The End of Summer

Summer here in the mountains is quickly saying good bye! The temps are cooling, the days are getting shorter, and the lush green of summertime is now taking on a golden hue. I'm so excited about the change in seasons! Although I love each season, autumn in the mountains is a glorious thing to behold. It's like living in a rainbow.

Early morning rain just after a summer sunrise.

Watercolor sky

Field of fall wildflowers

The hummers will soon be migrating to warmer climates for the winter. I'll miss their antics around the flowers and feeder!

Unusual cloud formation over the mountain.

Orange zinnia I planted from seed this spring. I have enjoyed them so, and plan on collecting some of the seeds to plant next spring.

Here is a current pic of our cabin. It looks so different than the pic in the header. There is new life, and color, and so much joy in the last year!

Good bye, Summer. See you next year!

Green

There has been an unusual amount of rain this year. Like way, way more than usual. We have been in a drought situation here for several years, and we are definitely no longer in a drought! That means green. Lots and lots of green. It's quite beautiful and fresh looking. This is the road to our cabin with all the lovely shades of the color of summertime. It reminds me of all I have heard of Ireland with the 40 shades of green. Yes, it's on my bucket list to go there. :)

Doublehead Gap Road

All this green reminds me of the symbolism of water in the Bible. Jesus is called the Living Water, and the Bible is often referred to as water. After a long drought, it sure brings home the symbolism. Without water, everything dries up and eventually dies! With water, there is growth, newness, freshness, vibrancy, and eventually fruit of all that growth.

Another view along the same road

The deer are all getting fat from all the lush greenery they are eating! Everything is thriving.

 This was taken one morning just after the sun came up and it had been raining all night. One benefit of all that rain is seeing rainbows!

Rainbow over our cabin. My sister says we should call the cabin "Noah's Ark!"

We have probably seen more rainbows in the last year than in all our lives before put together.  Another connection with the Bible and water is God's promise to Noah.

One last pic for you of all the ferns in the valley...we live on the windward side of the mountain, so we have ferns aplenty!

Have a good weekend.