A pretty, wintry day

Pretty snowy berries

My mom told me this morning that I had not posted on my blog recently. "But it's winter!" I said. "But you're still taking pictures," she said.
"True," I said. Here are today's:

Miracle of fall

It has been looking to me like this year's fall color is more spectacular than others. Maybe it's because I've gotten more interested in taking pictures of it. So the images are lingering, along with its wide color palate. I stumbled upon a site today that described the science behind fall color. To my delight, it said that fall color does vary from year to year depending on many factors, the most important of which are moisture and temperature. Here's a primer on why and how leaves change colors. And some photos from both my garden, other people's and the street. And to think I wouldn't need the word chlorophyll after seventh grade science.

Color from another perfect fall walk

Morning frost

I'm not sure what's up but I really used to find winter ugly, brown and colorless. I must have had something switch in my brain lately because I drove past these scenes this morning and thought I had never seen anything more beautiful. And look, there's frost and no leaves on the trees.

Pretty blue things

I sprayed some squirrel stopper spray on a bunch of grape hyacinth bulbs and planted them. I also gave the squirrels the stink eye. I hope they look this pretty when they come out in the spring!!

Fall color from my garden and beyond

Here's a picture of an Agastache bush outside of a coffee shop I went to yesterday. I used to have these at my house in Ferndale. They spread and came back every year without doing much to them and they look great in the fall. This is also called an anise or licorice plant. The hydrangeas get pinker as we go deeper into fall.