I finally went back to my patio project gallery and added some captions that explained the whole grueling process. I also added this picture which is what we added in one corner. Oscar's pawprint, his name, our initials and a quarter from 2006. That was the best part of the whole project.

I had heard that there was a chance of snow last night, but when I got up this morning all was clear. Snow in the second week of October? Bah!

Then I parked next to this car in the parking lot at work. It had a good six inches of snow on top of it. They must have driven in from west of Rochester, because from there to Buffalo there was one to two feet of snowfall last night.

Note the cans of gas in the back too... probably in case they got stuck on the thruway.

I recently upgraded my Kodak V550 to the new V705. Mostly because it's PINK. (read about it in today's post on A Thousand Words)

Well ok, there are a couple of other reasons too. The V705 is a dual lens camera. That means it has a wide angle mode.

I didn't think that was a big deal until I started switching between the regular lens and the wide angle lens and realized how much more of the subject you can get in the frame with wide angle... like these bridges.

I also learned if I use the wide angle for closer pictures of people... certain tall people (aaron) with their heads at the top of the frame end up with slightly distorted heads. hah.

The other feature I love is the on-camera panoramic stitching. You take three pictures of your scene and the camera seams them together. It is really nice for landscapes, but I have fun using it around a table of people too. It creates a fish-eye type of effect.

Again I had to make sure I tried to get the seams between people or else my sister's head ended up wonky.

Last spring on a whim I planted strawberry popcorn in my garden. We just "harvested" it. I got about eight little funny ears of it.

The dilemma.. they are so cute as fall decorations... especially next to mini orange pumpkins. But I also just got a new fireplace popcorn popper.

Where should it go? In my dining room table centerpiece or in my tummy?

Well, I finally changed my banner to fall. I guess I had a hard time letting go of summer this year. Especially when we have had such perfect fall days when we can put the top down on the jeep and go for a drive in the country.

I have to say I always wondered if anyone really paid attention to my banners. After four or so comments regarding my slack this season I'm happy to see that they do.

When we were riding up the river yesterday I noticed a walkway that came out into the river at a spot that used to be where coal barges turned around. Turns out it is the newest part of the Genesee Riverway Trail. After the boat ride we drove down to it and walked out to that part of the trail. It is very cool. Another must see for Rochestarians.

My parents came up for Columbus Day weekend, and today we went for a ride up the gorge on the Genesee River. It was a perfect day for it... the leaves are making good headway on changing color.

If you are in Rochester I highly recommend a ride on the Harbor Town Belle. I uploaded pictures of our afternoon on My Gallery.