beautiful

october is my favorite month. it is by far the most beautiful time of year in portland. today i'm stuck indoors thanks to this lovely cold, but it's the best saturday weather. it's alternately overcast and sunny, so you have those nice patches of warm sunlight pouring through the window in which to cat-nap.

sunsets have been amazing lately. they've been so beautiful they make you ache inside. i think the junk in the air from mt. saint helens' ventings have contributed to this, but overall october is just amazing here. it always makes me sad when the last leaves evacuate their posts, but that won't happen here for several more weeks...or until the rain really gets going. they're saying we won't have many more sunny days after next week, but that's always how it goes here. it'll rain from late october until june. the only respite from the rain will be the icy week in late january and the sunny 65º week in late february.

so i guess i'll go nap in that sunshine while i can.