I recently attended a workshop that was held at one of my favorite wineries, Terra Blanca (@TerraBlanca). During a break I took a walk around part of the vineyard and was treated to this lovely view of something that may well grace my table in the future.
The colors of autumn along the Columbia River. Breathtaking.
On a recent non-foggy walk into work along the Columbia River a great blue heron flew by me and landed on an antenna. I’ve seen them land in trees, but this was really unusual. I walked by and he was quite unconcerned as he surveyed the river.
While I still have a lot of work to do in order to organize my Spain photos, I certainly can share photos of what I’ve seen on my regular walks. Recently we’ve had a lot of fog in the mornings – in fact it was so foggy a couple of mornings that while I was walking to work my hair got very wet! It made things interesting along the Columbia River – there were times I knew the river was mere feet away from me but I could not see it. When the sun started poking through one morning, it made a lovely picture.
Wow. I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted something. I know that right after the last post in August we went on vacation and I took hundreds of photos in Spain, planning to post them while there but I never did. And then when we got back I got really busy with work and also I was just a bit overwhelmed by all the stuff I *could* post that I got paralysis about it all and so didn’t do anything. I even took more photos on my walks around home and work and have other items to post about crafts I’ve done with my mom, but I’m just so overwhelmed by choices! AAAAACK!
I have more time off coming up with Thanksgiving, and my plan is to spend some time organizing my Spain photos and doing a lot of posts about our travels there, as well as my usual items. In the meantime, here is a picture of some food we enjoyed in Ponferrada, Spain. As it happened, the first day we were there was the last day of a festival they were having – so we got wonderful festival food for lunch. And this reminds me – I really need to grill jalapenos! That was amazingly tasty.
Just a reminder that I have glorious views provided by the Columbia River and surroundings as I walk in to my office. These are the bluffs across the river to the east, accompanied by a blue sky and wispy clouds. It’s a pretty wonderful way to start the day.
If you click to get the larger size, the lines of trees you see are poplars – they are very fast growing and are planted in rows by farmers as a windbreak. They have the additional benefit of creating interesting visual effects.
I was going to walk on that sidewalk, and I turned the corner and saw this.
I opted to take a different route.
Where I live roses grow very easily – in fact they can easily get overgrown and are frankly hard to kill… But fortunately they’re usually really pretty, like these.
At work there is a large pond area with fountains that provides a heat-sink for the HVAC systems of nearby buildings. It also provides a waystation for a lot of geese. On this hot day, the geese were swimming under the fountains to stay cool (I presume) and we all enjoyed a rainbow together.
This is our cat. She adopted our home (when it was a construction site) when she was a kitten and lived through lean times before living in luxury. She apparently saw the potential. Because she was a stray, she was named Stray Cat. This has caused no end of confusion at the veterinarian.
I don’t think I’ve ever timed a photo of her better than this one.
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