After the rather bad falls and winters the past couple of years, this fall has been a tremendous change for the better. Such beautiful weather, it could not get any better here in my mountain hideaway.

Today alone the sky is a beautiful shade of blue, without a cloud in sight. I'm sitting here typing in front of the big windows, sun streaming inside delivering its marvelous warmth.

The river is a deep blue, still quite small, yet filled with so many spawning salmon that they cannot be counted.

For the first time since I've lived here my walnut tree is actually producing this year, alas though, no walnuts for me, the squirrels get them the very second they hit the ground.

The trees are starting to turn, a few more days and we should have an explosion of color here, yellows and reds mixed with the beautiful deep greens of the hemlocks and cedars.

It couldn't be any better than it is this fall, I hope that you will be able to come and join me in this natural beauty.