Orange You Glad It's Friday #8

Welcome to week 8 of Orange You Glad It's Friday!

The rain is due to hit the Pacific Northwest today, and I can't say I am unhappy to hear it. It's funny... everyone I know around here seems to have that attitude. It has been a record setting year in the Portland Metro area for days without rain and the dry spell seems to have people around here craving the precipitation. Don't haggle us too much about this in April or May when it has been over 6 months of straight rain :)

Speaking of seasonal precipitation, I loved this beautiful photo, submitted to us by City Girl Gone Ranch Mama. Her entire blog is full of beautiful captures of the Rockies ranch she lives on. And her kids are super cute too!!! Thanks so much for your participation everyone!

Every Friday 12:01am PST, I will open the blog up for posts. Rules are simple. Post a picture that you have taken or piece of art you have created (or have permission to use) with a little or a lot of orange, share your link below, visit others and comment on their orange takes, leave a comment here if you wish.

Each week, I will feature a favorite submission from the previous week with a link to the participants blog.


PLEASE -- Be sure to include an Orange You Glad It's Friday Badge or link back to this blog in your post. To add a badge, just copy and paste the HTML code from below!





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I encourage everyone to spread the word about this meme. See a great photo on another site that has a little or a lot of orange? Suggest they stop by and submit it here. This is still a young meme and I need your help to get participation :)

You can also get updates and reminders of Orange You Glad It's Friday on Facebook!

Past It's Prime

I am not sure what this wildflower was, but there was a lot of it growing in the wildflower fields surrounding Trillium Lake this past weekend. It was very warm in the fields, being continually beaten by the sunlight and the recent wind. It has been a very dry summer here in our area. We went 51 days with no rainfall, and received .4 inches back on September 10th. I do not recall any other precipitation since then. It has been a year for the record books. Not bad for the Pacific Northwest. But that all ends this weekend. The forecast is saying rain is on the way and once it arrives, it tends to stick around for months ;)

UPDATE: Thank you to Judy for identifying this plant as Cows Parsnip!

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Hole In The Wall Falls

This is the last of the waterfalls we visited on a hike two weekends ago. I like the story behind Hole In The Wall Falls. Back in 1938, the falls was called Warren Falls and fell in a slightly different location, much closer to the historic Columbia River Highway. The water from the falls and creek below would often flood the roadway. So they decided to move the waterfall. They blasted a hole through the cliffside and diverted the water where they needed it to go. Thus Hole In The Wall Falls was born. At the top, the falls do not water does not fall over the side of the cliff, but rather comes out of a tunnel -- the "Hole In The Wall". The multi-tier falls is beautiful, regardless of it's past.

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Water World Wednesday

Mt Hood in October

It is the final weeks before Mt Hood gets snow. Right now, it is looking about as bare as it can. The square snowfield in the center from this view is up at Timberline Ski Area, which is maintained every month of the year for snow sports -- except October, when it is left to melt before the fresh snow falls.

This view is seen from Trillium Lake, where the leaves in the trees are just beginning to yellow.

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Communal Global
ABC Wednesday

Flower Skeletons

Up in the Mt Hood National Forest, things are looking pretty dry. The leaves are just starting to change, but the plants are finishing up their year. I took a lot of dried plant photos on a walk up there this past weekend.

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