Pocketful of Memory Cards

As I type, the sky is mostly blue and the sun is shining brightly.  I'm very grateful for this golden Autumn in the Okanagan.   More creativity from the Mission Greenway Wood Faeries?  As seen from the lower path of Mission Ridge When the City renovated Bernard Avenue I was very sad they got rid of these beautiful ....grates?   When I visited Kelowna Art Gallery last week I was pleased to see there are still some on Cawston. Looking east along Mission Creek. Walking west along Mission Creek On Friday I took the dogs for a walk/hike along Bellevue Creek to an open area with a picturesque retention pond near the Leung farm off the Gordon extension.  It's a win win because the dogs can chase each other and sniff and pee on everything in sight while I work on my photo skills. I had a dream the other night where a woman who was visiting me (no idea who) told me my photos were boring and I should take them at an angle to ma...

Winter is an etching, spring a water colour, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of it all. Stanley Horowitz We enjoyed some lovely warm temperatures in September and as the month came to a close I finally allowed myself to admit that Summer was over. Still, I look forward to the sunny days yet to come, when low angled sunshine bathes everything in a soft golden hue.  The quality of the light and the colours are what I love most about Autumn and I'm grateful I live in a part of the world that experiences this magical time of year. A quick scroll through my photos from previous years tells me we still have at least a week until things really get going.  Here are a few images  I've captured to hold me over in the meantime. 

The day after Don-O-Ray closed, Jas was kind enough to meet with me so I could buy a few more baking pumpkins to freeze for soups and pies. The fact that I'm roasting these pumpkins as I type reminded me that I'd taken some photos while I was waiting.  It was a lovely fall day and with my iPhone in hand I just I couldn't resist.