At Salmon Days in Issaquah WA recently, the newly crisp weather gave us this scenic view:

Early fall comes to the Pacific Northwest

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Gotta love fall.

Brilliantly colored fall foliage in the Pacific Northwest in Issaquah, WA

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The day after a good wind is a fine thing for leaf hounds. Freshly fallen leaves are so colorful!

Red, yellow, orange and pink maple leaves on the green lawn of early fall

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Someone built this structure out of driftwood at Richmond Beach in Washington. Almost looks like a dinosaur skeleton, doesn’t it?

Perhaps a fort, made of driftwood on the beach

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My first fall foliage photo of the season.

Orange and yellow tree leaves in the late afternoon light

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Taken from the floating 520 bridge from Seattle to Mercer Island. Love that string of puffy pink clouds at the bottom left.

Early evening in Seattle in September

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Hydrangeas are beautiful for such a long season.

Purple and blue tones in hydrangea petals in early fall on a sunny afternoon

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From a trip to Flamingo Gardens in Florida earlier this year.

Deep orange flamingos feed while standing in water, at Flamingo Gardens in Florida

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A friend’s garden is loaded with grapes. These green ones are not quite ripe, but still so pretty.

Bunches of green grapes hanging on the vine, soaking up the sun

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I’ve lived in the Seattle area for twelve years now, and this is my first visit to Discovery Park in Magnolia, today. How beautiful it is.

Sparkling waters of Puget Sound from overlook at Discovery Park in Seattle

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