TAIL END OF SUMMER

It's been a fruitful Summer. Bountiful harvests of tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, carrots, and various herbs, which are all still going strong. Our flower bushes have also gifted us with beauty and color. Some of these roses have been flowering for 14 years. Now, with our new frog Buddha overseeing the garden, who knows what next year is going to bring. JIR  

BLUE MOON BIRTHDAY HIKE

 How lucky we are to have Nature so close to us, to be able to immerse ourselves in it so easily. No better way to wrap up a 64th birthday celebration than to go for a leisurely 3.5 mile evening hike culminating in awesome views of the Blue Moon

 At 6,400 feet elevation, McDonald Pass provides us with majestic views

 The sun sets in the west as we finish our hike

 Here it comes, peeking over the eastern mountainous horizon

 No explanation necessary, just scroll all the way down. JIR