Autumn!

Its official today is the first day of my very favorite season of the year...Autumn. Already we have had some leaves turning beautiful colors and falling along my favorite walking paths. The air takes on a certain flavor and the light shines just a bit different.

It's been so lovely here (it always is when you know the rainy season is around the corner), yesterday I escaped the office for a bike ride around Lake Quigg. Everything was perfect (the temperature, the air, the wind, the trees, few people)...until...there in the middle of the path was a snake. Unfortunately I saw it too late.

In the western part of the Pacific Northwest, it's uncommon to see snakes on a shaded path...this is probably the third time ever. I would like to believe that my long skinny friend sustained only bruises yesterday.

On a happier note, I was blessed to see an osprey dive for dinner and come up with a salmon...only to drop it back in the water when two bald eagles, coming out of different directions tried to join her for dinner! What a site to watch those three raptors perform their acrobats over the lake.

Yep...I love this season!

Happy Spring to those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, and Happy Autumn to those of us in the North.