Heading Towards Winter

 November started out with some glorious fall days, sunny, with splashes of yellow and red foliage.  That has shifted dramatically to barren trees and rainy days.  We are taking advantage of the pandemic and wet weather to paint the inside (of course) of our home.  The following are some photos of the transition (ooh, that's a loaded word these days!)

Looking up the river from our big spruce tree on November 2nd.

Looking through our blueberry bushes.

On October 28, we waded across the river, climbed the steep bank, and hiked up the mountainside that is quite inaccessible.  Our goal was to explore and hopefully find some chanterelles. These delicate mushrooms are not chanterelles.

The mountainside was quite steep.  We followed an elk trail most of the way.

 

Looking at the back of our home from the other side of the river.

We did find numerous patches of chanterelles, and picked enough for a couple meals.

 

Daisy likes to play keep-away with a tennis ball.  October 29.

She also sleeps on her bed in this amusing position.

Here are some of our curious neighbors.

In October, I remade these three elevated planter boxes out of cedar.  I replanted dozens of daffodil bulbs, and will find some other flowering plants to put in in the spring.

What is this, you may ask?  Well, Gail wanted a picture holder for her Denali art piece. I modified a rake, welded on some supports, and sprayed it black to come up with this.

Voila!

November 13, after a night of 4 inches of rain.  We have had over 12 inches of rain so far this month.  The nice thing about rainy weather is that it is usually a lot warmer at night than when it is clear.

The mighty Yachats awakens.

You don't want to be walking in the woods when it's windy around here.  This is on our almost daily 5300 hike from the house.

Our pandemic project is underway. We have completed painting the living room, and have moved onto the dining and kitchen area.  The color is from my brother Sherwin's collection and is called hopsack. I read that paint sales are way up due to the pandemic.  

Well, that brings us up to date.  I hope everyone is well, both physically and emotionally. I sincerely wish that we all live to see the fall of Trumpism.