He's a picker, he's grinner; he's a lover, he's a sinner: The Joker lets fly with a riff on the Strat during the song Spooky. Happy Halloween, everybody! On Freemont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

She's goin' down, party time; her friends are gonna be there, too; she's on the Highway To Hell…The ghouls come out as one of the singers for Frank and the Steins does her song. (Click on the photo for a real ghoul time) On Freemont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

Have you got your costume together yet for the big night? A shop along the canal of The Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

I was working in the lab late one night, when my eyes beheld an eerie sight…Found this life-size model outside a store along the concourse of Sea-Tac Airport. Between Tacoma and Seattle, Washington; October, 2012.

This pumpkin finds itself between a rhododendron and a hydrangea. Clackamas, Oregon; October, 2012.

The annual Autumn display at The Bellagio Hotel and Casino. (Click on the photo to see the look on that tree's face) Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

We continue with our ode to Autumn with this offering of sunflowers hanging their heavy heads while pumpkins wait to be plucked from the field. DD Ranch, Terrebonne, Oregon; October, 2012.

It's time for our annual ode to Autumn in the run up to All Hallows Eve. (Click photo for a better view) Beaver Marsh, Oregon; October, 2012.

The famous Dale Chihuly art piece embedded into the ceiling of the lobby of the Bellaggio Hotel. (Click the photo for more detail) Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

Faux dolphins on faux rocks in a faux waterfall pool. (Click the photo for much more detail) The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

It isn't just Alice's Restaurant where you can get anything you want. You can get it here in Sin City, too. Like this replica of a piazza and Venetian canal. (Click the photo to catch more fantasy) Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

This old town's filled with sin. It will swallow you in if you've got some money to burn…Just returned from several days down in Sin City. Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear: art nouveau architecture on a theater. Boulder, Colorado; September, 2012.

It was quiet, it was still, it was soft, it was languid, it was serene as we floated this stretch of the Canal du Nivernais, Burgundy region, France; September, 2009.

Looking up toward the amphitheater from the Trading Post parking lot. The clouds are beginning to twirl in anticipation of that night's show. Red Rocks State Park, Morrison, Colorado; September, 2012.

One of our favorite portico walkways at the Empress Hotel. Victoria, BC, Canada; April, 2012.

A quiet display in the Tea House of the Japanese Gardens. Portland, Oregon; May, 2012.

Sunshine, even partial sunshine, brings folks out to the Public Market. (Click the photo for more detail) Seattle, Washington; June, 2012.

If you survive the 422 steps to the top of Notre Dame Cathedral (a questionable feat if one is out of shape *cough* *cough*), you find that not all figurines up there are actually gargoyles. Here's one of a human figure hanging out with the gargs. Paris, France; September, 2011.

Come back to us Barbara Lewis: Can you picture her next Thursday? Can you picture her at all? In the Hotel Boulderado at the dark end of the hall? (Thank you, John Prine) Boulder, Colorado; September, 2012.

The Tall Jazz Band plays a local Sunday Market; Milwaukie, Oregon; September, 2012.

Up close and personal with a macaw. Oregon State Fair, Salem Oregon; August, 2012.

A busker gets wild playing the bass, while a little girl is obliviously checking out the flowers. (Click the photo for more detail or to check out the guy's tats) Boulder, Colorado; September, 2012.