_{Rosa Rugosa and Virginia Creeper.}

I’m fighting the seasonal blues. The turn to autumn has been sharp this year, after an unusually summery September. My body’s fighting the adjustment to cool temperatures and less light. I really don’t want to go into the darker months.

^{Poison Ivy.}

So I took a long walk: a bit over seven and a half miles. It did me good.

_{I don’t know mushroom species at all… but this one looks like a box turtle shell.}

For a gray, misty afternoon, the dunes were full of color. Perhaps a result of the magnificent September weather, there’s a lot of flowers still blooming, as the foliage turns and the mushrooms show themselves. 

As a painter, I’m always looking for color in this landscape. Sure, there’s always green and gray and blue and whatever color sand is… but it’s the little beats of color that often make a painting work.

Today looks to be sunny, so hopefully my mood and the colors will continue to shine.

_{Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth aster).}

_Clover

_{Reindeer Lichten}

_{Beach Pea}

_{Golden Rod}

_Arugula

_{Swamp Maples turning red.}

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