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October Stroll

“I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

Aster

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Marcus Island

“October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.” ― Sarah Guillory, Reclaimed

Marcus Island

“This tree must be falling for me, as soon as I sat under it, it dropped its leaves.
Oh sweet October!” ― Charmaine J Forde

Marcus Island

“What the light looks like in the pear trees, in October, is a hundred teardrops of gold, the whole orchard weeping.”
― Carole Maso, The Art Lover

Marcus Island

“the fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light” ― Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry To Gabriola

Marcus Island

“This is October for me: Withdrawing into my own world, blocking out everything except the beauty of the season, my reflections and my relationship with God, I find that this is enough to sustain me through the long, cold, winter – and beyond…” ― Peggy Toney Horton, Somewhere in Heaven My Mother Is Smiling

Marcus Island

“October’s Party
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came –
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.”
― George Cooper

Marcus Island

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

Previous posts that share Marcus Island:

A Canoe Afternoon on the Columbia

Columbia River Time

More Columbia River Time

Old Marcus and Design Boards

Marcus Island

A Stroll in the Garden

“Another fall, another turned page…” -Wallace Stegner

Chrysanthemum

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Maple

“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.” -Unknown

Calendula

“Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

Mount Rainier Part 2

The mountains are calling and I must go. – John Muir

Mount Rainier-Myrtle Falls

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Mount Rainier-marmot

Mount Rainier-marmot

Mount Rainier

You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you. – John Muir

Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. – Andy Rooney

Mount Rainier

Yes, indeed, I did see a bear. It is the tiny black spot above the m in my watermark in the above photo. I zoomed in to try to get a closer look for all of posterity but, alas, I did not succeed.

Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier-marmot

How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make – leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone – we all dwell in a house of one room – the world with the firmament for its roof – and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track. — John Muir

Mount Rainier-marmot

Mount Rainier

I hope you have enjoyed this walk with me…I know I did!

Mount Rainier

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

Mount Rainier Part One