Walked anyway.

28 degrees when I woke up this morning.  The first thought, should I stay in my warm bed or should I do my morning walk.  Once again, like always, by the time I returned home I was refreshed and happy I had decided to walk.  Plus, I saw some things to photograph.

First off, the sunrise!

Yep, cold!

Some more colorful houses.

And more chrismess windows.

And one heart breaker graffiti.

Now, six hours later, it is raining!!

'Bout time.

I've been remiss in my postings lately and I can see folks have been checking so...

I took my camera with me this morning to see what's going on.

This is what I saw when I stepped out the door at 7:00.

"Red Sky in morning, Sailor's warning"!

And I guess it's true.  It is now 4:00 in the afternoon and raining!

But anyway, back to this mornings walk...

It may be the second of December but we still got flowers!

And Ginkgo leaves.

And Maple leaves.

And this...?  Suzanne?

(Suzanne replied!!  "The flower is Tibouchina, commonly known as the Princess Flower."

Thanks!

And it is always great to see a mom and daughter bike.

When I got home Ms. Scruffy was giving me the eye and patiently waiting for her Scrambly Eggs.

Nice.

Green Houses.

My Brother's Blog, "Coupeville Impressions" showed some of the green houses around Coupeville, Washington.  This morning I borrowed his idea and walked around Fort Bragg looking for green houses.  Here are some:

I wonder if Coupeville has any purple houses?

Tomki Fall Color Ride

My friend Bob and I took the Mendocino Coast Transit bus from Fort Bragg to Willits, unloaded our bikes, rode to the Country Skillet for breakfast.  We let the cool morning fog burn off a bit and then headed east on Commerce Street, on to Hurst/Willits road and then up and over Canyon Road to Tomki Road.  Then the fun began.  Tomki road has 9 "fords" where the county road crosses Tomki Creek.

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#8  (a dry one!)

#9 (This one has a submersible culvert which gets over run during winter storms.)

Tomki Road is closed during rainy season.

From Tomki up and over into the Redwood Valley drainage.

Two thumbs up at the pass when Redwood Valley came into view.

The turn-off to the Buddhist Monastery.

A stop at the Frey Winery where we visited with my friend Allison, got a tour of the facility and I "did my thing".  If you have watched HBO's "Deadwood", you will understand!!

Down into Redwood Valley and the intersection.  We stayed on East Road, stopped at the Redwood Valley Store for snackage and then south to Ukiah.

I almost lost Bob in the grapes!

Ukiah and Fall Color!

Back on the bus at the Pear Tree Shopping center and return to Fort Bragg.

A twelve hour day.  Thirty miles of peddling.  Somewhat tired but satisfied!

Whoot!

Oh! The Horror!!

84 years ago today!!

I beat feet, during my morning walk, to see what Wall Street is up to now!

Pretty darn spooky!

Much better this time.  Well done Wall Street!