If records were kept for ranking drop-dead gorgeous days, I think yesterday---pretty much all day---would come close to topping the charts as an all-timer for jaw-dropping beauty.
The golden larch needles always put on a pretty good show toward the end of each autumn leaf color show, but yesterday seemed downright amazing.
It was a fun day for taking pictures, especially when we took a trip to Annie's Orchard to pick out an apple tree.
Our amazing class-reunion committee thoughtfully gave me a gift certificate at the nursery just west of Clark Fork.
The nursery had a great selection of apple trees, but when I spotted the Roman gala variety, I knew what I wanted.
Earlier this fall, I used Roman gala apples from Sharon's Country Store near Bonners Ferry to make applesauce, and like yesterday's color show, it's the best ever.
So, today the new tree (pictured above) will go in the ground, and then I'll keep my fingers crossed that it will produce some goodies in the next year or so.
Thanks to my friends for the generous gift. I'll have to call it "Roman Gala Class of '65."
Maybe we'll have some of those apples at our 65th reunion.
I ran across a fun story about a big star in a small town this morning. It's in the link below.
The story is about Hollywood actress Sydney Sweeney and her connection to Spirit Lake, where she spent much of her childhood and now visits quite often after purchasing a house next to her mother's.
It may be just my perspective, but Sydney Sweeney sure does look a lot like Emma who was Willie and Debbie's German exchange student.
Emma, by the way, is now an outstanding senior at the University of Montana.
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Sydney Sweeney
These two Emma's met each other at one of our Fourth of July barbecues.
It was a push-pin problem.
Bill had just come back from taking a poster for a Trout Unlimited meeting to to display at Ice House Pizzeria.
As he went to open the pickup door, his box of push pins opened and dropped push pins all over the asphalt under the pickup.
It was quite a sight as he and I picked up pins.
Some lay so far under the pickup that neither of us old fogeys could get at them.
So, making sure there were no pins in the tire path, he pulled forward, and we were able to retrieve them all.
I had to comment while picking pins that it was actually a pretty sight seeing all those colored pins mixed in with the golden leaves.
Finally, it's fun to post the photo below again.
Tonight should be a thriller when the ZAGS men take on the Oklahoma Sooners.
7:30 p.m. ESPN2
GO, ZAGS !!!
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