Kinnikinnik or Bearberries

Bears love this kinnikinnik berries (also know as bearberries)

I think the native Americans use to smoke the leaves of this shrub.

The berries are also an orange color.

If we ate more than a few hand-fulls we would be sicker than dogs!!

The flowers are blooming out.

Evening in the mountains.

Lower Lake in the evening

Fall leaves

Bear dogs and their handlers

Christmas bells

Well we're at another Friday night for us.  (It is actually Thursday but our weekend starts on Friday and then we're back to work Sunday.  We'll soon be bringing in our hanging plants as it is getting quite cool at night.  In another week we will be having another long weekend.  I guess it is the last hurrah for summer.  If the weather is half nice it will probably be busy.  Glad we're not on the east coast of the US.  They will be battening down the hatches for Hurricane Irene.  Guess we can put up with a few cool nights.  Bye for now.

p.s.  Had a relaxing day today (Friday).  Got some sun, made a stew and baked a loaf of bread.