FOTD – A Chilly Night
It’s actually cold tonight. It was raining earlier. We had a little tornado and the power went out for about an hour. And it’s the first night of the World Series, so we were really hoping the band of storms would move out to see.
In Douglas, yesterday this maple was very bright!
It did. Game on!
The path along the river – Photo: Garry Armstrong
Maple
Summer never wanted to end, but winter seems pretty eager to begin.
Photo: Garry Armstrong
We got one and a half sunny days. Knowing how erratic our weather is, we went shooting on both days. Another day we went out, we managed to shoot during a sunny hour between the rains.
All that beauty before the monotony of snow.
Leslie
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Leslie – boo – you said that word– about the season that should never be mentioned. BOO-HOO.
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we have to think of ways to shorten that time….
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Lovely trees. We have very few that change colors here in Southern California, but I remember them from living back East.
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This year, we didn’t have many changing here, either! Between the long hot summer and the endless rain, we just didn’t get the weather to make a special autumn. Maybe next year. It’s pretty, mind you, but it isn’t as amazing as it usually gets. It’s our best season except when it isn’t.
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Super Autumn (sorry – Fall) shots!
Our team WON the Grand Final this year! Hope it’s another good omen for the ‘Sox! 🙂
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Bob, I hope so, too. Maybe we can have an international — Aussie-Uxbridge — celebration — if “the good guys” win. We could have our own version of “Waltzing Matilda”:.
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I’ll drink to that! First Lemonade’s on Me! 🙂
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Sounds good to me.
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Fall – Autumn, same thing. We use both terms. Autumn is more elegant, but fall is fall. I remember you writing that you won. We’re now two up. Two to go (four out of seven takes it). Now they move to Los Angeles with a day off in between. Finger crossed.
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/ \ X !! 😉
Onomatopoeia is when a word resembles like how it’s said but what do you call a word that describes what it DOES as in ‘Fall’?
Go Sox! 🙂
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Eponym has Greek roots—it was derived from the word epōnumos, which is a combination of the prefix epi, meaning “upon,” and onoma, meaning “name.” Eponymous, being the adjective derived from the word eponym, carries the same meaning—it describes someone after whom something was named.
Eponymous | Definition of Eponymous by Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eponymous
Definition of eponymous. : of, relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named : of, relating to, or being an eponym.
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That’ll do! 😀
I’d heard the word used in relation to books or films where the title is or contains a main character… but had not thought to use it for things such as ‘Fall’. Perfect! Thank you. 🙂
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Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing
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It hasn’t been a great Autumn, but even at its worst, Autumn around here is awfully purty 😀
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Good contrasts on the tree in the first shot
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The tree couldn’t decide if it was winter (naked limbs), summer (green leaves) — or Autumn, so it did them all on one tree 🙂
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Sounds like it must have been a good game.
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It was. We played really WELL. Which is kind of remarkable.
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Tas, it was a terrific game. Hard to believe our Red Sox are cast as “Goliath”, Hard to believe.
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I remember some of your posts from previous seasons so enjoy.
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Sox won! Yay!
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They keep talking about them as this “superteam.” I keep thinking “Are they talking about OUR team?” Apparently, yes, they are. Gee whiz. Well, at least SOMETHING is going well.
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Grab onto whatever joy you can!
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I’m going to take pictures and maybe get a pre-frontal lobotomy.
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Yay! Yay!
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Love the next-to-last shot — the one of leaves!
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Bless that long, long lens!
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