UPDATE and we've had some hard rain off and on today, so I imagine these roses no longer look like this

UPDATE: I stayed up later last night but still got plenty of sleep. I've taken a few naps today, not as many as the last two days. I've enjoyed hearing the rain falling outside my partially open window. We really needed this rain. I wonder what it has measured at the airport.



Friday when I went for a walk, I noticed this fading yellow rose and decided to photograph it with the polarizing lens filter. I think the yellow came out true to what my eyes saw. I like that a whole lot!



One more fading rose blossom. I'm really going to miss the roses in the front yard at Albertina Kerr when they cease to bloom. I'm shocked that they're still at it since it's almost Halloween! I'm leaving the polarizing lens filter on the camera all of the time. Leland will help me remember to take the plain one with me if need be--I cannot remember when he said I might want to have it instead, dadgum chemo brain.



Here it is again, with a bit of surrounding greenery. I like both photos.

Earlier today, I'm missing the sunshine and waiting to go for my morning walk.

I cannot go outside yet because the landscape crew is mowing. My allergies had already had their way with me from the moment I woke up, so I have taken the allergy pills and have shut the windows. Now I can breathe better, I'm not sneezing, my nose has stopped running. I'm dressed and ready to go on a walk, but I'm waiting until I no longer hear their equipment, maybe at least a half hour after the sounds cease. To pass the time, I'm deciding which sunshiny images to share with y'all. Here goes!



Exquisite petals, photographed looking up from the steps that go to the front yard at Albertina Kerr.



After the landscape crew noises stopped, I ventured outside. Lo and behold, our grass had not been cut! So, I walked across the street to go make the block and quickly realized that the mowing had been going on at Albertina Kerr.

Two roses on NW Everett, in a front yard