After the Harvest

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A few grapes remained on the vines after the harvest.

--Warren

More Sonoma Square

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Here are two more from that day in Sonoma Town Square, before I move on to other pictures.

--Warren

Carefree Days

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Children playing in Sonoma Town Square on a pleasant autumn day.

--Warren

Autumn Color

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This will fill in the autumn colors that were missing from the previous picture :).

The grass and leaves were backlit by the late afternoon sun.

--Warren

Autumn Leaves, Sonoma Town Square

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New England Autumn

I went back to New England recently to visit my family. Here's a shot I got in Massachusetts. I think it was in the town of Littleton.

Scarecrow of Romney Marsh?

Nope. It's the Scarecrows of Healdsburg, CA. There were a bunch on display and got a couple that decided to stand still for me.

Do you folks remember "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh"? It's an old Walt Disney film about a rural vicar in Ireland in the 1700's who dressed up at night and became...THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH. He terrorized and fought the British occupation forces at the time. He was also a Robin Hood-type character. If you remember it now, or if you don't and you are interested in checking it out, you can see the movie on Youtube in a few parts. It's a lot of fun.

For Eric - Judkins Pond

We were in the Boston area to visit our daughter Leah this past weekend. The weather was spectacular, and we were treated to an early (for us) display of fall colors.

I got up early Sunday morning to get some good light, and was rewarded with this scene in Winchester, the town next to where our motel was.

Leaf on 21st Street

Our wonderful Israeli cousins Tammy and Itzik were in Washington this past week, and we drove to DC to pick them up at their hotel and spend the day with them. Mindful of the dictum, "it always pays to schlepp one's camera, I grabbed my Adorama Slinger as I headed out from home.

With the exception of our recent Shutterbug Excursions outing to Great Falls, I hadn't taken any decent fall foliage photos... and no fall close-ups or macros at all. But after I dropped my gang off at the hotel and parked my car around the block on 21st Street, I found this classic autumn leaf laying around in the curb. Moving it to the nicely-bricked sidewalk, I saw this ready-made frame and snapped a few shots.

This may have to do for Fall 2008. The leaves are still colorful on the trees, but there aren't too many left.