the first of November (and some more Halloween weekend pix)

a few photos of the fall colors showing off in Bellingham this afternoon: 

a run to Big Rock Garden Park today in Bellingham near Lake Whatcom 

Lake Whatcom 

and a T-rex skeleton in the neighborhood as a remnant from Halloween last night 

Halloween bike ride in Santa Cruz from yesterday 

38 miles- 9 laps- and over 7500 feet of elevation gain! 

Love seeing how many folks Taylor rallied to join up for a ride! 

the art of gathering at its best. :) 

Halloween weekend pictures from Anna with Porter in Toronto 

October Twenty-Twenty-Six

O extravagant God,

in this ripening, red-tinged autumn,

waken in me a sense of joy

in just being alive,

joy for nothing in general

except everything in particular;

joy in sun and rain

mating with earth to birth a harvest;

joy in soft light

through shyly disrobing trees;

joy in acolyte moon

setting halos around processing clouds;

joy in the beating of a thousand wings

mysteriously knowing which way is warm;

joy in wagging tails and kids' smiles

and in this spunky old city;

joy in the taste of bread and wine,

the smell of dawn,

a touch,

a song,

a presence;

joy in having what I cannot live without —

other people to hold and cry and laugh with

joy in love,

in you;

and that all at first and last

is grace.

— Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace

You Reading This, Be Ready

Starting here, what do you want to remember?

How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?

What scent of old wood hovers, what softened

sound from outside fills the air?

Will you ever bring a better gift for the world

than the breathing respect that you carry

wherever you go right now? Are you waiting

for time to show you some better thoughts?

When you turn around, starting here, lift this

new glimpse that you found; carry into evening

all that you want from this day. This interval you spent

reading or hearing this, keep it for life –

What can anyone give you greater than now,

starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

-William Stafford 

Halloween 2026

 

Neighborhood Halloween Picture 

see if you can spot Jason coming from the left side of the house!

Mama Bear 

with Sikose (who was donning Beyonce's Newspaper Stage Outfit) 

Neighborhood Bears (Jason and Jaime) 

wheel of candy 2026 with Zeke 

with Josh and Brooke (hunter and deer) 

some Harry Potter love earlier today with Cazden 

Dettori Neighborhood Halloween Party

 

at the Hutchinson's last Halloween Maze 

Grizzly Bear and Scary Bacon 

such a lovely godparent photo with Micah :) 

Isaac as Charlie Brown

at Maggie Sweeney's annual Halloween Party 

with Tom (above) and Debbie Symons (below) 

Anna and Porter in Toronto