Gorgeous, gorgeous weather.

Today my wonderful hubby took a personal obligatory day, and only used half of it with his personal obligations. So we spent the rest of it getting exercise. This is a good thing, since the exercise will eliminate the necessity of taking another personal obligatory day soon for a check up with doctor to examine obesity problems.

That's exactly how I felt too! So good to be out on a gorgeous day when there's a chill in the air, and exercising no longer causes concern for dehydration and heat stroke. For this place in the planet, I have decided that autumn is my favorite time of year!

Stocking up on water, since it is pretty warm when you're moving around.


Checking out the failed attempt at Pooh sticks. One landed on the shore :o and the other did fine, but just wasn't seen until it was almost too late. Need to come back more often so they can practice this fine art!


Us ladies are having a lovely time; almost as lovely a time as we are lovely. Ha ha.


Taking a breather at the summit. I'm sure we gained at least 10 meters in elevation. :p


"I'm just along for the ride." (And the food.)

Below are some of my very talented scenery/landscape shots. I definately have what it takes to be a superb photographer. I can just picture scads of people lining up to pay scads of money for these amazing ones. And I'm making them available online free of charge! Just for you, my loyal reader! I post "non people shots" in smaller format because I still have a hard time accepting the fact that a picture is ok to have, even if it doesn't have someone in it. I am getting over it though. I am growing up too. But THAT is happening even slower. :o

This last of three is of stag-horn sumac. I had never seen it before, and when we first saw, our first winter here, we thought it was an apple tree--since there were a bunch together in a spot, it made it look, from a distance, like a neglected orchard. But on a closer look, it obviously wasn't. My hubby "googled" it, and now we know. And now you know.

The wildlife. I missed the fish though...getting slow in my old age. :o

Oh--I also deleted a comment that I got yesterday because it seemed really weird. But then my hubby explained that it was just a little hard to understand because it was written by someone whose English wasn't perfected yet. So now, instead of feeling paranoid about people stalking me, I now feel a bit, well, mean. And now that it's gone, it's gone. Sorry!