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shedding the light
Every September since 2002, the Gateway Arch goes dark every night in September. It’s a way to help keep fall-migrating birds from becoming disoriented by bright nighttime lights. The National Park Service estimates that 40% of the U.S.’s migratory waterfowl use the Mississippi River corridor for a migration route.
I was lucky enough that my visit spanned the end of August and the first of September, so I got to see the Arch both ways. Honestly, I sort of like the non-lighted September version better.
Also it was very hot while I was there (feels-like temperature one day was 109°) so it was hard to imagine that anything fall related was very close to happening. I mean, obviously it will because pumpkin spice everything is creeping onto menus which is the most certain way to tell the seasons are changing. I guess.
Gateway Arch
Saint Louis, Missouri
photographed 8.30.2026
especially if you’re looking for a truck
If you want a Chevy pickup, please note that God Answers Prayers.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.28.2026
quadratic equation
Hello, and welcome to What The Hell Is She Up To NOW? day here on the socials. It’s an excellent question. Thank you for asking.
Unfortunately, I cannot provide a coherent response because I am not exactly sure. But anyway, here’s a pier presented in slivers of itself.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
they started with 50
Whatever these things are, they started with 50 of them. If the carton was full.
And that’s about all I can tell you.
Floyd County, Texas
photographed 5.30.2026
even the clearest path may get obscured
I was in Maine. In the woods. With bare trees. And snow.
What else was I going to do? Making an intentional camera movement image felt inevitable.
near Solon, Maine
photographed 3.21.2026
