Day 2 of the big storm. Lots of rain and wind today, off and on. Rivers are flooding on the mainland.
Toward the end of the day, the sun broke free of the clouds for a brief time, highlighting the falling rain. Of course, these are the conditions that create rainbows!
So we got a double tonight! Notice how dark the sky in above the bow, and how light beneath it. Those little white clouds were racing across the sky - the wind was howling. I have to admit, it does make for an interesting day!
The rains are here - flood warnings already. On the Island, we haven't been getting as much as on the mainland . . . yet. Luckily, we don't have any rivers to flood, and very few storm drains to get clogged up, so flood warnings don't affect us as much.
The rain is knocking the leaves off the trees, though, so last chances for photos of them! This is the ornamental cherry at our driveway.
As I was taking the photos, it began to rain again, dripping down the leaves and gathering in big drops before letting go and falling to the leaf-strewn ground.
New snow on the Olympic mountains today! We've had quite a bit of rain, with more coming, but today is dry and here it is relatively bright. For those folks living under that fog bank, it is cold, dark and dreary! A pair of fishermen take advantage of high tide to head out and check on their crab pots.
I made a journal for a collaborative art project. For the cover, I printed a photo of my cat's eye on fabric, and a second print on shear fabric, and layered them together on the front cover, which is covered with tapestry fabric. I used heavy watercolor paper for the pages, and sewed them with a long stitch. I like how it turned out, and will likely do some embellishing as I go along. For now, I just need to create the title page, and the first spread, before sending it to my partner. In turn, she'll send her journal to me so I can work on a spread in her book. We'll exchange them for a few months or a year - it is a big challenge for me, but exciting!
More images of autumn - the ginkgo leaves turned a lovely pale yellow, and are finally letting loose and falling, some floating in the birdbath with lavendar buds.
A red plum leaf collected some raindrops.
A comparison study with focus - do you see the big picture, or zoom in on the little things in life???
Suze had her Booothday Party tonight - she was born on the 30th, so loves to celebrate Halloween. Her Jack-O-Lantern greeted the guests.
If you look really close, you can see David in his camouflage hiding in the garden. On the left is Suze's next-door-neighbor, and on the right is Mary Anne.
More partiers - Jonathan is in the pirate hat, Suze has her back to us, I don't remember who the swami is, David, and Gretchen in her lovely saari.
Barb made a kitty litter cake!
A coach full of skeletons approached as it got dark!
