Fall Photos

I haven't had much time to take pictures lately. I was able to get out this past weekend and take some snap shots. The colors this year have been awesome. Fall is my favorite season. I hope to take more before the leaves fall away.

Copyright Alison Palizzolo.

Summer Blooms

They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow;
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed out-braves his dignity;
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
--Shakespeare, Sonnet 94

Copyright Alison Palizzolo.

You May Take Me to the Fair

Do you recall the other night that I distinctly said you might
Serve as my escort at the next town fair?
Well, I'm afraid there's someone who I must invite in place of you
Someone who plainly is beyond compare
That Frenchman's power is more tremendous than I have e'er seen anywhere
And when a man is that tremendous
He, by right, should take me to the fair.

I do applaud your noble goals
Now let us see if you achieve them
And if you do, then you will be the three who go to the ball, to the show
And take me to the fair.

--Camelot, 1967

Copyright Alison Palizzolo

Night Frog

We have a little friend that frequents our door step every night. The other night I went out and took some photos of him. He started to look right at me and I was afraid he was going to leap, so I left him alone after only a few photos. These photos are deceiving, he is probably not much bigger than my thumb nail. Maybe I can catch him in the day next time.

Copyright Alison Palizzolo.

Blueberries

This past weekend we went to my family's lake house. The back yard is all blueberry bushes. I have many fond memories picking them with my grandparents and other family members. I can see a couple of these as possible future paintings.

Copyright Alison Palizzolo.