After a cold and soggy September, we've been reward with a mild and pleasant October. No excuses then.
Let's take a walk.
While western Oregon cannot begin to compete with New England's fall color, we do have patches of nice color this time of year. This is a vista from the house off to the east - the color is provided by cherries and Big Leaf Maples.
Here's a reward for looking down - a nice moss covered stone.
I know this photo does not look like much, but close observation shows a sizable patch of matted down grasses. Someone, probably a deer, has been bedding down here.
October is mushroom time.
And Licorice Fern time.
Tiny, tiny bright yellow - a lichen? A mushroom?
A mystery.
On a blue sky day the Big Leaf Maples glowed.
Here's a close-up.
The September rains were very hard on the blackberries - most of the fruit got mildew and rotted on the vine. But there are still a few, a very few ripe berries for eating picking.
We'll end the walk with one of my favorite bits of fall color.
The rusty red of the Vine Maple.
