Bling

Out to dinner at Maxie's - a New Orleans style restaurant in Milwaukee. Love the decor - dark red walls, black ceilings and tons of crystal chandeliers.

As much as I think I'm so over crystals, there's something to be said for the Bling.

Quote for today comes from Jimmy Buffet: And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

Where Did Summer Go?

Where did the summer go? I woke up one day and it was nearly gone.

Queen Anne's Lace is one of my favorite wildflowers.

My Aunt kept quoting this poem on our short road trip during which we stopped to take these photos. My Grandmother used to quote it often and loved poetry.

SEPTEMBER

by: Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)

THE golden-rod is yellow;

The corn is turning brown;

The trees in apple orchards

With fruit are bending down.




The gentian's bluest fringes

Are curling in the sun;

In dusty pods the milkweed

Its hidden silk has spun.




The sedges flaunt their harvest,

In every meadow nook;

And asters by the brook-side

Make asters in the brook.




From dewy lanes at morning

The grapes' sweet odors rise;

At noon the roads all flutter

With yellow butterflies.




By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer's best of weather,

And autumn's best of cheer.




But none of all this beauty

Which floods the earth and air

Is unto me the secret

Which makes September fair.




'Tis a thing which I remember;

To name it thrills me yet:

One day of one September

I never can forget.

Now if I can figure out how to do simple editing electronically, I'll be set