Fall foliage is like a flower. So beautiful, and over so soon.

Heart-shaped leaf in the autumn rain

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The weather has gotten too cold for this brugmansia (Angel’s Trumpet) plant to stay on the patio, so into the living room it has come until the warm weather returns. Every night the scent perfumes the entire house.

Golden yellow-orange blossoms of brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet blooming indoors

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The other night the sky was on fire.

Birds on a wire at flaming sunset

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When the sun comes out, even the simplest leaves are beautiful in their autumn glory.

Blueberry bush with red autumn leaves, and green fern in the background

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This was my first try of a recipe for Apple Tart in the wonderful book The Apprentice, or at least the filling is. I used a Fred Meyer frozen pie crust, and yellow apples from my tree. It was GREAT even if I baked it a bit too long. Filling recipe: Core and cut about 4 golden delicious apples (2 lbs.) into 1.5″ pieces. Arrange like spokes in a wheel on pie dough. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of cold unsalted butter, in pieces. Bake at 425 for one hour or until golden. (This was too long or too hot, but that’s an easy fix.) The flavor and texture was superb. It was so quick and easy, too!

Freshly baked apple tart, French recipe.

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These are Korean dogwood leaves, in my front yard.

Curvy Korean dogwood leaves starting to turn color, up close

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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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This spiky dahlia is almost prettier from the back. So vigorous and healthy!

Cactus-type peachy-orange dahlia from the back, in the garden

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Our red table-grape vine has been in the ground two or three years now. This year, with the warm weather, the vine has earned its keep. Side note: These grapes appear to be Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015, Marsala.

Most of the seedless grapes picked today. So sweet!

Delicious red seedless grapes from my backyard vine

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