… step out the front door… rain drops lingering on the car… air crisp, chilled… street flushed by rain… birds twittering…

… the undertow is with me this morning… deep breathing to settle it down…

… another jeweler?… there are several on Main Street already… steadily increasing luxuriance…

… as i walk, a tribe of finches flit from place to place keeping just ahead of me… am i chasing them or are they leading me?…

… L wishes me good morning… walking their dog… i notice they have allowed their hair to be gray…

…more signs of luxuriance…

… sitting near the falls at the roundhouse… three people messing with light poles on the terrace… taking them in for the winter?…

… the sun clears a building nearby, warmth spreading down the left side of my head… deep breath… be present to it…

… a father changes the diaper of a crying baby in the back seat of a car…

… a girl with fairy wings strapped on her back sits with her father outside a donut shop… the pinks and greens of the girl’s sweatshirt and father’s flannel shirt are dazzling in the morning sun…

… a caravan of venders popping up in the DMV parking lot… farmer’s market today…

… pictures of what i noticed along the way…