Happy Harvest!

Day 348: One last shot from the Puyal...Washington State Fair, this one to wish you a happy Autumn while I'm on the far side of the Mountain taking photos of volunteer crews working on various projects for National Public Lands Day. I drew light duty this time around, but I can't promise that I won't get my hands dirty at something. Nothing is harder for me to do than stand idly by while other people work.

The Taste Of Summer

Day 360: With drenching rain on the roster for the weekend, I picked every decent-sized tomato on the vine today and put them in the windowsill to ripen. It's taken almost a week for the first ones to redden up completely, but tonight I sliced into one of them and found it to be absolutely delicious. I have had a better yield, pound for pound, of full-sized Oregon Springs than I ever had from Sweet Million cherry tomatoes. If not quite a "beefsteak" variety, they are close enough for me.