The prompt was? – Fall.

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fall, Writers group prompt.

Here in Bend, Oregon, hanging over the Deschutes River on the pier used for docking canoes and stand up paddle boards, I sat. The river was flowing slowly beneath my feet carrying odds and ends of floating debris from? … Who knows where?  … When it came by.

The thing was mostly underwater, and much larger than the fallen leaves.

What was it?

As it drifted past, beneath my feet, I could finally see clearly through the reflections on the water.

Yikes!

I shrank back in surprise — jumped to my feet and yelled,

“How could that fall? Into the water?”

Fall colors in Bend, Oregon

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autumn, fall, fall colors

Bend, Oregon, is a beautiful place year around, but here are some photos taken in the fall that are a little different that the usual mountain photos.

Smith Rocks, Oregon, seen in the distance from Pilot Butte, on a cloudy day.

An hour’s walk from Pilot Butte is Mirror Pond in downtown Bend, seen here with a warm but mysterious glow.

The Deschutes River flows through Bend and forms a quiet pond for thoughts.

Along the walk down from the butte we saw these ordinary fescues, sage, and I don’t know whats, but they looked fallish.

A typical view of the wild brush along the Pilot Butte trail

The complexity of the living stuff creates a visual blizzard.

So many different living things on a tiny patch of Earth’s surface space.

Near the edge of Mirror Pond Debbie just had to throw some leaves.

Fall. Fallen leaves get to fall again at Mirror Pond, Bend, Oregon

Last night it snowed and now it is beautiful too, but in a very different way.