September 2, 2013 - The Colors of the Day

Tan coyote on brown river rock

Tan hills above Hole 31

The white of snowy egrets

Together with the blue-gray of great blue heron

And sunset to the north...

To the west...

and to the east.

Today my husband and I took two friends salmon fishing in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia river.  The bird life is getting more and more varied, as autumn nears.  We did hook one salmon, had it up to the boat...and it got free.  (We later discovered a faulty reel...so that was obviously the difficulty.  Our technique was perfect!)

 

Later, after returning home, I enjoyed the beautiful sunset pictured above.  There are only a few more days left of summer, and I intend to enjoy the longer hours of daylight while it is here. 

 

I should mention that yesterday we threw a party for our church community that has supported us over this past year, as both of us have been recuperating from serious injury or illness.  Over forty people came - that in itself being yet another blessing!  Good fellowship, good friends, good help, and the joy of being in one another's company - I am thankful for the beauty of the community called "church"!