(Ok, so I am still using UK spelling, years of habit!) It feels like everything we see is from a National Geographic documentary. The environment is so much different to anywhere else we had lived before.
Mushrooms, toadstools and moss pop up overnight.
Vivid colours stand out against all the deep greens.
When the skies are clear, the sunsets here are so colourful and brilliant. We had a late-in-the-day walk with the dog. He is very accommodating, stopping and “posing” in just the right spot!
We are really enjoying having an area to walk in so close to home. In the late afternoons, you have the lights of the neighbouring houses peeking through the trunks of the trees.
My youngest was really excited to discover holly.
Well, the frost has already hit and I haven’t had a chance to post the start of autumn / fall photos yet! Things are a little crazy with repairs finally starting on the house after the fire. When they are working, I turn the pc off since they sometimes trip the power and I don’t want to risk damaging any electronics.
We have been seeing tons of squirrels and rabbits. Toadstools and mushrooms have popped up everywhere.
Our puppy is growing at a tremendous rate. He still isn’t always big enough for the sticks he tries to run with though!
Sometimes the kids walk with me when puppy goes for a walk. He so loves the kids! They have a ball playing together.
One of our neighbours recommended Stevens Pass as one of the best places to see the fall colours, so I was really excited when we had the opportunity to visit up there. We did not get much notice, so I had to put together a costume real quick. I was glad I had been planning for a while.
We put together a headdress from autumn leaves and cream flowers. (ps glue gun + haste = burnt fingers) I had wanted to experiment with a black swan dress I had had for a while. I roped in my husband to play assistant. It rained intermittently, so we made use of the first break of the clouds. The clouds created awesome soft light.
We are still living in a house that is part construction site. We had to get out for the weekend on short notice as they had to smoke-seal the ceilings. (Unhealthy fumes and all that.) Found a lovely cabin up in the mountains (Stevens Pass) to go stay at. It was beautiful up there with all the autumn / fall colours.
There was even a river nearby we could walk to.
We spent the rainy hours playing board games, a great way to relax (especially for me since I won most of them! 
The misty mornings were so beautiful, everything would glow from the dew. It felt like we were walking around in a fairytale, with cabins peaking out between the trees and moss growing everywhere.
I even had a chance to take some photos for a photo shoot I had planned for a while. We took these right outside the cabin. Some blue skies peeked through the clouds and I roped in the family to help. I had a puppy who loved photo bombing!
I’ll post more on the fall photo shoot soon…
I had the fantastic experience of doing a shoot at Yering Station. The location and the surrounding valleys are just fantastic, especially with the autumn leaves colouring the landscape with warm, rich colours.
I just adored this sculpture!
The ride home was through all this gorgeous countryside.
