sunflowers, sauvie island

Lee and I made our annual trek over to Sauvie Island today, to hike around a bit, soak up the fall atmosphere, and to grab the first pumpkins of autumn. We ended up, as we always do, at Kruger Farms, which is a lovely farm stand stocked with local veggies, pick your own flowers (like these sunflowers), a beer truck (Guided by Porches brewery), and good grub. (The farm stand is across the street from this inlet, which I photographed in January.)

The bad news was that it was too early for the corn maze, but I’ll take that over the crowds that will descend upon this poor island starting next week.

honeybee

honeybee

Went over to Sellwood to see my old friend Barry (and his lovely wife Susie) today. We spent some time working on his Mac, talking about photography and coffee, and then took a walk through his neighborhood. What did we see? Flowers, of course.

C’est la vie — if that’s what I shoot, that’s what I shoot.

I love the blurred geometric forms in the background on this shot.