Chartreuse Fractals

Here's something interesting to feast your eyes on from Pike Place Market on Puget Sound. Must be a hybrid of cauliflower and broccoli. Nutritious, I'm sure.

All Hallows' Eve Eve

It's All Hallows' Eve Eve and we are prepared despite anything that Mother Nature may have thrown at us. Here is a trick-or-treater in a costume that she made. Does it make you want to get a cup o' joe and a glazed special?

On the Side

One does not find a lot of blue objects in nature. Here is no exception, since the reflector is plastic! Makes for an interesting composition though....

Pine needles in October make for lovely rustling while walking through them....

 Could this be the last rose of summer? The Modern Suburbanite took time to smell it and it was sweetly fragranced.

Berries by the Road

 The Modern Suburbanite has brought you lovely images of early Autumn squashes at the ecoganic market (Gourds o' Plenty) . Now with the onset of Arctic air, the ModSub shares photographs of tempting, glossy berries on the roadside of one of her fave walks. Question: since when does the authoress refer to herself in the third person a la Bob Dole? Blame it on low pressure system of Sandy....

Berries Site 2

Berries Site 3

Methinks this is Nandina. Confirmation? This blog is taking on botanical inclinations.

Goblins Galore!

Frankenstorm on the way? Instead of filling up the bathtubs with H2O, let's blog instead :)!

So we are having a record-setting series of bake sales at the ballet school to raise scholarship monies. Above and below are fine creative examples from our amateur bakers. Many thanks and kudos!

Boo! Fast approaching All Hallows' Eve round these parts. These cupcake chefs d'oeuvres were produced by some talented sisters for a local bake sale. I get a chuckle particularly with the light blue Dracula face; he looks like he's been up all night being ghoulish.

Masterfully done!

Musingly,

The Modern Suburbanite

Hummingbird View

Good afternoon, Fair Reader. 

This plant seems to be in four states of bloom concurrently: round bud, large petal bud, opening bud to reveal yellow center, and full flower.

"That's nice, ModSub", you may say; "But why bother me with it?" Well, skeptical one, the entire cluster as shown is about three inches wide. Do you know how tiny these stamen and pistils are? T-I-N-Y. And, proudly she beams, I caught it on "filmless" film even with a breeze blowing. Happy day, indeed...

This photograph's color scheme goes well with previous post,  Spice of Life .

Musingly,

The Modern Suburbanite

Spice of Life

New day, new musings...

So I went to lunch with my mom (of meatball fame-- Old Smokey ) at our local Korean restaurant. As is traditional, the pan-chan arrived directly after ordering. Pretty elegant kim-chi, I must say. While we were there, my mom informed me that the South Korean Defense Minister was there for lunch; US military guard there. Too much brass.

Ever notice the spiciness of the marigold, especially when it is about to go to seed? As a child, I remember pulling out the spiky, black and silver-tipped seeds and setting them into the wind to grow wherever they would land. These blooms wear the colors of the Redskins, which is a propos in this town.

Finally, a view from the busstop this morning of a tree ready to go out in a blaze of glory. We will have to keep the faith through the long winter that the foliage greening will be perennnial.

Muse on,

The Modern Suburbanite