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I thought the drought from this Spring and Summer was going to be bad for Fall colors. Happy to report that I thought wrong. Right now, central Connecticut is just gorgeous. Another week for the coastline to get ablaze I guess.

Tom Petty’s music makes a great soundtrack for bike riding on an absolutely gorgeous Fall day.

Soul nebula in Cassiopeia at about 6500 light years from us. This large emission nebula is often photographed with its neighbor - Heart nebula.

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Four years ago when we were in the market for a car, we seriously considered a Tesla. It didn’t work out because they didn’t have a dealer network and no convenient place nearby to test drive it. Given all the Elon nonsense, I’ll never buy a Tesla. There are many better choices.

Rain and wind are bringing down all the fall foliage.

“A day in the life photo challenge” - 7:15 am October 14, 2022 in East Lyme, CT.

Fall walks are just lovely.

The Lagoon nebula (M8) is a large emission nebula in Sagittarius at about 5000 light years away. Its actual dimensions are about 100x50 light years.

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The evergreens are not supposed to change colors in the Fall but these white pines are turning yellow. The Summer drought has badly affected all the vegetation in the area.

Our neighborhood trees are putting on their yearly colorful show.

This looks like endless lawn because that is what it is. It is a turf farm near Kingston, RI.

Wellness day ride turned into a metric century.

Check out my ride on Strava. strava.app.link/4RYnNcwfWtb

Taking “wellness day” today. At mile 30 on this morning’s bike ride.

Viscid violet corts

Three of my favorite things: lichen - mushrooms - ferns

Remembering the wonderful kayak trips I did with my daughter in Damariscotta lake back in August. This picture is taken by her while sitting in the front seat of a tandem kayak.

This report about higher excess death rates due to Covid for Republicans in Ohio and Florida is not really surprising. It was and still is astonishing how many republicans were suspicious of the vaccine or even about existence of Covid. This is “Natural selection”.

I don’t need to read this. I drink both. I am an equal opportunity caffeine consumer.

Coffee vs. tea smackdown www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/…