10/02....Happy Birthday, Babci!
10/03....Benefit of ongoing construction in the house.
10/03....Thea, racing across a stone bridge. We had a lovely time at The Dawes Arboretum.
10/03....One false step and into the pond they go!
10/03....When they laid out this Japanese Garden in 1962, I don't think they had this in mind.
10/03....Dawes Arboretum's Japanese Garden.
10/03....Sam does something Mom, Dad and Babci did not.
10/04....Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. Scooter celebrates.
10/06....One misty, moisty morning.
10/06...."But chicks like to pick, pick, pick, said Scat." page 5 of the book Abby was reading.
10/11....Mary and Steve are back for the weekend.
10/11....Dad enters the local chili cookoff. photo by Steve Hartley
10/11....Not everyone can win.
10/11....Dining with Elaine and Tom.
Spooky: Elaine is Mike's teacher. She and Tom moved to Zanesville from Chicago where she taught at the same Catholic grade school Mary and Steve are teaching at now.
10/31...We return from being two weeks offline. Certain unnamed kids got into our server, causing havoc, and Tommy was away on vacation and could not walk me through the repairs. However, Tommy is back and all is well.
10/31....Tommy sent photos of his vacation and we start with a candy store in Central Mexico City.  
10/31....Tommy in front of the Museo del Templo Mayor. For more on Templo Mayor, click here.
10/31....The Pyramid of the Sun.  
10/31....Fascinating relief which predates Columbus.
10/31....Close-up.  
10/31....While Tommy was exploring in Mexico, we were visiting nearby Black Hand Gorge here in Ohio.
10/31....Playing among the best Lower Mississippian deltaic deposits in east-central Ohio.  
10/31....Bet they don't have fall colors like this in Mexico City, Tommy.
10/31....Break Time.  
10/31....One last look at Black Hand Gorge.  
10/31....We harvest our very first one of these!
10/31....A thankless task.  
10/31....Steve models his new jeans, ordered online.