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.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep

Annie, the zoom on the Canon Powershot is terrific. A couple of years ago, I was standing on a bridge in Bangkok and took a zoomed photo of a pond that was a block away. Later that day when I downloaded the photo onto my computer, I was so surprised to see that the pond was full of large koi. They showed up in the photo crystal clear and in vivid color. Here is a series of photos I took of a skyscraper in Bangkok with the zoom feature.