It's nice being home

[Sauron]

It's a cold and windy day here in Seattle.

I went down to the organic farmer's market on Broadway; bought some pink, coho and sockeye salmon from a family fisherman from Bellingham. I found some organic cheeses as well; herb gouda and medium montasio (Samish Bay).

A couple of loaves of homemade 21-grain bread, a half-dozen gold pluots and some organic pears later, and I was ready to leave. Only then, it started to rain - a cold, icy rain. I stood underneath the wild forage tent for a few minutes. I was tempted to buy a pound of dried chanterelles to mix with cooked rice, but decided not to.

I wandered back up Broadway, grabbed some coffee, and headed home. Im watching the broadleaf maples outside, in the evening wind. The air smells like wood smoke, with a faint hint of snow on the air.

Since moving back to Seattle, people ask me if I miss the autumn colors in back in New England.

I snapped this photo yesterday off Broadway. What do you think my answer to them would be? :whup:

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/5/9/building_small_original.jpg

[livius drusus]

I was just commenting on that pic in the gallery. What a drop-dead gorgeous building. :damn:

[viscousmemories]

Yes, yes. Very pretty. But you lost me at "...cold and windy day". :D

[Watser?]

Cool
looks a lot like some of the gardens here

[Shelli]

Wow, that's gorgeous, Sauron. :nova:

Makes for an awesome desktop. :thankee:

[freemonkey]

Sauron, what a pretty place. Is that where you live?

Over on my side of the Sound, the weather has been very fickle today. First sunny, then dark & rainy. Still, then windy.

Oh, but the colors.... maybe not as crazy as they are back east, but still....

here's a shot of the Japanese maple in my front yard (a little less intense than it was last week) and a small one I have in a pot, with a leaf from my neighbor's huge maple tree. That leaf is easily twice the size of my hand (and I have pretty big hands).

[inland wave]

I love fall, thanks to all for the lovely pictures.

[Petra]

Wow! I love old red brick buildings with vines all over them. We don't have many of those here. I guess NZ is too yung, and too much made of wood, or something.

Beautiful photos! :vibes:


Oh, and despite it being spring, the weather here sounds like the same as yours. Cold, rainy, windy. Bleh!

[quiet bear]

Thanks for reminding me I'm having leftover meatloaf for supper.

Man, I'm starving now.

[The Jesus Lawyer]

beautiful!

they would have looked good in the fall thread.

[cappuccino]

That shot is gorgeous, reminds me of several buildings I stumbled across in Trastevere, Rome which had curtains of ivy and flowering plants covering the facades.

I liked Seattle a lot when I visited there last November but the rainy weather didn't help my jet-lag one bit. :P