Another sweet shot - the morning pastry selection on Holland America's Maasdam.

caseynfld, great looking old world style architecture. 'They' certainly don't build them like that anymore. OklaMoni, screamin' Chinese pistache!

How pretty is that? Beautiful fall colors on that flower. Mums are tough. I had one in the flower beds that the deer wouldn't leave alone so I stopped taking care of it because I am giving up on flowers and am going to plant something else out there next year that deer don't like. The mum dried up completely and I thought it was dead. With the first rain, it greened up and is now standing tall and healthy. Because it tried so hard to live, I'm going to dig it up and put it in a pot. It can live on the deck safe from the deer for the rest of it's life.

After weeks of foggy cloudy overcast rainy weather, we finally got some sun even though it was only 51. Yesterday afternoon sitting on my backyard deck trying to get photos of birds while Elvira chases them away.