Autumn in Washington

Grocery shopping the other day I noticed an advertisement in the store for Alaska Airlines. It was titled "The Seasons of Washington". Under that it said "Winter and August". Pretty true. This is a rainy, gray spot on the planet, but when the sun does come out, man, oh man! Is it ever a gorgeous place to be.

After weeks and weeks of pretty much non-stop clouds, wind and rain we've been blessed with about a week and a half of relatively dry, even sunny weather. Still chilly mind you, but lots and lots of sunbreaks. I'm thankful because I'm a girl who loves her sunshine and I've been missing it a lot. This coming week looks like it will hold a few more days with many chances for sunshine and I want to take advantage of every one of them.



Autumn colors here seem to be more vibrant than I remember too with lots more variety in the color of the leaves. Seems to me there used to be mostly gold and brown with a little red of the vine maples thrown in. Now there is a lot more brilliant yellow and orange in the mix and add a little sunshine to those gorgeous colors and it's really beautiful. For the first time in many years I'm actually enjoying Autumn. Who would have thought it?????