when I'm not reading, I notice that it's fall
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I started taking pictures on trips and of special events, as people do, but then awhile back noticed that I could create desktop art for myself from my walks and adventures. Here's some of what I found outside yesterday at my house, just me and my camera: The one of pine needles shows where the squirrels are stashing stuff for winter. It takes a lot to get through winter, and it's certainly a perennial midwestern metaphor.