Octography

10/1/2023

I deleted my Twitter account months ago when Melon Huck took over and he allowed hate speech to proliferate on the site and he courted Imperial Grand Master Trump, and at that time I joined Counter Social -- a much more civil and enjoyable site for conversation with real and sane people!

Anyway, on Counter Social this month I am starting up a bit of fun today, Oct 1, with a month-long challenge to post pictures throughout the month (one per day or one on any given day) based on themes -- and the themes can be interpreted however one interprets them!

The themes are listed on the right (click the pic to enlarge) -- and the pics can be photos, photoshops, clips, closeups, or any sort of visual depiction. Whatever. It’s all for fun.

I'll be posting them here, over on Counter Social, and on my account on Threads. If you're on Counter Social or Threads, you can join the fun -- just use the hashtag #Octography (does Threads use hashtags?).

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Oct 1: Zodiacal Arc:
Starry Night, Drawn to Scale.

Oct 2: Seasonal Spices
Yes, more autumn please!

Oct 3: Gourd-geous:
A couple of gourd-geous seasonal icons.

Oct 4: Autumnal Creatures
Which creature is scarier?

Oct 5: Afterlife. The tombstone is for the inventor of the Ouija Board.

Oct 6: Devil May Care: Rodin carved “The Gates of Hell” in 1880, and there at the top wait three disciples is Satan — Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, & Pat Robertson — and the three wait and watch for Donald Trump to make his final descent into the Underworld where he, like the three, will burn for all eternity.

Oct 7: Fruits of the Season
I picked up this print in Amherst, MA. Can you guess the owners of the house shown in the background?

Oct 8: Trees / Leaves
This magnificent tree is about a mile from my house.

Oct 9: Candle / Fire

The largest Fire ever known
Occurs each Afternoon--
Discovered is without surprise
Proceeds without concern--
~Emily Dickinson

Oct 10: Seasonal Brews

Once, when I was in Walla Walla, Washington, I ordered a pumpkin spice cream cold brew at Starbucks & the barista gave me extra cream in a small to-go cup. Oh my — it was heaven!

Oct 11: Masks

Flashback to a time when the Trump Virus was running rampant.

(FYI: I made pics 1, 2 & 3, but I found pic 4 online. I did make a Van Gogh — but in mine he was wearing his mask! )

Oct 12: Unmasked

Even with all the variants of the Trump Virus throughout the pandemic — from its start to today — most cray-cray conservatives refused to wear a mask — proving definitively that you can’t mask stupidity and arrogance.

Oct 13: Midnight Hour

The Doomsday Clock’s original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 17 times for a total of 25. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set on January 24, 2023.

Oct 14: Happy Hour

My daughter got married by Elvis in Vegas today!

Oct 15: Mo(u)rning Hour

Pics are from the field of Presidents Heads in Virginia (….and the punchline to the well-known joke is “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the show?”)

Oct 16: Shades of Black

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!

Oct 17: Danse Macabre

The pic is from the National Memorial for Peace & Justice which includes 805 hanging steel rectangles, representing each of the counties in the United States where a documented lynching took place.

Oct 18: Night Sky

Starlight Night by Georgia O’Keeffe (1917)

Oct 19: La Luna

A friend of mine took this pic of the sphere in Las Vegas — with La Luna behind it!

Oct 20: Elixirs and Libations

Oct 21: Chambers

Oct 22: Vintage Style

Past covers from the New Yorker

Oct 23: Etched in Stone

CALLED BACK

Oct 24: Still Life

Oct 25: Autumnal Rituals

Are you ready to play the Lottery?

Oct 26: Web of Intrigue

Hmm…the pic fits better with the theme of Web of Criminality, but hey — it is intriguing to see the goons turn on their mob boss!

Oct 27: Velocity of Pause

Oct 28: Autumn Inferred

Oct 29: Shadow Play

1: The abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium outside Staunton, VA — where many atrocities took place!
2: Me inside the abandoned train tunnel under Afton Mountain near Waynesboro, VA.
3: Sunset along Skyline Drive.
4: Trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway.