Sunday Style!

Today's Sunday Style is a tribute to Rosie the Riveter, as I had the honor of joining 249 other women dressed like the iconic poster to participate in the Veterans Day parade yesterday morning. Not only that, but we were led by a real life Rosie the Riveter, 103 year-old Wanda Daniels, who built P-61 Night Fighters during the war. Amazing! Many of the participants wore or carried special tributes to Rosies in their family tree: mothers, aunts, grandmothers, great grandmothers. I have never experienced anything like this and I had the best time! I'm in the last two photos of this post, and as you can see, I was smiling from ear to ear. If you'd like to see the Rosies in action, the full parade is HERE on C-SPAN and you can find us at about the 6:39 point in the video. Wanda is shown in the green convertible a the 7:19 point. Enjoy!

To Everything Thing There Is a Season

The Cascade Park Apartments (originally known as the Hagerman Mansion) are fairly cloaked in Virginia creeper, which looks great in summer, but especially wonderful in fall. I stopped by there on Thursday afternoon for a few snapshots. I know that climbing vines like this are not especially great for structures, but you have to admit it definitely adds to the charm.

And now, for your listening pleasure...

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Looking westward across Monument Lake on October 24th.

Johnny Come Lately

I stopped by Rick's Garden Center today to buy some hail netting, and I was surprised to see this butterfly flitting among the fall bedding plants. I guess there are still a few of them hanging around. I haven't noticed any in my pollinator gardens lately but maybe I just haven't been looking hard enough.

A Very Good Day Indeed

Thank goodness election day is nearly over. And I am very, very pleased with how it's been going so far! This isn't just a giant course correction, it's a historic slaughter of titanic proportions. I'm over the moon. Above, a photo taken at the last No Kings protest on October 17th, and below is a snap of yours truly at the March 28th No Kings protest. As you can see, I was predicting a blue wave back then, and thank goodness it panned out beyond my wildest dreams. Go Dems!

Sunday Style!

Today was the Day of the Dead, so I suppose this style photo fits the dark mood. I spotted this goth-y sales clerk on Friday while I was shopping in Denver with a friend.

Happy Halloween!

This seems like a good day to share some images from Evergreen Cemetery's yearly fundraiser, "Beyond the Grave," which took place the first weekend of October. Above, an actress representing Queen Palmer, beloved wife our city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer, expounds upon her short life and early death. After her performance (which took place in the historic chapel inside the cemetery), we all boarded a flatbed truck for an open air hay ride through the graveyard, with stops at various gravesites to enjoy several more thespians telling ghost stories and quoting Edgar Allan Poe. I've always enjoyed this annual production and found this year's extra enthralling and creepy.

Hope you had a fun Halloween!