Mellow Yellow Halloween Monday

An Autumn greeter

From the pumpkin patch says, "Hi." 

To trick-or-treaters

Here's granddaughter Em as a zebra at her kindergarten Halloween parade

Shadow Shot Sunday

Autumn morning sun
Melts frost and casts long shadows:
Winter is coming.

Six Word Saturday

I have a really awful cold.

You'll want to keep your distance.

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Scare

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SCARE

Icy fingers on

Your spine, hair stands on end, Heart 
beats a bit faster.

L.A. Times Crossword Blogging

Cross posted at The Corner.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 James Sajdak 

Theme: ROUND AND ROUND WE GO.   Each of four theme entries - two of them grid-spanning - ends in a word signifying some type of revolution or rotation. 

17. Latitude between the South Frigid Zone and South Temperate Zone : ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.   It's around the South Pole.

27. Tried something out : GAVE IT A WHIRL.  Origin uncertain: perhaps related to taking a chance at a roulette wheel, or trying your hand at a whirlygig toy.

 48. Test-drove, with "in" : WENT FOR A SPIN.  Took a short drive in that sexy new car.  Could this be from going ROUND the block?

63. Macroeconomic theory to explain inflation : WAGE PRICE SPIRAL.  Remember cost of living adjustments from back in the 70's?  Prices went up, wages went up, rinse, repeat.  Not now, though.  Wages are stagnant.

Hi gang.  JazzBumpa here with a fine entry from James Sajdak, involving circular reasoning and a bit of misdirection, some of which is musical .  Let's play around with it.

Mellow Yellow Monday

Firefighter's Monument at the Novi, MI Civic Center

Brave men, rescuers

Risk life and limb saving our

Lives and property

Shadow Shot Sunday

My walkway

Six Word Saturday

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Playing for a gala celebration tonight:

50th Anniversary of Schoolcraft Community College.

Shadow Shot Sunday

Took this photo yesterday with my camera phone on a residential street in Toledo, Ohio.

Trees changing their garb

From Summer's placid green to

Autumn's bronze and gold.

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Rare

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RARE

Not overdone - beef

Cooked to a fine shade of pink;

Not so good for pork!

Mellow Yellow Monday

On our way north Saturday, we stopped at Uncle John's Orchard and Cider Mill, near St. John's MI.  They also have donuts, a bakery, a winery, and lots of activities for kids.  It was a beautiful fall day, and the place was packed.

Michigan Autumn

A fine time for children to

Bounce with Iron Man.

Here, at no extra charge, is a view of the orchard.

Shadow Shot Sunday - Michigan Colors

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I took this through-the-windshield picture yesterday, headed northwest on Rt. 115 between Clare and Cadillac.  (The Lovely Wife was driving at the time.)  As you can see, the colors were magnificent.

Slanting Autumn Sun

Shows us Nature's Treasures:  There's

Gold in them thar trees!