We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost. ~Henry Rollins

September 2
Ella loving on her brother Knox
Picture by their mom Kelly

September 2

September 3
Knox playing second base
Fall Ball

#18 at bat

September 4
Glock
It's got a kick

and makes some holes

September 4
Wacky Tacky Day
I'd say he nailed it

Elijah chillin' after school

Shelby and Ella
Pretty sure Ella's got her eyes on Spongebob 

The gang's all here for some
Cousin Time

September 5
Hanging out with Elijah, Holly, and Ella
Elijah taught her how to make some faces

September 6
Knox ran 15 laps in Cougar Run for his school's fundraiser

Three generations of Capshaw Kids
Me, Kelly, Knox (and Ella in the not-so-distant future)

September 6
Blazing sunset
This month has been very hot and dry

September 9
The orange one tastes the best

September 11
Elijah chillin' at Panera on a Wednesday evening

Shelby and Holly
Got that sunset glow

It was a spectacular sunset

September 14
Kelly snapped this picture of Ella reading Knox the riot act
on her 1st birthday

She's #1 and she's got the crown to prove it

First taste of birthday cake

She got upset when we sang the birthday song

She enjoyed playing with the cake more than she did actually eating it

She had fun opening presents
because ... lots of tissue paper and kitty cat cards
The clothes and toys were nice too

Ella with her great-aunt Jane and great-uncle Don
I love this picture

Ella with her cousins Evan and Finn

Ella with her aunt Holly, uncle Jerry, and cousins Shelby and Elijah

The Kimbrough Family
Kerry, Kelly, Knox, and the birthday girl

Birthday dinner at Bobby Qs
Holly, Ella, Knox, Shelby, and Elijah
having some Snapchat fun

September 17
More target practice
I shoot to my left
Obviously
I'm trying to correct that
Every now and then I do hit the center

Neil practiced with the 9mm while I used the .22

September 19
Took a walk around the neighborhood
Need to do that more often

Looks like someone turned an old satellite dish into a happy greeting

Aunt Holly got some Ella time in after work this afternoon

Making that face Elijah showed her how to make

September 22
Ice cream at the Lazy Cow Creamery
on a hot Sunday afternoon after ball practice

September 23
Ella's dad Kerry snapped this pic of her enjoying the swings at Cane Creek Park

September 23
Getting my Fall on
on the first day of Autumn



"The sun tires of summer and sighs itself into autumn." ~Terri Guillemets



September 24
Autumn sunsets are the best

September 26
The engineer precisely hanging pictures
It's been over a year now since we gutted our living room
I'm finally filling our blank walls with family photos
Better late than never

September 27
Who needs toys when you've got books?

She knows she's not supposed to go in there

September 28
Gratuitous picture of my dinner at Casa Grande Mexican Restaurant
Yep, it was yummy!

September 30
Ah, that time of year when the sun is always below your sun visor all day long
The calendar says Autumn ....

.... but the weather says Summer

Knox's fall ball team played a doubleheader tonight
They lost not-even-close the first game
They lost by two runs the second game 12-14
Last games of the regular season
Tournament games start tomorrow



"For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go."
~ George Washington Cable


Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soil. 
~ Peggy Toney Horton


And then the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and Autumn was awaked. 
~ Raquel Franco


"Sorrow and scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and sunny weather.
Ah me, this glory and this grief
Agree not well together!"
~Thomas Parsons, 1880, A Song For September