Every place has its own unique beauty and seasonal quirks. Here on the west coast, the Pacific Chorus Frogs‘croaks are incredibly loud during late winter / early Spring when the climate is gradually warming but still cool and wet….loud in a good way though. This one was in an overturned plant pot. Apparently the croaking is not always about mating, but is also a territorial thing. It’s so nice falling asleep to thousands of frogs croaking, unless maybe, if they are directly in your back yard river or pond, where it probably takes a while to get to sleep. It simply takes one frog to start, then within a minute hundreds have joined in, and each one has its own tone. It’s amazing!
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Oregon Grape in bloom, Beaverton OR
Winter light, Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Besverton, OR
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Rose Hips, Tualatin Hills Nature Park, OR
Out for a walk…reflections of a West Coast winter
Happy Halloween! If you don’t purchase a pumpkin too soon before Halloween night, it can be used to make pumpkin pie. However, some really gross mold, mildew and puckering can be created by carved pumpkins sitting in the sun for 10 days, really adding to the character.
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