Drip, Drop, Float, Sail

Things are falling. Of course, it is Fall. 

It's raining, finally, lots of rain! And yesterday there was wind, lots of wind. Leaves and boughs and fir and cedar needles were flying everywhere.

Today it is just very drippy. As I look out my upstairs window I see this. 

The Korean dogwood gets brighter by the minute now that the color change brought on by colder nights is finally happening. 

Looking out my bedroom window this morning I saw this scene. 

 The Full Moon Maple is beginning to turn scarlet from the top down. 

 While the rain reduced to a sprinkle this morning I went out with my camera.

Fall is messy, and wind storms make it doubly so. 

 Cedar droppings cover the ground punctuated by fir boughs. 

Soon the hostas will be reduced to a soggy mess, so I appreciate their golden stage all the more. 

 The vine maple, dog wood and Japanese red maple in the back yard seem to be coloring up one branch at a time. Soon this area will be ablaze with color. 

 Much of the side yard is still green. 

 Steps and pathways have a cedar carpet. 

 Back around to the front, the dogwood has brightened up even more. 

 The Full Moon Maple - one leaf at a time?

 Under the maple the hardy cyclamen blooms are joined by their lovely little leaves. 

 Tom's greenhouse is filling up with geranium cuttings and echeveria pups and tender plants being protected for the winter. 

 Meanwhile roses are still blooming.

 The view from the front door indicated that there will be clean up to do as the color fades.

But it can wait. We will be cleaning up well into November around here. Today we are enjoying a slow day.

And the steady drip, drip of the much needed rain.