It’s fall. Sky is feeling a little better these days.
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Dry crinkly stuff seen along our daily walks.
The days are getting shorter, faster, it seems. Soon it will be dark after dinner and there won’t be any evening dogs walks. But for now, the weather is perfect and the light is lovely so we enjoy it while we can. Some chokecherries, nearly black, and snowberries still cling to the bushes. The serviceberries and currants are long gone, eaten by birds, coyotes, bears and Willow got some too. This is brown season. We have white season, green season, brown season and fire season. Fortunately, this year, fire season hasn’t been threatening to us, so far. With little or no precipitation in the forecast, we are not out of danger yet.
It’s the peak of summer now with hot days and hills covered in tall dry grass. Everyday we don’t have a wildfire, we are grateful. I rarely take my camera out on days like this but today I did and I found lots of beauty in the everyday scenes around here.
Dry yarrow and grass
Dry lupine seed pods
Luna
Sky
Snowberry has berries as well as flowers
Rose hips
Curly grass
She found her old ratty tennis ball
Fireweed
Tall buckwheat
Snow buckwheat
Wheat grass
Bitterbrush with webs
Crabapples at home
Dill in the garden
Our valley has been inundated with wildfire smoke off and on for over forty days. This week is particularly bad with an inversion trapping all of the smoke and holding it down throughout the day and night with no relief. A person, or a dog I suppose, should be wearing a mask whenever she ventures out in it. Otherwise, she ought to just stay inside and be grateful for air conditioning and a tightly built house.
Dogs don’t understand this and they want/need a walk each day. Here are a few images from this morning’s walk.
New yarrow flower
Most yarrow is dry and crispy yellow
Snowberry
My Everyday Photos 