Down-river view: This gorgeous mid-November day shows off blue of water and sky. Cottonwood trees along the bank have yet to turn the pure gold that they show later. They are the last trees to lose their leaves. Neighbor John M. in his outboard is heading toward the bank where he will cut up some more logs for firewood, which he stores on raft under blue tarp.
	This planter was created by Dave and Madeleine in order to dress up the moorage's concrete "work float." The main plant is bamboo, but ornamental grasses, dusty miller,and flowering succulent ground-covers make the planter look lush well into the fall.
	Cotton wood leaf caught in fern growing along edge of walkway caught my eye.
	Rogers have one of the best container gardens on the moorage. This maple, a rather subdued tone of green all summer, finally exploded into a winner.
	Early this year, the Rogers brought in a ginkgo tree, which seem to turn pure gold overnight.
	A Dangerous Water Weed Several neighbors decided to create water gardens in backwater, and among things, imported Water Hyacinths ... just a FEW plants. Now look at them. We have since been warned by State Officials NOT to put hyacinths anywhere from when they can escape, because they are a menace and will plug our waterways. These have started to turn brown from an almost-frost, and look where strip along log has been grazed upon by muskrats.
	More Water Hyacinths, and some Water Lettuce (another runaway water weed) tucked in there, too.