Sat 24 Oct 2009
These are pictures that I’ve taken from trips to/from work recently. Some are on a day that was bright blue-skied and cloudy, the others on a misty rainy morning.

I ride across this bridge a lot to get to the other side of town.

Same bridge in the fog.

Me, kind of bleary eyed in McDonald’s shortly before rushing off to a client’s house in the AM.

The clouds were awesome on this day.

More beautiful clouds.

You can see that on the sunny day, the clouds near the mountains in the north of town were pretty grey. I might have been raining up that way.

Somewhere across the bridge on the other side of town.

A pit that is downtown.

More of the pit. It’s across the street from the library, and usually when I walk by I wonder what they’re going to do with it.

On the misty day, you can see how the fog is settled between the ridges.

What was in the top pocket of my knapsack on this day for work: Craisins, wallet, hard candy that is licorice/mint flavored* (really odd!), sandwich bag.

And me on the bridge in a hat that Carol my sister gave me
*You have to try it to know what it tastes like. It’s kind of addictive, but when I was first really analyzing the flavor I thought to myself “Wow, it tastes like something very fermented and rotting.” But it’s not really, it just has a dark, smooth flavor with a hint of mint. Without the mint it might be old tasting pretty quick, but the mint helps it be a pleasant flavor. Think rotting food sprayed with perfume
(Not really!!) I got it at Cost Plus World Market, which I ride by every week.
Posted by Bonnie under Uncategorized, learning

October 25th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
And a very nice hat it is! Fleece inside and all.
I haven’t tried your latest licorice acquisition yet.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
So I translated the words on the bag and they mean:
The Original
STRONG AND FRESH
ammonia-licorice-candy
and further up:
EXTRA STRONG
October 26th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Never had them…but they look good. Thanks for posting pics, Bonnie! The colors are so beautiful!
I love fall, and this one down here is no exception. Do you have any snow yet?
October 30th, 2009 at 12:15 am
I like the hat too
No snow, I don’t think we get snow here. Not very much if we do.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
We will be able to see snow on the higher buttes, as I recall.
January 6th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Is that Eugene? My husband grew up there and I’ve lived in Mapleton for the past 4 years until recently moving to Pittsburgh with my husband. Great city. Miss it alot.
February 5th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Yes, it is Eugene!