Paradise ponders...

Paradise ponders...  Our salmon yesterday afternoon was great.  We had the Ora King salmon again, with Debbie's technique of baking in foil with a mayonnaise-peppadew concoction on top.  Yummy stuff!  She also made a sort of stir-fry of potatoes, onions, and fresh bell peppers from our neighbor's garden.  Also extremely yummy!  We were both so full we could hardly move afterwards, though...

The mutts (Miki and Race) and I went for our walk this morning, after missing the past two days for various and sundry reasons.  We hit the trail shortly after the sun poked its way up over the Wasatch Mountains, in a partly cloudy sky.  This made for some interesting lighting effects, in some cases nicely highlighting the fall color.  I spent the entire time looking at the scenery, and didn't actually notice any wildlife (though I'm sure it was there!) until we were walking back over the irrigation canal bridge in our driveway.  There, in a box elder tree on the north side of the bridge, was a big, noisy flock of chickadees.  There must have been at least two dozen of them, all chattering away like mad, and flitting to and fro for no apparent reason.  Miki (the bird dog) completely ignored them.  Race (the sheep-herding dog) watched them intently, perhaps thinking that they looked like they needed herding :)  Some photos of Paradise for you: