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< October 2025

October 1, 2025
The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home. JANE GOODALL (April 3, 1934 - October 1, 2025) I`m glad I wasn`t on the sidewalk when this happened. They dance and they dream by the side of the stream. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A diligent cormorant dove deep and came up with a fish. Lazy gulls immediately tried to take the fish away.

October 2, 2025
We`re both trying to hold onto summer. Proud of his catch. I didn`t realize yesterday that the cormorant has emerald green eyes (see October 1 above). Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting. MARY OLIVER There is no cruelty here.

October 3, 2025
Sunrise at Goose Lake. Birds do it. Bees do it. Even turtles in the seas do it. Clinging desperately to summer. On my way home, I paused to take one more look. Another photographer and I politely took turns shooting pictures of a butterfly.

October 4, 2025
I go to this event every year for the flying dogs (see October 6, 2024; October 8, 2023; October 2, 2022). Oh the lengths dogs go to to please humans. In this event, competitors try to do life-threatening things faster than anyone else. I really look up to adventurous people. I`ve seen this show many times, and no one`s been hurt.

October 5, 2025
Club Sports Classic. Lots to do. Lots to see. Lots of locations. Lots of pictures to take.

October 6, 2025
There was a catastrophic failure of the water cooler at work (see more water jugs on October 24, 2023). A red carpet to the dumpster. It`s all about glamor here. It seems only right that one delivery driver blocked another delivery driver (see June 16, 2025). Supermoon on a cloudy night. There, that`s better.

October 7, 2025
Looks like I won`t walk to work today. It`s even raining inside my parking garage. Autumn on the mind. This one seems built to last (see January 18, 2025). When the stereo eats my CD but won`t admit it.

October 8, 2025
Remnants of the supermoon (see October 6 above). Perspectives on downtown Dayton. Dayton`s largest office building seems mostly vacant. Other people`s photo shoots. After watching some YouTube videos, I figured out how to get the CD unstuck (see October 7 above).

October 9, 2025
I get a free lunch every year (see May 29, 2014). I arrived early so I could sit close to the dessert. The shoes say it all: Love Yourself. Prepping for another group shot (see October 10, 2024). I`m glad I got to escape from the office for a while.

October 10, 2025
I actively seek out bugs, and deliberately avoid people. Hummingbirds deliberately avoid me (see September 25, 2025). A black-capped chickadee is more relaxed than a hummingbird. The morning buzz. Goldfinches eat a lot of seeds, but they won`t turn down a tasty bug.

October 11, 2025
Celebration No. 1. There was much pushing, grabbing and flopping. KEEP OUT! (See October 27, 2024) This is why there`s always an ambulance standing by. Celebration No. 4. The other team only celebrated once.

October 12, 2025
Pumpkin spice season. It`s the spider in the eye that gets me. Today I saw graceful ballet dancers in white -- and this. If you know who Scott Baio is, you might also know what a 45RPM record is. Artists build sculptures, birds don`t care (see August 27, 2024).

October 13, 2025
Keeping an eye on downtown Dayton. Sunny but chilly. Watercolor. The ducks came expecting food, but were disappointed. Oh, Mexico! I never really been but I`d sure like to go. Oh, Mexico! I guess I`ll have to go now. JAMES TAYLOR

October 14, 2025
Yes, it feels that way sometimes (see September 14, 2021). Ant feast! Job I Wouldn`t Want No. 467. Closing the door on today`s photos. Everyone pays more attention to me at this time of year.

October 15, 2025
Peace be unto you. I totally missed the installation of this sign (see February 29, 2024). Urban wildlife. All tied up in knots. There`s a new neighbor across the street.

October 16, 2025
Fractal Rain by Terry Welker at the Dayton Metro Library (see March 9, 2021). This sign was hung before my time (see October 15 above). Something deep inside me becomes alarmed when the shadows are at this angle at 1:30pm. Delta Airlines: Keep Climbing. Conformity is boring.

October 17, 2025
Currently I park in this garage in downtown Dayton. In the future, I may park in this garage. In the future, I may work in this building. It`s a few blocks away from where I work now. However, there`s a long way to go before that happens.

October 18, 2025
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Many submit from fear, others from superstition, and the more powerful part shares with the king the plunder of the rest. In America, the law is king! Monarchy hath poisoned the republic. No King! No Tyranny! `Common Sense` (1776) by THOMAS PAINE

October 19, 2025
I planned to take pictures of a soccer game today, but decided not to stand outside in the cold rain. I didn`t climb a tree. The squirrel was at my level. Halloween: fun, costumes, candy, death. Yeah, I know, I was there. October showers bring November flowers.

October 20, 2025
Nice people send flowers, and then I sneeze. I always aspire to higher gulls. I don`t like autumn, but I`m obligated to take this picture. What other season has two names? `Fall` says it all. Sunny but chilly.

October 21, 2025
How hungry are you (see September 2, 2025)? Walking to work I stayed dry. Not so on the walk home. The weather forecast did not predict rain today. But this was a nice consolation for the rain. This was as the rainbow`s end. How hungry are you?

October 22, 2025
Today I took a photo of a photo that Jenny Paxson took at WDPR in 1989. Notice the LP records on the table. Tonight I visited the new Mudlick Taphouse. The old sign will soon be hung here (see September 3, 2025). I`ll have an iced tea, please. Out with the old, in with the new. I buy from Lands End since stores don`t carry my size (see May 14, 2024). How are pictures coming today? Not good.

October 23, 2025
This guy really wanted to be heard. She didn`t get all made up for my camera, but I`m glad she got all made up. Another seasonal performer (see November 25, 2022). I painted a tribute to the dog of my childhood. He was the closest thing I had to a brother. New paint, new windows: this is an expensive renovation (see September 23, 2025).

October 24, 2025
The legacy of funk music in Dayton lives on. Evan Fiehrer is a versatile guitarist (see September 29, 2022). Evan and his band The Groove Essentials had an album release party at the Arcade. The new album is called A Little Light and it`s available for download at thegrooveessentials.bandcamp.com. Evan wrote a lot of great songs with a positive vibe.

October 25, 2025
Most of today`s photos have fire in them. The best thing about Hauntfest (see October 28, 2023). I`m sitting outside in the cold on hard concrete holding a heavy camera, and loving every minute of it. I`d glance at the photos and think, `I love my camera.` I wonder what other people got with their phone cameras. Nothing is burning in this picture.

October 26, 2025
I photograph one football game a year (see October 13, 2024, and September 24, 2023). It was a difficult day for the home team. The other team scored lots of touchdowns. I had many chances to take pictures of their extra points. Meanwhile, cheerleaders kept up the encouragement (she was seen here on October 13, 2024, and June 8, 2025).

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