Pic(k) of the Week: Postal Pond autumn morning

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Fall foliage backlit by the rising sun: an autumn morning on Postal Pond.

Decatur Legacy Park in the city of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
7 October 2026 (8:58 am EDT).

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Thelonious Monk: Ruby, My Dear

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• More music for the people! Happy 109th birthday, Thelonious Sphere Monk... wherever you may be.

  One of 20th-century American music's great pianist/composers, Thelonious Sphere Monk was born 109 years ago today, on 10 October 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Percussive but lyrical, Monk found the music hidden BETWEEN the notes. (Maybe a life metaphor.) He died in 1982, much too soon, at age 62.

  His composition, "Ruby, My Dear," is achingly beautiful. His solo interpretation of it is ... out of this sphere.



• Album: Solo Monk
  • Label: Columbia (recorded: 1964-1965 / released: 1965)
  • Thelonius Monk – piano, composer
  
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• Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of images posted on Saturdays.
• Photo 41 of 52, for year 2026. See a larger, hi-res version on Flickr: here.
  


• Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
• Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
• Settings: 82 mm | 1/1600 sec | ƒ/5.6 | ISO 800.
• Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).


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