My beautiful niece, Megan. 

My little Megan dressed as a purple pegasus for Halloween this year, hugging her big, yellow pumpkin. Dad grew that pumpkin especially for her. She told him she would hug it and kiss it every day. =) 

Meg...either smiling or grimacing...and clutching her pumpkin. 

Meg looking surprised while clutching her pumpkin... 

Meg pausing for the photo-op while trick-or-treating at daycare... 

Meg trick-or-treating at daycare... 

Meg at daycare eating a Halloweeny lunch and cheesing at her dad. 

My former methadone clinic coworker, Princess Sally as a Barbie Princess. How fitting! =)  

My Nora as Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas 

My former methadone clinic coworker, Jeane...Mistress of Darkness and Multiple Piercings. 

Our new apartment building... 

Meg helping Rose and I move in... 

Meg growling... 

An intimate examination of a yellow maple leaf... 

Fallen leaves in the grass... 

A multicolored tree in our parking lot... 

The view from my bedroom window...