Autumn rose open thread

This rose bush is in front of Chez Elder, and I can assure you that the leaves are just as painful as they look. However, the bush seems to thrive as the temperature goes down. (This photo was also taken by my phone, and heavily cropped.)

Google started keeping statistics for Blogger sites. The stats go back to July 2010. According to Google, the number of pageviews that I get is about 50% higher than what Statcounter tells me.

If that is true, then I have already passed a million pageviews this year! Statcounter says I am at 750,000 hits for 2010.

Maybe Google also includes RSS feed views, because otherwise I cannot account for the discrepancy.

Anyway, here's an open thread because I am having a busy Sunday.