Orange You Glad It's Friday?

I have to brag a bit on my daughter Kate, who has some 
mad pumpkin-carving skills.  She's used stencils in the past, 
but this year she decided to execute and carve her own design.
It took her +/- 10 hours (with wrist rests).  Unfortunately, that's 
also about how long this masterpiece lasted before it imploded.  
(At least she got a decent picture of it!)

[To see more OYGIF posts, visit Maria's meme.
And it's the 1st of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.]

Thursday Challenge—old

This shot fits the category on several levels.
It was taken 23 years ago (that's me, Katie, and Lila)
the old-fashioned way (i.e., so not digital), in the
Old City on the Greek island of Rhodes—which was
occupied by the crusading Knights of the
Order of  St. John beginning in 1309.

[To see more things that are old, visit
the Thursday Photo Challenge.]

ABC Wednesday—P is for "penguins"

Credit for this one goes to my daughter Katie,
who shot it from a speeding boat (!) when she and
her sister were in Antarctica last January.
Most of the Adélie penguins they saw were
gathered together by the hundreds—I guess this
couple was looking for a little alone time.

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

Autumn red

I live a five-minute walk from the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, but last weekend
I visited the NY Botanical Garden, which is up in
the Bronx.  Considering that it's almost November,
I was a bit surprised at how many different
plants were in bloom—including these beauties.

[It's Ruby Tuesday; to see more, go here.
And for more flower macros, visit NF/Blo-Ma.]

Monday Mellow Yellows

The fact that this subway car is black
and yellow is not so unusual—this is the
shuttle that runs between Grand Central and
Times Square and is often used for ad
campaigns where they transform
the entire train.  However, the fact that
I'm the only one here . . . that I can't explain!

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Mum's the Word

At the greenmarket last weekend, several
vendors had pots of these colorful fall
flowers for sale.  I didn't buy any, but if I had,
I would have had a hard time choosing.
So which color would you pick?

[To see more of Today's Flowers, go here.]

The Weekend in Black and White

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable
about as large and wise as a man's head.
—Ambrose Bierce

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