Walking Around RossmoorWalking In October
Quotation To Remember:
The truth is, that the craving for exercise is a part of healthy human nature. ~E. Warre, 1884
Autumn is here and finally the medical limitations are limited so it is back to normal! Paul loves to walk on the leaves and hear that distinct sound of "leaf crunch" as he heads down the sidewalk!
Halloween will soon be here and we will see more and more decorations adorn the homes in the neighborhood! Enjoy the walks!
October 1st (To the top)
Quotation To Remember: "On such a day each road is planned To lead to some enchanted land; Each turning meets expectancy. The signs I read on every hand. I know by autumn's wizardry On such a day the world can be Only a great glad dream for me-- Only a great glad dream for me!" - Eleanor Myers Jewett
October 1st And All Is Well!
The leaves will soon be on the ground
Pretty right now - Messy in a few weeks
Who lives up there?
Did You Know? - During the fall, in response to colder temperatures and less light, leaves stop producing chlorophyll, the green pigment that helps capture sunlight to power photosynthesis. As the green fades, the leave's other pigments shine through, such as orange and yellow carotenoids and vibrant red anthocyanin.
"Hey, at least I am well grounded"
"How about a smooch Big Boy"
"Yes! I am passionate!"
Did You Know? - Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Its common names include passion fruit or passionfruit (English), maracuya (Spanish), granadille (French), maracujá (Portuguese) and lilikoʻi (Hawaiian).
It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit. The passion fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds.
The fruit is both eaten and juiced; passion fruit juice is often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.
Raw passion fruit is 73% water, 22% carbohydrates, 2% protein and 0.7% fat (table). In a 100 gram amount, fresh passion fruit contains 36% of the Daily Value (DV) of vitamin C, 42% dietary fiber, B vitamins riboflavin (11% DV) and niacin (10% DV), 12% iron and 10% phosphorus (right table).
Paul picked a couple last year and they were quite good!
Yes... Halloween has arrived!
The flags of Autumn are out in force
"I am awaiting you cut-ups"
The flags are waiving
Whoa.... Red and green?? It is too early for Christmas!
Autumn colors are fantastic
A nice sight to see and we have them all over the "hood"
Even our street has decorations
October 2nd (To the top)
Quotation To Remember: "In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November." - Rose G. Kingsley
Bats, bats, and more bats!
Bats can live more than 30 years and can fly at speeds of up to 60 mph.
"I hope I don't get carried away"
The welcoming committee greets passers by
Such a kind little bat
"Houston... We have a varmit"
"I am just hanging around"
"Ready gentemen? Let's hear a rousing chorus of Boo's"
"I'm a little tea pot short and stout"
Scary!
Scarier yet!
"I am pretty... I am pretty"
Did You Know? - Early lamps were used by Greek and Roman civilizations, where light primarily served the purpose of security, both to protect the wanderer from tripping on the path over something or keeping the potential robbers at bay.
At that time oil lamps were used predominantly as they provided a long-lasting and moderate flame. The Romans had a word 'lanternarius', which was a term for a slave responsible for lighting the oil lamps in front of their villas.
This task remained the responsibility of a designated person up to the Middle Ages where the so-called 'link boys' escorted people from one place to another through the murky winding streets of medieval towns.
Before incandescent lamps, candle lighting was employed in cities. The earliest lamps required that a lamplighter tour the town at dusk, lighting each of the lamps.
In 1524, Paris house owners were required to have lanterns with candles lit in front of their houses at night, but the law was often ignored. Following the invention of lanterns with glass windows, which greatly improved the quantity of light, in 1594 the police of Paris took charge of installing lanterns in each city neighborhood.
Still, in 1662, it was a common practice for travelers to hire a lantern-bearer if they had to move at night through the dark, winding streets. Lantern bearers were still common in Paris until 1789.
The flutterby (OK, butterfly) was magnificent
Baby dates being born!
A rose is a rose is a rose!
Mother Nature just makes October so special
October 4th (To the top)
We had some chores to do so the walk was limited today
Very interesting pattern on the ground so Paul looked up
The tree had been trimmed and not sealed so the sap dripped 35 feet to the ground
Our kind of people
Just plain pretty
Quotation To Remember:
The truth is, that the craving for exercise is a part of healthy human nature. ~E. Warre, 1884
October 6th (To the top)
Rambling around the hood today
The local elementary school decorated the fence
A sight Paul loves to see
Someone really like golf
"I'm tired"
Interesting pods
Many flavors of pink
"OK... Who hung me here?"
Boo!
A forest of palms in the middle of the hood
Someone has been eating too much candy!
"Stick" to it!
Quotation To Remember:
The truth is, that the craving for exercise is a part of healthy human nature. ~E. Warre, 1884
October 9th (To the top)
Off he goes!
Homes being decorated
- When the holiday is over,
Paul gets the straw for the garden!
What??? We have a plastic pumpkin?
Now we know why!
Someone has been iunto Farmer Paul's garden!
The dead leaf is simply magnificent with the dew sparkling in the sunshine
The hood is getting more scary every day!
Must see this at night time
Purity amongst the wild things
Are they standing guard?
The sun highlights the yellow leaves
"This is my silly look"
OMG... Pumpkin bones!
Puch... A scary clown looks at the passers by!
We have a serious bow-wow here
Would you go inside or not?
Smile!
Doctor! Doctor! You're needed in the operating room!
"I am so silly"
"Come right on in!"
Guarding the front door
He just had a ketchup sandwich.... I hope!
Seems like the spidy's are everywhere this season
"Hello! Do not be afraid"
Cute!
Quotation To Remember: Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
~Nicholas Gordon
"Hi there.... I don't bite... too much!"
Quotation To Remember:
The truth is, that the craving for exercise is a part of healthy human nature. ~E. Warre, 1884
October 11th (To the top)
Every day gets scarier and scarier! Paul tip toes down the street so as no to irritate a ghost or goblin lurking in the bushes!
Halloween Quote To Remember:
When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
~Author unknown
Right on one hour! Made it home without a scratch!
Even Snoopy is out to scare people!
Don't think I will go beyond the fence today!
The goul is bust chasing people up and down the street
Did You Know? - A ghoul is a monster or evil spirit in Arabic mythology, associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh.
The term was first used in English literature in 1786, in William Beckford's Orientalist novel Vathek, which describes the ghūl of Arabic folklore. In modern fiction, the term has often been used for a certain kind of undead monster.
By extension, the word ghoul is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre, or whose profession is linked directly to death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber.
No kidding!!
"I am watching you from above!"
Just buzzing around the neighborhood!
October 12th (To the top)
Halloween Quote To Remember:
When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
~Author unknown
Time to walk again eventhough it was a chilly 64 degrees!
Paul wishes he had a dog to go walking with. Someone needs to chase the ghosts and goblins back into their own yard!
Halloween Quote To Remember:
When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
~Author unknown
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One hour of walking is a good amount
at almost three miles per hour
Our neighbors are all decorated up
Not scary but quite pretty
"Hey there.... I'm not scary!"
Just a simple decoration
I have been on the diet too long
Who... Is watching us?
"I am also not scary"
"That is Mister Spider to you!"
Our neighborhood berry farm
Looks great
We love it... We may have to make some trade deals!
Lunch time in the bushes
The ghosts are just hanging around
