It rained all day today but the vibrant Fall colors are making the day anything but dreary. As you can see in these very nice pictures from a photographer called Ingwar, autumn brings more than brisk cool mornings and, in the northwest, rain. There are the crisp smells of logs on the fireplace, the sight of birds heading south, and the delightful color everywhere you look.

Driving around can be more fun than turning on the TV for the next few weeks. I remember doing just that with my parents in the mid-western U.S. as a child. We were amazed at the beautiful colors, regaled by the radio, and just enjoying the company of each other.

Suzy has the thermometer set for 65 during the night and if you get up early, which we invariably do, we are met by a cold tile floor in the bathroom. But during the cold months, the cats surround Suzy, purring, and keeping her warm. So sometimes we wake to the cool morning and just snuggle a bit longer than normal sharing our body heat and delaying the inevitable and necessary need to get up.

Our German Sheppard, Shelby is looking at me from the floor of the library. I suspect she wants to go for a walk. That means raincoats, hats, and the like. But she is such a good dog, how could I say no. Enjoy the beauty everyone. That is the fashion statement for this family, jeans, warm shirt, raincoat, hat, and dog on a chain. Does any one wear the fashions showing up in the paper and magazines now. But by this number worn by this very thin and beautiful lady in this picture it clear to see that colors might make a color in the world of fashion this Fall as it does on the good ol’ mother Earth.