What a wasted October!!

No postings for October, but is wasn't from lack of trying.

September 25th - SUGARLOAF ARTS FESTIVAL in Wilmington - got to Wilmington, Festival was cancelled.   - NO PHOTOS TAKEN.

October 2 - HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL - Gave up Newlin Grist Mill Harvest Festival to go.  got some Clydesdale photos, but nothing worth posting.

October 10 - TRIP TO NEW HOPE, PA - almost a 2 hour drive from our house.  We hadn't been there for about 1o years - always went on a weekday - Sunday - all the knuckleheads were out.  Paid $20 to park (never paid to park before) - had lunch - really bad - saw two guys dressed like Little Bo Peep (and couldn't get the nerve to snap a photo - that would be for another blog, anyway, not mine - bumper-to-bumper traffic all through town - a million motorcycles constantly droning - left after about 10 minutes of walking the streets.  NO PHOTOS TAKEN.

October 16 - Hagley Museum Craft Festival - Beautiful scenery at Hagley - hardly any fall color - Crafts festival held indoors - (Who'd a thunk it on a beautiful fall day?)  NO PHOTOS TAKEN

October 17 - Drove over to Ridley Creek State Park to the stables.  Horses all indoors - NO PHOTOS TAKEN

ARE you sensing a theme here?

October 24 - Then the ultimate trip - My friend sent me some photos she had taken at Lum's Pond in DE.  I so wanted to go take my own.  It's a lovely, lovely state park with beautiful trees turned all colors and beautiful reflections in the water of the pond.  We drove down and the magical hour of sunset.  We stopped at the information center to pick up a map and while standing outside reading the huge map on their bulletin board a man who was leaving came up to us and started a conversation. He had been at the park all day listening to live music in section 4.  We have to go there. As we left him, I jokingly said to my husband, "So do you think he's an axe murderer?" My husband answered that he thought he seemed like the kind of person who would lure into the woods and stab you to death. Well, we drove to section 4 to see what was going on and the party was breaking up.  Since it was near the water, we decided to stay in that section to get Beautiful fall color and reflection pictures.  Suddenly, I spotted our man across the parking lot, backed in and facing us.  We were very uncomfortable, since the park was emptying out and we were alone there with him.  Especially since I had already planted the idea that he was an axe murderer.  Since the park was closing at sundown and we had about 40 minutes, we decided to drive to another section.  Long story short we moved around quite a bit to avoid him, then finally left when we saw that he was going to follow us around and that the sun had already come down behind the trees.  We missed sundown...entirely!!! NO PHOTOS TAKEN...all because of an axe murderer!  You just can't be too careful today.

So the other night I set up a studio shoot for our club competition coming up this Monday night.  The assignment is "By Candlelight".

So here are some shots I entered.

Buttons By Candlelight

Mason Jars by Candlelight

Acorns by Candlelight

Paisley Scarf by Candlelight

Potpourri by Candlelight

So, it took me awhile to get something post-worthy, but I'm happy with these photos.  

I totally missed fall color, but I may have a chance to get what's left of it this weekend.  NO FESTIVALS!!  Just me outdoors with my little Nikon.

Incidentally, Santa is bringing me a new Nikon for Christmas...he just doesn't know it yet.  Shhhhh, don't tell him.  He loves to surprise me.

Hope to see you again real soon.

Ta Ta for now!!