My friend Rick climbed 274 Steps

A guest blog today as my friends are traveling.

Kristin texted –

“Rick climbed the Arc de Triumph and got this photo of the Eiffel Tower”

Of course that means 274 steps down= 548 total

Autumn Light

On the park’s hillside, across the street

Rainy Day Sunday

Three Bees

The Daisies are in bloom.

Happy 23rd Birthday Anna

October 10th 2003 Anna Catherine was born. Wishing the loveliest granddaughter a happy 23rd birthday today. ❤️love, Froo

On her first birthday 28 August Anna in Pittsburgh

Allegheny River Afternoon

We picked up two kinds of sandwiches to create a picnic at Aspinwall Riverfront Park . Labriola’s Italian Subs and Glen’s Frozen Custard Ice Cream Sandwiches on Chocolate Chip Cookies. Oh and a few bottles of water.

The large brass structure of a gentle giant, by New York artist Tom Otterness,

Guess the Weight Game

At the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday. Just the two of us.

Spoiler alert: if you are going and want to guess the weight of these enormous pumpkin specimens don’t look as I have the answers shown in the photos below the pumpkins.

I was trying to envision how these huge pumpkins were transported and installed.

This one is 1922 pounds

There are signs Do not Touch or Climb

The animals were great but my grandson Ananda loved seeing all the Mighty Machines where construction workers were working in the zoo.

Wordless Wednesday

Playground Tree Just Starting to Change – Two Views

My friend Vincie inspired this post.

She was telling me her experience of seeing tress in the process of changing colors when she was on a recent New England vacation.

Her noticing the process and telling me about the mixed colors on the trees had me noticing and taking a photo.

We all know a photograph has limitations to capture mother nature’s work but the light was nice on this. tall tree as it was starting to turn to red from green.

I’ll have to get a couple of her photos to add to the post as we aren’t in New England here.

Here’s an article Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall

I’ll take another photograph in a few days

My Sister Found This in NYC

Under a scaffolding so it wasn’t getting wet in the rain.

The sign said FREE COUCH

Mary texted me this afternoon as she was on her way to our cousin John’s 90th birthday celebration. .

You know I love it when family or friends send me abandoned furniture. I like to think about all the stories the furniture could tell.