Crystalized

Decorative berries on a wreath.

Gilded

It's that time of year when beautiful things packed away get pulled out and adored again. Looking forward to using my macro a bit over the next weeks!

On The Lookout

Ever watchful, my pup Scout. It's exactly one year since we got him.

Bounty

There are so many places where people are starving because there is no food. I can go into a market and face this. I feel so blessed.

What You Do When It Get Cold

Go to the Natural History Museum butterfly exhibit. Beats waiting until spring!

Comfy?

My kids have long wondered what kind of crazy animal the master was in Kung Fu Panda. Last week we looked it up and discovered he was a red panda. Then we went to the zoo and saw a real one. When we first came up on him, he was sleeping. Like this. I'm appreciating my nice bed right about now!

"I Just Wanna Be Your Teddy Bear"

At the National Zoo. I grew up with Ling Ling and Sing Sing, who are no longer here. I wonder sometimes what happened to them. Did they die? Did they eventually have to go back to China?

This is Tian Tian. He and his mate Mei Xiang had a baby not too long ago, which was the biggest boon our zoo had seen in many years. They kept the baby around for a little while, but since our pandas are on loan from China (as opposed to the gift that Ling Ling and Sing Sing were), the baby panda Tai Shan technically belonged to China and they took him.

There is something about that that makes this exhibit sad for me.

The Reason To Hang Out

Grilled Stickies, from the Old College Diner. Yum!!! During game weekends, they sell these by the box full, which are stacked high throughout the diner. During the school year, the best thing is to go in after midnight and get them fresh off the grill, all sticky and oozing with brown sugar glaze and pecans!

Hang Out A While

Ye Olde College Diner, a late night hang out in State College, PA. I took this on a recent trip up for the Penn State Football game.

A Place of Remembrance. Happy Veteran's Day.

Arlington Cemetery.

Now and Then

This was our driveway this morning.

This was our driveway ten months ago.

A Howlin' Good Day

A wolf, at the National Zoo. He was really big, but we get foxes that could be exact miniatures of him that run through our yard all the time.

Spotted

Nature's Ornament