So now it's the first day of Fall

A happy seasonal report. We have a few peaches on our trees. Not much of a crop this year with the heavy snows in March. "You shouldn't try to grow peaches in the arctic," a friend tells me. But we filled a bowl on Saturday and the Lady baked a peach clobber last night. Yeah, I know. Clobber. I put the L in the wrong place once and they'll never let me forget.

Our apple tree produced for the first time this year after more than 10 years. The tree is suffering from the load. We've forgotten what variety it is and we are learning when to pick - not yet. Apple pies are coming!

Mom turkeys have turned their broods loose around here. Loud crying gangs of teenagers are roaming about. At least we have something to drown out the juvenile raven's constant racket. The ravens produced a bumper crop this season.
 
Clobber nice way to start the fall equinox.
I made the same mistake on the "L".
Lucky for spell check.

My apple tree is in green space behind our house.
The oaks have grown too close so I don't get many apples.
Sometimes a neighbor gets some first. Oh well I share.

Happy Equinox.
Frank
 
It's windy today here in Bend.
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Not gale force... But trees are swaying with branches flailing.

Not good for forest fire fighting.
 
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[SIZE=10pt]...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Possible Saturday Morning[/SIZE]
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* AFFECTED AREA...Portions of interior northern California
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  Range, the Sierra Nevada foothills and the Delta.

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  Stronger gusts may be possible through favored gaps and canyons.
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We had a wee bit of rain late last night, and the AQI this morning is 8 = "Good" -- best it's been in a while.
It's sunny, a few clouds and I have windows open to bring the "Good" into the house.
 
Here on the coast we can actually see the mountains around the valley
Also the evening sky is clear to see Saturn and Jupiter together with the moon
and Mars rising in the east.Great to have clean air for a change.
Frank
 
Lots of ripply, wavy clouds from southwest Canada down through the Pacific Northwest USA = WIND!

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And let the fun begin.
Last years power outages really hurt a lot of people.
We were driving home from Eugene Or. and ran into
power out as soon as we hit northern Ca.
Lucky we had enough gas to get to the Humboldt redwoods
to spend the night. By the next morning power was starting
to come back as we moved south.

Not looking forward to it again.Not much of a problem here at our house.
But it keeps us from going anywhere away from our area.

I guess it's needed ,a lot of people are affected by no power/fires.
Stay safe.
Frank
 
.................on the bright side, a stunningly beautiful sunset tonight out our kitchen window. We ran out and stood on the deck to watch. It is the little things that make everything right with the world.
 
When I got up this morning it was 59°F in the house. I turned on the furnace (that is, turned up the thermostat) for the first time in months. :eek: ...to take the chill off. No I didn't really need to...but I guess it just seemed chilly, comparatively.

In a couple of days we're forecast to have several days of highs in the mid-80s.

Winter is coming, but it's not here yet.
 
Yesterday, 29 September, the low/high daily temperature range here was much broader than usual: 48 F°. The Bend Municipal Airport recorded a low of 43°F and a high of 91°F.

It's forecast to be well up into the 80s here today, and for a couple of more days.
 
I've been noticing the native dogwoods are beginning to turn their beautiful red colors driving back from Downieville and in the TNF around 4-6k feet. I went out yesterday afternoon with Callie to scout a few locations. These hot, dry winds aren't helping.







 
Andy, thanks for the bright colors! The dogwoods are beginning to change around here also. Unfortunately the leaves on the big leaf maples are drying up and dropping off prior any color change. It has been so hot and dry.
 
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