Fall is being a very pretty season this year. Last year we went from summer to snowstorms in mid-September with 3 days of Fall. Aspens are so beautiful right now, Geranium and Fireweed and Mountain Ash leaves are bright red. Bears are foraging for berries and insects, Elk are bugling.
Employee Art Show was held Sept 23 with some very talented employees showing their art work. Karen's little felt birds made an appearance. I offered bird adoption (sign up for a bird of your own) because all those on display already had homes. I had 5 orders during the show, and 4 more during the following week. Bird factory has been busy.
Alas, one employee had to leave early before his bird was finished. With the help of a Front Desk employee and the Postal Service, he will have his Kestrel. Later in the week, a cook from the employee cafeteria approached me. He loved the California Quail I made for
the porter, could I make one in blue ? Hmmm. A Google search showed there is such a bird in Asia, Blue Quail.
Mornings have been clear and beautiful so I have been out and about. Black bears eating chokecherries in the tree canopy along Moose-Wilson road caused quite a "bear jam." I was lucky to see these bears before the rangers arrived.
Some Aspens have a slight genetic difference and turn orange at the top, instead of golden yellow on the entire tree.
and the Aspens are naked. Cottonwood trees still have their yellow leaves for a short time. Snow on the mountains, and yellow in the trees indicates the end of the season at Signal Mt Lodge. Gift Shop is closed, inventory and counting is finished. Everyone says their Good-byes and we all depart for different places. 
