I miss Summertime, but I'm falling into autumn...finally... so beautiful..corn lily is on the way out, but mushrooms are on the way in..

I love to find them pushing out of the ground, all dirty, and shrugging off their earthiness..such power and determination..

Below is the Chicken of the Woods, found at Rialto Beach one year. It had to be more than 50 lbs of mushroom, in perfect fresh condition. I didn't know then that it was edible. I may go looking for it again.

A leaf pattern tree of life suzani celebrates fall 

and...colors pop to life before diving into a restful season..

Below, The Corn Lily in regal black and white, has shed it's poisonousness, and said, goodnight..

Another Beautiful Weekend...

Lake Chelan

70 miles long....

A boat trip or flight down the river..

My pilot.. and sea plane an 

Otter.. de Havilland

Stehekin and Lake Chelan

Recent Adventure...

Into a beautiful remote location. 

de Havilland Otter

BOO!

It's that time of year when spiders and goblins appear. 

Enjoy what is! 

The giant pumpkin was pruned back but a cutting took root in the compost pile. 

A shroom that likes my yard..last year it had a heart carved in it, just for me!

It's Pumpkin and Spider Time, Mushroom and Apple Cider Time and Time for Shakti to pay Another Visit Time

My dear friend from Italy, Shakti. 

She was here in the fall some years ago. 

We had so much fun. 

What a beautiful woman she is and such a nice photo. 

Shakti teaches meditation and non duality in Italy and other places. 

I miss you, come back!!

A quote from Shakti.

It's always true. I resonate with this completely.

"Life is a beautiful ride. It goes up and down, it goes round and round and at times it looks like you are stuck in a traffic jam, so just when you get angry and tired a yellow flower smiles at you and then again you go ahead and again another peack, another mountain, another flat moment. It is never the same and it is for free. Enjoy it all, it is all for you. A gift." Shakti Caterina Maggi

Thank you dearest Shakti!!

In italian

"La vita è come un bel giro in auto. Va su e giù, gira in tondo, a volte sembra che si sia bloccati in un ingorgo di traffico, e proprio quando ci si arrabbia e si è stanchi un fiore giallo ti sorride e di nuovo si va avanti, ancora un'altro picco, un'altra montagna, un altro momento piatto. Non è mai uguale ed è gratis. Goditi tutto, è tutto per te. Un regalo. " Shakti Caterina Maggi

http://avasashakti.blogspot.com/?m=1

A Jewelers suzani. 

From the Silk Road. 

A pacific giant pumpkin. 

It didn't become giant though!

And a few shrooms in the yard. I think deer have been eating them here. 

Thank you Shakti for the lovely pic

And sending you big hugs. 

Beautiful Paradise

Pearly Everlasting

Paradise Inn Lamps

More photos at Mt Rainier

Fading Corn Lily 

Paradise, and it's autumn

Paradise Inn

A world in a pool of tadpoles. How will they survive? 

The mountain and Nisqually Glacier. 

Meadow

Mountain and Meadow

Hoping to get a new iPhone

($$ darn phones). But handy. 

Altho I'm still concerned with foolish changes since Steve's no longer there to make sure this stuff doesn't happen. 

Haven't looked at them yet. Thinking larger screen one is best. Hoping for more mp. 

Anyway for my usage iPhone is an ok camera. 

Sad no mums this year to grow Kiku. 

I was just getting the hang of it. 

But I've been working with my guru. 

He says sitting is important. 

Well he doesn't say, he just sits a lot. 

He's my cat! ;)

Summer was too short this year. What happened? I'm a bit annoyed that it didn't last longer. 

Ideas and concepts are coming and going and in not finding the help I need to create what I think is important for community and a better world. 

Obviously something needs to be started. The structure is too structured and behemoth. 

My ideas are often if not always too big. 

But they're carefully considered. 

I have a backup plan though, my usual varied studies and interests, and challenges. Challenges

That at times seem ridiculous

Situations others create because, to put it nicely, they're boneheads. 

I had a nice hike up to Glacier vista just at sunset on the mountain. The sun was a red orb. 

Met some nice folks and enjoyed the lodge. 

Dining experience not worth it. 

But loved the little mountain view room. 

It closes soon for winter. 

Weekend at Mt Rainier, Paradise

Before the luggage arrived...

The Mukilteo Pioneer Cemetery

By the water..

And Puddha on the computer

Thee Venerable checks out the suzani

Everything has to pass his inspection

Some visitors know that I'm

A collector, and, well, a solitaire, (Alan Watts terminology)

among other things; ( inventor, conceptualist, artist, philosopher, and that I'm

Very interested in such things as libraries, and community, combined with arts. 

... a childrens picture book library

I moved so wasn't there to detail it out so it floundered and never became what was envisioned. 

But I'd still like to do it, and of course I have great ideas for central Asian art to be a part of that. 

But I'm only one part. Without a strong collaborator, someone interested in broad community ideas, I can do nothing really. I need another visionary to help me and to back it. 

So if it happens fine. If not. I'll do something else since I always have many irons in the fire. 

Meanwhile, I was measuring this suzani when The Puddha adopted it. Made in Uzbekistan, on the Silk Road. All silk hand embroidery. 

Oh yes, thinking about fall at Shuksan too. 

I'm going to try to get some Chain Lakes backpacking in

Before snow falls there. Last I hiked in I was rained out.

Here's my fuzzy friend ...

Hihihihi, "I'm just touching it", must be the caption.