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i cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. so i spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air. ~ nathaniel hawthorne

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i love this picture.

and not just because of the lovely cochenours showing everyone how it's done. (c;

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humor is the great thing, the saving thing. the minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place. ~mark twain

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in the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~aaron rose

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northside.

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The nicest thing you can do for someone who has lost her world, is let your world stop, if only for a moment. ~ Gordon Atkinson

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and the next day, the broncos were 5-0

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good morning moon.

just one more reason...

...one more reason to love fall; birds fly south for the winter.

and pretty pictures from the big picture. (c:

Autumn scenes - The Big Picture - Boston.com

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all the leaves are brown.

whit and i road-tripped (verb) it up to estes in the hopes that i could capture the lovely color change on the aspen trees. unfortunately, there were a few things that went wrong...
a) i only had 1 cf card with me and it was my 256mb...lame sauce, steph. lame.
2) a large majority of the trees had already let go of the yellow loveliness...lame sauce, trees. lame.

despite the setbacks, i still got to hang with whit and there are few things better on a sunday afternoon.

on the way...


fuel for the fire (don't worry...it's of the root persuasion.)


we did get to see a bull elk with his harem. he was showing off and doing his best to show the 2 other bulls in the area that ALL of the ladies were his. selfish bastard. seriously...there were 20 ladies, at least. enough to go around. but that's not how elk roll, apparently.


and whit and i established our mutual favoritism of autumn...but for wholly different reasons.

we agreed on the weather, but we both dig spring and autumn for their weather...what pushed her over the edge for the fall is the football season. she loves her some men in tight pants beating the tar out of each other (me? i prefer men on ice...with sticks). (c:

what really makes me favor fall is completely aesthetic. i love bare trees. i do love the colors (and, lets be honest, i just love trees) but there is something about the bones of the tree. the core. the graceful beauty. i just appreciate them more in their raw form.

i'm weird.
but that's okay.

i'm a bit sad because i will be missing out on a pumpkin carving party on saturday...pumpkins, cider, friends...i wish i could be there. )c:

but, i get to shoot gabe and kelly's wedding, and let's face it...it's going to be epic. (c;

happy autumn, everyone...what's your favorite season?

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i love it when the aspen get all crazy and turn orange.

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