After all the technicolor leaves have fallen in the surrounding forest, this ancient Japanese Maple bursts into origami scarlet, taking advantage of the gray background and flaring into brilliant life in a grand finale before winter comes. She brings such joy.
Lucky me! Husband Jerry and I were invited up to Cooperstown to my friend Barbaraās 100th birthday celebration. In this photo, taken by Marc Hom, her daughter Kate stands behind the birthday girl and me while daughter Mollyās at her side. Almost 100 guests, family and many chums. What a swell party it was!
āMust go, must sleep, must wake, must get upā sober, merciful world which we pretend to revile, which we press tight to our hearts, without which we should be undoneā¦.. Yes, this is the eternal renewal, the incessant rise and fall and fall and rise again.ā
