Reading glasses
These are the reading glasses of Margot. She'd put them down for awhile and all of a sudden I saw the opportunities they offered (photographically speaking). It was the combination of the red colored glasses, and the red lettering of the paper, which appealed to me. So I took a couple of (macro) shots and combined two of them into this image.

Trees are beautiful
I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree,
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
(Robert Frost)

Experimenting
Have been experimenting again. What you see is a photograph of the beach in Italy. To be precise Tuscany, where we vacationed.I'm not sure what I did with this photo. I did use a solarizing filter among others. Anyway, I think I like the end result myself. Just let me know what you all think.

Summer
Summer is drawing to an end. Fall with its storms and rains is nearing inescapably. September is a "transition" month. I read a quote about what summer represents by someone whose name I forgot. It goes like this:

“What a beautiful, sunny morning. It makes you happy to be alive, doesn't it? We can't let the sun outshine us! We have to beam, too!”

Think about it for a moment: ‘We have to beam, and outshine the sun’. It's a philosophical thought. I think it would be a good idea to beam as much as possible, and not just in the summer, to be a shining sun in the cold winter. Figuratively speaking of course. As long as you beam, you’ll light and warm other people. In return you will be warmed by other people too. That’s the way it works. Now I realize this is all easy said, but harder done. I will try anyway, as best as I can. Life’s too short not to try. It could make the world a happier place.