Days 274-280

Day 274

 Catching the last rays of the setting sun in the rear view mirror.

Day 275

 A favourite shot from my visit to Surrey Lake Park on Saturday.

Day 276

The llth minute of the llth hour of the llth day of the llth month.  Remembrance Day  . . . in honour of all those who have fought, bled, and died to secure and protect our freedoms and those of others around the world.

Day 277

 My daughter is in full-on decorating mode . . . I love this little wooden nativity set on the bookshelf.

Day 278

 Waiting in traffic in the waning light I was drawn to this street light.  There was a few rain drops on the windshield that produced the lovely little coloured circles in this shot.

Day 279

 My lovely butterfly ring.

Day 280

Got a good giggle when I  figured out this vanity license plate . . . "Run, Forrest, run!"

Days 267-273

Day 267

Outside one of my windows at work . . . some kind of creepy beautiful.

Day 268

A blustery soaker of a day . . . I was in the van while the girls where getting Starbucks.

Day 269

Whimsical sculpture at Holland Park, Surrey, BC.

Day 270

Since falling back from Daylight Savings Time, my commute home after work is in the dark.  Just another 6 weeks and it will start staying lighter later.

Day 271

Thrift store find for my bathroom . . . gerbera daisies.

Day 272

Encouragement from nature . . . don't dispair, your change is coming.

Day 273

Heavy traffic morning gave lots of opportunities to snap away.  Love the early morning sunlight and the vine wrapping around the fence slats.  

Days 260-266

Day 260

 Farmer First . . . fair trade, organic coffee roasted and packaged at Pistol & Burnes Coffee Roastery in Delta, BC.

Day 261

 I love these little fabric covered journals that I found at Chapters in the clearance section.  This little bundle of three was $5.00 . . . such a great deal.

Day 262

 These beauties were in the lineup three weeks ago but they just look so cheery in a week of rain, rain and more rain, that they earned a repeat performance.

Day 263

 When I came out of the bank after making the day's deposit, I was greeted by this stunning scene.  That's why my camera goes everywhere with me. 

Day 264

 My almost nightly mug of ginger lemon tea . . . real ginger, real lemon, spiked with cayenne and sweetened with honey.  A great ally in cold and flu season.

Day 265

 This tree with "spring green" foliage caught my eye on the way home.  

Day 266 

Green and blue . . . my favourite colour combo.

Days 253-259

Day 253

Sunshine and shadows on golden leaves.

Day 254

I love the contrast of the solid church structure and the small tree with most of its leaves carried off by the wind.  It speaks to me in so many ways . . .                                                

Day 255

With the return of the cooler weather the feathered friends are returning.  

I really missed them.

Day 256

Diversity in nature . . . deciduous and evergreen, 

standing side by side like faithful friends.

Day 257

My painted pumpkin from the pumpkin painting party my daughter had for her boccia group.  Six young ladies in wheel chairs, my daughter and I helping.  Loads of fun, paint everywhere . . . smiles and laughter, shiny eyes and happy hearts.

Day 258

My little plate of starfish and stones.  The stone with my name on it is from David & Molly's wedding reception.

Day 259

Lafarge #1 Substation across the Fraser River from Delta where I work.  Sneaked away on my lunch break to enjoy the first sunny day in a while.  

Day 246-252

Day 246

 Rain-washed autumn splendour . . . 

Day 247

 . . . and more in a different colour.

Day 248

 Cutesy little "Sugar Loaf" squash from the farm market.

Day 249

 "Burning Bush"

Day 250

 I really liked the low angle of the morning sun . . . waiting in traffic (again).  Getting to work was painfully slow this day . . . 2 kilometres in 40 minutes. Yup, I was late.

Day 251

 Birdie digging to China.  Birdie is my boss's Golden Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

Day 252

I posted a shot of this tree 5 weeks ago.  It was sporting gorgeous golden-orange foliage at that time, but now only a few "hangers on" are hanging on.

Days 239-245

Day 239

Sunflare at sunrise, through the hedge.

Day 240

What a smile this puts on my face . . . love weathervanes.

Day 241

I find it hard to resist picking up these lovelies . . .great fall decorations.

Day 242

Zack, aka Zackman, Mister Mister, Big Boy, Bubba. 

Day 243

Two-tone chrysanthemums bring lovely fall colour.

Day 244

These red sunflowers have lasted so much longer than the standard yellow ones and produced multiple heads on a single stem, but this is finally the last of them.  

For this year.

Day 245

"The Lord is my Shepherd."

Days 232-238

Day 232

 This little critter is a frequent visitor around these here parts . . . he's usually too fast for me to get a good shot.

Day 233

 Hydrangeas still hanging on, being beautiful.

Day 234

 Had some fun playing with colour here.  I love how it turned out.

Day 235

 My sister and brother-in-law in Montreal have posted a number of photos on FaceBook featuring a graffiti chicken.  When I saw this bird I knew it would make it in my Photo A Day line-up the next time I was stopped at the light long enough to take the shot.

Day 236

 More colour play featuring a wrought iron planter hanger.

Day 237

 Such glorious fall days . . . hard to believe it is October.  Stopped in traffic again on way home from work . . . a common occurrence. 

Day 238

Tried to get some shots at the coffee roastery where I work but the lighting was off and most of them were blurry as well.  Had to settle for these rows of coffee pump pots.