Day 276 of Week 40 October 2025

Well, there’s no going back, leaf peeper season is here in northern New England, Upstate New York and other part of the lower 48.

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The time was right to upgrade my iPhone because the promotion ends in a few days. On order is my spiffy new iPhone 17. Taking my old iPhone 13 out of the case, I was surprised that it looks brand new. 

Talking in person to an ATT rep is 100% the best customer service experience. I tell him what I want from my phone. We chat. Done. I have zero anything to figure out. 

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Autumn in Vermont 2024

The painting series is delayed another day due to an eye exam. If I do paint today, it will be a surprise to even me. 

Art In Autumn

Middlebury River
Acrylic detail

Last year I posted about the painting process, from a photograph, for the larger painting above, Middlebury River. 

This year I will do the same. Starting next Wednesday, 1 October 2025, I will begin the new series with posting the winning photo sketched. I am searching photo folders for a few images to consider. There are more pictures of fall than the other three seasons combined. 

A canvas is on my easel at the ready. 

Foliage & Apple Pie

Wordle in 3 for two (2) days** in a row makes me smile 😄. Yet, life, creating, blogging are all going slowish but not slower. 🥴

I heard on the news that the stress of the drought on trees can cause the foliage to turn colors sooner as well drop leaves sooner. That means now is the time to scout out locations to take photographs. Slow cannot rule when the leaf peeping   is upon us!

Going local is a goal this year. There are places in town that have a wonderful autumn vibe that I want to take pictures of. I can’t walk long or far with my bad knee, but I can walk far enough. 

Another goal is not to miss pick your own apples time. I have dreams of making a real Dutch Apple Pie. Vanilla ice cream and apple pie is a great American desert that has a quaint New England vibe. Change it up to be Dutch Apple Pie and vanilla ice cream, that raises pie vibe. 

* 24 September 2025

 Wordle in 3 for 3 days in a row!

* 9/25/2025 

Wordle in 3 for 4th day in a row