September 26
It has been partly cloudy, rainy, and some bursts of sunshine for the last week. Our temps now are ranging from 40-53 degrees daily. We had termination dust over the weekend (so everyone is talking about that)--that is when it snows on top of the taller mountains and rains down here. When the clouds lift and the sun comes out--sparkling white snow all over the
mountaintops--we watch it climb down closer to us in the fall to predict winter.

The Aurora Borealis has been very active already this year--earlier than usual, but with the cloud cover, it is hard to catch it. It is usually most active between 1:00 and 5:00a.m. Sunrise now is at 7:53am and sunset is 7:46pm.

The birch are all yellow and the highbush cranberry bushes and the fireweed have turned red and orange. Our autumn colors separate-yellow up high and reds low to the ground.

My husband and I had a mama moose and baby in our backyard this morning, and saw another cow moose on the way to work along the highway.