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Lee Valent captured Thursday's sunrise over the runway at the Lansing Municipal Airport. "I thought it was breathtaking!!" she said. (Photo: Lee Valent)

"[On Sunday] we got to see an awesome sunset from 5:55 to 6:15 pm," wrote Wilma Straatman. She and a friend were at the model airplane field...

Just in case nobody was outside enjoying the sunset Sunday evening, Cathy White managed to get a photo....

Oversized ghosts and goblins surround a house on 186th Street in preparation for trick-or-treaters. (Photo: Melanie Jongsma)

"We still have a hibiscus blooming in our yard despite it being October," wrote Dave Schurman on Saturday, October 14....

"This tough leaf hangs tight on our windshield during a torrential downpour!" wrote Connie Simon....

Cathy White captured the southernmost Lansing water tower from 193rd Street, at sunset on Thursday evening.

"Found this single leaf as I walked along," wrote Wilma Straatman. "Love its colors." (Photo: Wilma Straatman)

A streetlight at Park Avenue and 188th Street reflects in a puddle left by overnight rains. (Photo: Melanie Jongsma)

For Neil Johnson, Monday's article about the "Trail of Tears" was a nudge to send a photo from his garden. "Some Cherokee Trail of Tears beans ripening on the vine," he wrote when he submitted this photo on Tuesday. (Photo: Neil Johnson)

Fall flowers fill the yard of a home at the corner of Ridgewood and 185th. (Photo: Wilma Straatman)

A witch flies past a house on Burnham under the light of a morning moon. (Photo: Melanie Jongsma)

From Wentworth Avenue, Cathy White captured a beautiful purple and orange sunset above Bethel Church on Saturday. (Photo: Cathy White)

Connie Simon captured the evening sun battling storm clouds over the Lansing Municipal Airport on Friday evening. (Photo: Connie Simon)

"Sam Schmidtke — our insect-loving, snake-catching, fossil-hunting grandson — found a praying mantis on...