A photo( and occasional sketch) diary to monitor my culture shock from my move from a West Coast urban city to a beautiful and very small rural community in The Great North West. ***Click on pics for larger image. Updated every week, if we're lucky.***

Monday, October 10, 2005

17. Stunning October

Today's Culture Shock Level is: TEMPORARILY SHROUDED BY THE BEAUTY OF AUTUMN







Cumulonimbus virga in the sky on an early morning drive.

This pine is not sick-it's supposed to be this way. It turns yellow and sheds it's needles in Autumn. It's a deciduous conifer, called the Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)




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