this time of year

November is a limbo month.  A time when autumn is quickly becoming memory, snow is falling in the mountains, and dry leaves cover the river banks.  Below 8,000 feet, it can be wonderfully sublime or completely mad.  This year, it has been stunning, with high temperatures in the 40s and 50s fahrenheit and lows in the 20s.  The complete absence of significant wind during periods between storms is extraordinary, leaving me enchanted but warily curious as to what the winter will bring.

Coastal California, naturally, doesn't really have winter, so harvests there and in the Central Valley continue.  Our friends Sara and Chuck in Santa Barbara, sent us home with avocados and pomegranates from their yard.  Yes, from their yard!  Naturally, I had to photograph the pomegranates, one of my favorite subjects.

Back on the mesa, the strawberries, happily housed in their cold frame, are becoming comfortable in their fall fashions.

until next Monday,

DB

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