Pumpkin Moon

This morning as I walked out the door to work I noticed that the front lawn was strewn with little white fleshy orbs - mushrooms had sprouted overnight! They look like common field mushrooms. It made me feel good, knowing that we were in for more wet.

I'm still walking and biking to work 4 days a week. I even walked this morning in the pouring rain. It makes me so happy, walking with the kids to Miller Creek, walking through the shady bay groves, over the bridge on the ever-rising creek, up the hill on Idylberry and in the valley among the oak-rich hills. Sometimes I see people I know like a mom from cub scouts or a mom of a kid in Alfred's grade. It makes me feel good.

The junipers berries are burgeoning now. The berries are becoming riper and riper. I like to pick them along the way and squash them into my wrists and temples. They have a sweet-astringent fragrance that I love.

In a couple of weeks we will have our Halloween party. Pumpkins are in all the storefront windows.