This autumn has been spectacular for color here this year. I think it's the best autumn we've had in a number of years. All the trees in my yard lost their leaves several weeks ago. But my neighbors have a tree that has the most beautiful red/orange/gold …
Day 274 – Pumpkin Patch
As we move into October, the holidays are looming before us. First up - Halloween. There is a farm about 30 minutes north of us that has a big pumpkin patch and fall activities every October. We decided to take a drive out there and see what it was all about. This was the first …
Day 263 – Peppers
It's been a busy few days and today I just ran out of energy. Maybe it's all the smoke in the air and the ash falling out of the sky. I didn't know what I was going to shoot until I got home. We got this bunch of peppers at a local farmer's market and …
Day 245 – Sunset
I've mentioned previously that we have had a number of days with a smokey haze on the horizon. It makes for some spectacular sunsets. I took these a couple of miles east of Bend where there are some open fields with a nearly panoramic view of the mountains. Some nights the beauty of it takes …
Day 235
We had a layer of smoke hovering over Bend all evening. Even though the closest wildfire to us now is about 60 miles away, when the wind is in the right direction, it blows the smoke right into town. But again, it made for a beautiful, orange sunset. Maralee
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