Wood is Soft, but Bone Remains

Another callback to August:

as you can see, there's been a change

Yup, my wooden ring- my anniversary ring- has cracked and lost a piece of itself, revealing the underlying structure of antler.

Personally, I think it's better this way (although I'm annoyed at the "crafts person" who charged my husband for a faulty product)- but then I prefer bone to wood, as far as my wearable art goes.  Too bad nobody thought to make "bone" a traditional wedding gift...

...or did they?

Harlequin Glorybower Revisited

I have mentioned before that I have a favorite tree: here it is again, no longer flowering but seeding.

always lovely

Secret, Safe

We don't have a walnut tree in either of our yards, and there's not one in either of the neighbors' yards, so it was a source of puzzlement to me that walnuts kept appearing on our property in what I would count as frankly bizarre locations- not buried in the ground or hidden in some leaves, as you might expect, but perched on top of recycling bins, or balanced on the edge of the stairs.

I just now happened to look out my upstairs window and saw a squirrel, moving at an eye-catchingly-slow pace along the top of our front fence (a bounding squirrel wouldn't have made me think twice).  I watched him as he stopped and- these are really the only correct words for it- carefully and precisely placed this walnut on the backside of our fence.  He even sat back on his haunches as if to admire the effect.  Satisfied, he scampered off to his next errand.

Super Hidden

So now I know: we have a squirrel with all the nut-hiding prowess of a three-year-old at Easter.

(at least I don't have to worry about any walnut trees springing up)

Waiting for the Photographer II

Today was a very special day, because today was the day that Adam and SCurry got married.

Today was a very exhausting day, because today was the day that Nathan, my Katie, and I acted as Photographer, Photographer's Assistant, and Chief Bossy Pants of the Wedding, respectively.

Today was a lovely day, full of lovely people being lovely.

Behold a Bride and her Ladies

Today was a very good day, indeed.

Harsh Light of Day

I went to a bachelorette party last night.

mistakes were made

Slow Burn

Autumn is taking his time

Orb Weaver

I was sad last year that we had such a dearth of spiders (specifically orb weavers, which are awesome), so imagine my delight when I went out to do pull-ups this morning and found that this glorious lady had taken up residence!

Gloriana

I also did an inverted process, just because that makes everything creepier:

sorry Chelsea

Yay bad-bug-eating spiders!