Frosty patterns

I know that frost is really not good for most plants, but frost gives such a (dare I say it?) cool accent to them. Fascinating.

Autumn has arrived

A frosty cold morning here in Forks. Cool weather at last!

To those who have been looking for photos here, I apologize for my absence. My mother-in-law passed on recently, and, with other happenings here, we have just not been around cyberspace. I hope to add more consistently in the future. Thank you for your understanding.

Bella's Birthday Bash

Mayor Reed proclaiming Sept 13, 2008 Stephenie Meyer Day in Forks.
Our own "Chief Swan" - Police Chief Mike Powell, and Mayor Reed.

Some of the birthday crowd.

Happy Birthday, Bella! Isabella Swan is the main female character of the book and movie, Twilight, set here in Forks by the author, Stephenie Meyer, as well as the three subsequent novels, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. These four books have been in the top five slots of the USA Today Bestseller list for about the last two months. Not bad for a first-time author! Way to go, Ms. Meyer!

More birthday crowd.

There were quite a few fans of the series in town for the day of celebration. Adding 1000 or so people to a town of about 3000 is very noticeable! Great fun was had by all it seemed. We certainly had a good time people-watching!

I'll post some of the interesting cars that arrived for the day as well, on a future post.

For more photos, you can check out the local paper, The Forks Forum at: http://www.forksforum.com/ .

For more about Stephenie Meyer, you can go to:

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html .

ABC Wednesday - H is for ...

... Hoh River, ... Hoh Rainforest,
and ...

... H is for Hair in front of Hills. This one seemed too good to pass up.

Yes, this is my hair. It's over 4 feet long right now.
It seemed a natural for H...

For more ABC Wednesday fun, go to:

http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/

St Louis CDPer visits Forks

This fellow CDPer and his wife visited us today in Forks while on their vacation on the Olympic Peninsula. We met at JTs Sweet Stuff on our main street and were able to converse over a cup of joe. We had an interesting time. Thanks for calling and coming by!

(He said I could put his picture up.)

To see his photos of St Louis, go to:

http://saintlouismodailyphoto.blogspot.com/ .

ABC Wednesday - F is for ...

... Forest, of course (this was taken on the walk to Marymere Falls, voted the best hike on the Olympic Peninsula).
... and more forest, since there's so much here.
...Ferns in the forest (you can't keep the ferns from growing everywhere - they're even growing up from underneath our deck).
... Cape Flattery framed by firs (Cape Flattery is the most NW point on the 48 lower states).

... and, as a quilter, I had to include fabric at Chinook Pharmacy here in Forks.

F was actually no problem here in Forks. I was glad to be able to find so many this time. I'm having fun with this.

For more ABC Wednesday fun, go to:

http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/

Tranquil neighbors

Our quietest neighbors, and that's saying a lot in this peaceful town.

They do love the lawn mower, though. Whenever we start up the mower, they come over to see what's up, and see if they get any of that nice green tender food.