Time to travel around the Blogisphere and see the great outdoors! Susan at A Southern DayDreamer is our hostess for this weekly event.
On Saturday I flew from our Condo in California to our home in the state of Washington. It’s been good to be home.
Here’s a view of the Maple tree that drops all it’s leaves on our lawn in Fall. It’s our neighbor’s tree but we get to enjoy it and suffer from it! On a really wet day I took the photo on the left. The window was dripping with raindrops so the tree is blurry. Today the sun peeked through and gave a different view.
My daughter’s 2nd class of the day was cancelled so she and I took advantage of the extra hours and went shopping on the Eastside of Lake Washington and also went in search of some remaining fall color.
It really was a beautiful day. We arrived home and I decided it would be good to take advantage of a little dry spell and mow the lawn for the last time this Fall (or we hope it will be the last time). We were wondering if we’d be able to get the lawn mower started since it hasn’t been started for quite a while. Well…between the two of us we got it to roar and then we said “I am woman, hear me roar!” You see until next week it’s just the two of us ladies around the homestead. I managed to get most of the lawn done before the raindrops came falling on my head. By the time I was done I was soaked but happy to have gotten the job accomplished! When I came inside I told my daughter that I felt like I had just finished my “last chance workout!” If you watch The Biggest Loser you’ll understand what I mean. Here’s a little bit of unexpected color I still have in my yard…
Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
beautiful landscape. my favorite is the silhouette of the maple tree with the sunset. love the mood of the photo.
Beautiful! I especially love the pink rose.
Jane (artfully graced)
I love your pink rose buds…the last roses before winter are always so pretty and give us a smile before the cold days set in. I love the pictures of the green field with the fall colors along the edges. Very lovely. Miss Bloomers/Sonia
Wow! Those are beautiful photos of the bare trees! Gorgeous silhouettes and skies! I’ll say “wow” again!
Happy Outdoor Wednesday. Nice autumn photographs.
Joyce M
Oh Ellen…those roses are beautiful…keep on roaring until your help comes home. :o)
the shot of the roses is the best!
We drove around to see the nature’s beauty last week, please come and see!
Wow…that is some lawn you have there!
Thanks for sharing your day…
Stop by if you have a moment!
TTFN~~ Claudia ♥ ♥
Great landscape photos!
You made beautiful photo’s. What beautiful trees and I love that lawn.
Wonderful scenic photos and I love your pink roses so pretty.
Beautiful photos. I love the bare trees against the gray sky, nice and moody. And I know just what you mean about neighbor’s trees. We do get the benefit in the summer, but come fall we usually get about 100 bags of leaves (no exaggeration) and we only have 2 trees in our yard! Glad you’re back safe and sound. Happy Outdoor Wednesday.
Beautiful pictures, Ellen. I love seeing how fall looks in other parts of the country. Those roses are exquisite and I bet they smell heavenly.
There’s no place like home, and I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration in yours.
Morning Ellen, I love the way you incorporated all the song titles in your post. The contrast pictures of the maple tree is quite interesting. I hope you have a great day.
Beautiful shots, especially the roses!
Please chack out our last road trip here in Korea.
What beautiful roses! Beautiful picutres! Love the colors.
Thank you for sharing them with us!
~ Tracy
Yep, you’re not in Kansas anymore..it’s good to see you back in the Northwest. Go woman power
So green….so Autumn and then……….the beautiful rose!! What could be more perfect?!!
My Outdoor Wednesday is the continuation from last week’s venture…today, what we bought.
The Peddler Show
Happy Wednesday wishes to you.
Your photos are wonderful How nice you were able to share your foliage search with your daughter. The rose is lovely. Have a wonderful Outdoor Wednesday.
Great photos – thanks for sharing. Beautiful rose.
I had to laugh about your biggest loser comment. Amazing the leaves are down yet there is a spot of color left with that beautiful rose bush:)
Joyce
I knew I could come here for some lovely views! Those fields are so green… makes the fall colors really come to life.
What fun it must have been to be able to spend some quality time with Katie when her class was canceled 🙂 That shade of pink on your rose bush is beautiful.
I can relate to you and yard work. I have so many leaves. I just cannot rake and pick them up. We are having a beautiful day for a change. I just finished mowing part of it. I am not up to the entire yard at one time. When you are 80. it takes a little more time.
I would love to have a little color in my yard right now! Lovely photos!
Nice fall scenes…rain or shine! And I love the splash of pink you found.
Good for you getting that lawn mower going – and finishing the lawn! I had forgotten that song. I’m not sure I really want to remember it 🙂
Lovely pink rose.
It is so beautiful there. Really. I wish I could split my time between two such gorgeous but different place like you do!
Hi Ellen,
Beautiful Pictures! I think Maples are one of the prettiest trees in the fall. Full of vibrant colors. Nice stopping by!
Kindly, ldh
I cannot believe those beautiful rose buds in mid-November! You are woman, and you SHOULD roar! Mowing in the rain! Wow! Beautiful fall photos. laurie
I’ve scrolled down through your WA posts and seen green grass (!), red and golden leaves, and grey skies. Autumn in the Pacific Northwest! Walks here have been sparce…
Hi ellen, thanks you for sharing all those gorgeous photos! There are some beautiful places to photograph in Washington state! 🙂