The first of the month found me walking with a friend with a view of Mt. St. Helens.
Notice how flat the mountain looks.
It once had a top and then it blew off in the 1980's.
It is still a live volcano.
Grandson has started playing soccer.
What fun to be a grandparent on the sidelines.
The pumpkin patch festival
and one pumpkin in the picture came home with us.
In the fall I start thinking baking.
Caramel corn and pumpkin coffee cake have come from my oven this month.
Not particularly pretty, but a couple views from my car of driving in Portland.
There are quite a few bridges over the Willamette River.
I am always fascinated by city murals and Portland has many of them.
This is one I noticed on the same drive as I sat at a stop light.
The grain mill by the river and if you look closely another bridge to the left.
If this doesn't say Autumn I don't know what would.
Taken moments ago in front of my house.
The bird was just the cherry on the top, not planned at all.
The fire of this Japanese maple is brilliant right now.
Happy Autumn days!!
and
Happy weekend, dear friends!
