FRIDAY FOTO: Farewell to Colors

Photo by Michael Mercer, 2008

A last glimpse of autumn's beauty...
November has come.
The world is now awash in browns and grays.
We crawl under our blankets.
We dream of spring and the return of colors.

FRIDAY FOTO: Autumns Past

I have enjoyed taking autumn pictures for as long as I've had access to a camera. Here are some old fall pictures I found while digging through our photo boxes.

They were taken in October of 1984 in Vermont.

Click on each picture for a larger view.

FRIDAY FOTO: Jack-O-Lantern Time

Halloween, 2008

FRIDAY FOTO: Yard Buddy

Squirrel searching out hidden provisions
October 2008

Photo by Michael Mercer

FRIDAY FOTO

Skydiver preparing to land at Faught Field before the Franklin College homecoming football game.

October 11, 2008

Photo by Michael Mercer

FRIDAY FOTO: Friday Night Skies

Colorful autumn skies over the high school football field.

Greenwood, Indiana. October 2008.

Photos by Michael Mercer

FRIDAY FOTO: Cubs on the brain

This shot was taken when my son Jesse and I went to a Cubs game in Cincinnati earlier this summer. This is Derek Lee at the plate. I remember that many Cubs swung at bad pitches that night and showed little discipline at the plate. That was an anomaly from the way they hit most of the season. Unfortunately, they are in one of those slumps again, if the first two games of the NLDS are any indication.

Of course, there is still hope, but it's the hope of what most would call a "miracle." Give credit to the Dodgers too. They are playing well at just the right time.

As for me, like most Cubs fans, I'm pretty sure the sky is falling.

FRIDAY FOTO: Late Summer Bee

Late summer bee. Sept 2008.

(Photo by Michael Mercer)

FRIDAY FOTO: Orissan child

Young child—Cuttack, Orissa, India. 1998.

(Photo by Michael Mercer)

FRIDAY FOTO: My Old Girl