Dawson

My sweet beagle Dawson died earlier tonight. He took a turn for the worse this afternoon. My friend Cherry and I had been managing his condition very carefully, given his back problem and his cancer. For weeks now, our focus had been on him being happy and not in pain. There were a number of ups and downs during this process, but we did pretty good. For example, just the other day, Dawson was digging a hole in the backyard, burying a bone! Today, however, he took a turn for the worse. It was time to help him out and to let him go.

I miss him terribly.

Happy Veterans Day

Google's logo for today is pretty nice:

Rainy color

Here's another shot of the fall colors as seen through my rain-covered windshield on the way to work the other morning:

It's raining right now as I post this! Will the rain ever stop?

Rain

We've been getting a lot of rain lately in St. Louis. I usually don't take any outdoor pictures when it's raining. But yesterday on the way to work, I decided to take advantage of the rain. Here is a photo taken from inside my car, looking through my rain-covered windshield at some vibrant fall color:

What a difference a week makes

The fall colors in St. Louis are either at or just past their peak. Below are two photos taken from a window at work, the first taken this past Friday and the other one taken seven days before that.

iPhone photography

I'm am really getting into the camera on my iPhone. The iPhone is almost always with me, and the best camera is the one that's with you. There are some incredible iPhone apps to enhance photos by the iPhone. Here are two images I took yesterday of some beautiful fall color. Click on each image to read about how I processed the original image taken by the iPhone into what you see here.

"We'll be back soon."

Every now and then, the online Apple Store goes dark, displaying only the following message:

This usually means that Apple is about to release some new goodies, or updated versions of existing products. Sometimes it turns out to be nothing, but when it happens on a Tuesday morning, that usally means it's going to be something significant.

Such is the case right now!! It feels like Christmas morning and I'm a kid again...