It is October 6th and for weeks people have been saying (insert day) is the last nice day till next spring. I rebutt with this.

Taken from the Bellevue Square Mall parking lot. The sky to the left was rather dark to the eye. Originally I meant the photo to show the dichotomy between light and dark, but it came out light and beautiful. No enhancements needed!

In the ’90s my father started down a maniacal path leading into the vortex of the dahlia world and eventual world recognition. Humbly starting with just a few dahlias, over the next few years my father amassed enough dahlias as a hobby that it became a drain on the family financially. Faced with finding a