It was one of those Indian Summer days. Fall colors are starting and we finally did something we’ve been talking about doing since we moved here. We went to the hillside across from our house and took pictures of our house from across the way.
Our house and garage are in the bottom third of this picture, to the right of the aspen grove. They are just starting to turn golden, and the grass down the hillside of our house is all brown.
Same picture. Our house blends in the surroundings.
This shows how far down the hillside we are from the top of the mountains. What I love best about this picture is there are no other houses visible but ours.
Near the top of the mountain, Larch trees are starting to turn into their fall color of burnished gold. This is by far my favorite time of year! These pictures show how far out in the middle of nowhere we are.
The small Black Bear was hanging around under the apple tree for a few days.
Mishkin showing the bear what he'd do if only he was outside and could get at 'em.
Grrrrrrrr, I'll bite you, and shred you.... grrrrrrrrrrr.
Then, after the bear is vanquished, it's time for a snooze in his blankie. After all, what better place to dream of victory! Only a paw peeks out. Snug as a bug in a rug. This is why we call him Bug about half the time.
This last weekend we had company and besides eating too much, we went for a nice long walk in the mountains. We moved the table from the kitchen to the sun room.
It was a comfortable room for dining, but I missed having the table in the kitchen, and we moved it back.
This morning I sat in the kitchen, cookstove was heating the room nicely, while I was working on my laptop computer, telecommuting to work over satellite internet. I love technology! It was 38F, and that means we get to have a fire in the mornings. It is hard to believe but in about six weeks from now it will be snowing again, and shortly thereafter the world will be completely white again, and our wood stoves will be working all day and night.