The color of fall

Every now and then I find myself at the Walmart way down in Renton "saving money," although this usually costs about $150 per shopping trip. But Walmart is smart (we all know this) so there's usually some little unexpected bargain to make you feel like it was time well spent trudging all over their enormous store looking for things. For example, I was there recently buying a vibrating baby seat for Nova, and they had beautiful fresh pots of garden mums for only $2.99. Of course I bought one and it's been blooming outside, so pretty and bright as other things fade. These mums are supposed to be hardy, but I have bad luck wintering them over.

So the motto of the day is: enjoy now.

Happy Birthday, Irene!