Eaten

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an eaten pear
is oft forgotten
core is tossed
and left for rotten
but my pear
I swear to thee
thou art forever
art to me

- Aggie Aglaia
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Turkey Food

Rotted Apples

Rotted Apples
The kiss of summer’s gone,
The squeak of shiny skin
And the color of the dawn.
Only the odor endures;
Essence of sweet juices
In rotted sepulchres!

~ Edwin Vogt
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Gobble gobble!

Riverwalk

Love is the river of life in the world.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

October Scene

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy…
~ John Steinbeck
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I think the upcoming Halloween celebration and the impending
Presidential Election are conspiring together to play tricks on my mind.
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The Grapes…

…of Wrath

Don’t you think this milkweed pod looks a bit like the grim reaper
with his hooded cloak and scythe, or am I just seeing things?
I thought I saw a black pussy cat in the post below

Branches

Beauty is an all-pervading presence.
It unfolds to the numberless flowers of the Spring; it waves in the branches of the trees and in the green blades of grass; it haunts the depths of the earth
and the sea, and gleams out in the hues of the shell and the precious stone.
And not only these minute objects, but the ocean, the mountains, the clouds,
the heavens, the stars, the rising and the setting sun all overflow with beauty. The universe is its temple; and those people who are alive to it
can not lift their eyes without feeling themselves encompassed with it
on every side.

~ William Ellery Channing
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A View from a Branch

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.
~ Sir Laurence Olivier
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~ le dimanche après-midi ~

Puckery!

These beautiful crabapples are not as luscious as they appear.
They tend to be rather astringent when eaten raw,
but once turned into jelly they are in fact rather tasty.

Hot!

Ornamental Pepper (Capsicum) ‘Black Pearl’

These make very nice bedding plants. You may be tempted to taste the peppers, and if you taste them, you may be tempted to curse…if you can breathe.

Flash, September 11, 2008

Daylight, September 15, 2008

Daylight, September 16, 2008