A gardening friend made a Halloween lunch for our group. So festive!

A rainbow of dishes add a colorful touch to this Halloween/Thanksgiving table setting

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Here’s a lovely laceleaf Japanese maple in my front garden just yesterday.

Finely cut and colorful autumn leaves of a Japanese maple tree, with water droplets

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It’s raining now, but thought you’d like to see the hydrangeas looking good in the sunlight not too long ago.

Soft tones of blue, purple and turquoise in the early fall hydrangea petals

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Gotta love the colors of autumn.

Brilliant fall colors light up the October landscape even in the Pacific Northwest

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We were in Issaquah, WA, finishing up dinner after a day selling jewelry at Salmon Days, and the sky just opened. I have never seen a such hailstorm (with lightning! thunder!). The roar of the hail and rain, an inch of hail on the ground, and rivers of water and ice because the leaves and hail clogged all the drains. Expect the unexpected, I guess.

Hail and rain crashing down in surprise early fall hailstorm in Issaquah, WA

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Visited the Gothic Revival Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, NY, on the Hudson River. Naturally, I was particularly interested in the rose garden. Just this once, I am including FOUR photos in this post.

The Lyndhurst Mansion, commonly called “The Castle”

Lyndhurst dining room, decorated for Halloween (a very big thing in Tarrytown, NY)

View of the gazebo in the rose garden at Lyndhurst

Roses blooming at Lyndhurst

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Lichen is so beautiful. How can you not like it? Like frilly gray flowers…

Lacy lichen on a tree trunk in the Seattle area on a wet November day

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Went for a walk today, between the showers.

Rain drops hanging on the twigs of a coral bark maple tree

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Hello, dear blog readers. Various technical difficulties including changing web hosts are creating a break in my usual happy blogging. But never fear, not forever. Another week or so and we’ll be back. Here’s a pretty picture of my favorite place, Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, with this year’s version of its lovely fall display on a dark day.

Mums and coleus and maidenhair ferns at the magnificent Volunteer Park Conservatory

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We’ve had a LOT of rain. Here are some lilac leaves in my front yard.

Colorful leaves dripping in the rain in the Pacific Northwest

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