I canāt get enough of leaves! These, from my favorite maple tree. This year I have my own sapling from one of its seeds, so maybe one year these multi-colored wonders will fall in my own yard!
And always, the Big-leaf Maples are a wonderā¦esp. in a dark fir and cedar wood where they fall with such a splash of colorā¦
Our trails this week took us to this very cool bridgeā¦
ā¦in the middle of a very green wood with its lush moss carpetingā¦
ā¦and a HOST of mushrooms (and toadstools?) These tiny blue ones were the bluest Iāve ever seen (sorry for the blur; it was a dark woods)
ā¦ and they come in purple too!
Now hereās one happy host!
But these are the prize ones that keep people foraging and later feasting!
Chanterelles. Very tasty.
And this little fellow came along for the ride home with the chanterellesā¦
But now weāve left the wet and wonderful mushroom coast, leaving behind the rainy gray for sunny blue skies and mountains dappled in gold with the first frosting of snow on their heights. Awesome. 
—LS
Tag: Friends
Homestyle daysā¦
Iāve been home just a week tonight.Ā I find it a wonder to be able to traverse in hours distances that would have been unthinkable to all the generations before usā¦ Anyway, left Alaska with winter seeming imminentā¦
ā¦and came home to take my weekly Saturday prayer hike in our lushly carpeted woodlands.Ā Itās mushroom picking season and we gleaned some chanterelles in the process, and had a little lunch break on these rustic little ātoadstoolsā in the middle of nowhereā¦
Canadians jump the gun on Thanksgiving celebration so Monday we marked our pumpkin harvest with homemade pie and the classic accompanimentsā¦Our garden also contributed the potatoes,tomatoes, sage and table decorations, oh! and the apples for the apple pie!ā¦ The best part was having all the kids (minus Micah of course)Ā around the table for another year.
Cycling days are another commodity not to be taken for granted at this time of year.Ā We had one of those glorious bright fall afternoons today and got to accompany our very own MP (Member of Parliament) on a promotional ride to catch the ferryāHeās āriding his ridingā and was glad for the company.Ā A local bike shop saved the day when John needed an emergency pedal replacement enroute!
And tonight just when I thought the possibility for picture-taking gone, God tinted the sunset to catch my eye and give me just one moreā¦
āPraise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!āĀ Ps.150:1
–LS
āOne thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.ā Ps. 27:4
Wondrous Works
āā¦on your wondrous works I will meditate.ā (Ps.145:5)
Some signs are just too cool to missā¦
Another trail, another bridge, another hike with praying friends, but this time, no dogā¦
And on the home front this harbinger of good things to come!
and my āflower cornerā comes to lifeā¦
Youāll have to excuse the repeatĀ iris performance, but I just canāt get enough of these luscious blooms!
But thatās enough for this week.Ā It feels at last as though summer has come.Ā Wishing you many happy hours of relaxation and sunshineā¦
āAll your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!ā (Ps.145:10)
–LS