autumn

"A picture is worth a thousand words" but even so this picture can't capture the real beauty of fall.  Partly because its not a high quality photo, but mainly because a picture just isn't capable of capturing the real thing.

On our short little hike the trees were mostly still green but all these colorful leaves on the ground give you the idea that autumn is here.  I love all the colors and shades of fall and the brightness of the light and the feel of fall in the air.

wild blackberries !!!

 One thing I loved on our trip to Oregon was the wild blackberries that grew everywhere.  We were there in blackberry season.  What a treat!!!

We picked them whenever and wherever:  at a place where we pulled off the freeway, next to the parking lot at one of the hotels where we stayed, near the International Rose Garden. 

The blacker the better. Heavenly!

We foraged enough to make a cobbler when we got home.

A bit of heaven in the backyard.

Sometimes I roll my eyes at the time and energy my husband puts into our garden and trees, and the things that are planted in our backyard. But when we harvest good things, the backyard is a piece of heaven and it all seems worth it.  

 This year we had peaches to eat and for jam.