunday #leavesphotography
Can I Hang Around One More Day?
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The harvest is in, last leaves are turning, as we settle in for rains to come.———————————————————————————————————
Calistoga, CA
#landscapephotography
+Landscape Photography curated by +Margaret Tompkins
Nearly Done with Fall
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This is 1960, 3 years before I entered the world.
Mom holding my big brother shortly after she & dad adopted him.
He's been a school teacher for many years, taught me how to snow ski and wake board when we were younger… and it's still fun when we get the family together (sadly, we lost mom in 2005).
#blastfromthepast
+Blast From The Past is curated by +Cheryl Cooper +Mark Rodriguez & +Isabelle Fortin
Before I Knew Him
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One of my favorite spots in the world…Camp Mivoden on Hayden Lake, ID.
Starting with summer camp at age 10, I've spent many weeks here as camper and counselor, and many other events… but always in summer.
Last night was my first opportunity to come in during a snowstorm…but we had to leave again before the dawn…
…so just a couple moments to catch a quick shot with the camera sitting on the deck railing.
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography is curated by +Margaret Tompkins
#ruralsaturday +#RuralSaturday
The Lake Whispered “Rest”
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My wife and I had the pleasure of exploring +Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga this past weekend with the incredibly talented +Annette Biggers and her son Daniel, before heading up to Lake Tahoe to hunt for Captain Cook in Emerald Bay.
If you haven't checked out Annette's work…you must head over to her G+ page!
Keep an eye out for the 12-page Cinderella wedding shoot (taken at the castle) in modèle weddings magazine later this month, with Sharelle Smith and Jon Hall as the lovely couple (engaged at the shoot, and now married in real life).
Photo by my wonderful wife +Susan Bell
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