Soaking Up Vancouver

I find myself soaking up the stunning scenery around me so I am full of it by the time I leave for Mexico. I am hyper-observant and hyper-appreciative of my good fortune to live in this environment. All of Vancouver is cooperating by showing off its billion shades of autumn. The maples are flaming. And the far mountains, on a clear day, have that snowy topping glistening in the sun.

Now that's key. You see the sun hasn't seemed to glisten for more than a few hours over the last several days & we don't see the mountains when the rain is falling. And my clothes are damp. But this morning, for a few minutes, the sun shone hard on the ornamental cherry trees outside my bedroom window, on all their luscious pumpkin orange and squash gold leaves. It was glorious.

Six months ago, light pink was the background color out of my window. Than we had 4 months of lovely green, & now, flaming orange. Vancouver is a great place to come back to, especially when the sun is shining. Maybe I shouldn't say that too loud. Let's just keep it our little secret. Vancouver, the city at the end of the rainbow!