From blazing sunsets to lone hidden berries, there is something about the splash of red and pink hues in a forest of green or dark city outlines that draws our eyes to focus on that one spot. 

Wandering this week in the backyard and ravine I was similarly drawn with my camera, even more so after the rains storms that followed scorching hot August days.

Here is my photo essay including some shots from earlier in the year:

8:30 PM sunset High level bridge August 2008 

From my backyard sunset last August just after finishing painting trim on garage.

Victoria's Beacon Hill Park in late September.

Stanley Park Vancouver in early October

Amelia walking dogs in November snow

3 PM  February sunset in Yellowknife
Dwarf fireweed July on Baffin Island

Hollyhock bloom last years back yard

A cover for a resting dog

Rose hips after the rain,

mountain ash berries,
 
Back yard tomatoes soon ready to harvest and good with fresh basil

Solitary blooms on a front yard stalk

Ripe Evans cherries with rain droplets

In front of my fence

Tall new guinea impatiens in ravine

The first full moon in September is often called a harvest moon....round and golden as it rises on the horizon. Tonight on a bike ride home I caught a few shots of both the street lights and full moon behind some spruce trees. Some moody effects added later with sepia and black and white photo shopping.