A walk on an impulse just because it's sunny

Can you believe that the sun has come out for the first time in about 2 weeks?I had a lunch hour meeting right here down by the ocean......and after the meeting, instead of being a good girl and going home and getting some work done in the studio, I headed for the mountains.All the way up here to the Baden Powell trail.See down there at the shore? That's where I was 20 minutes ago!And now I'm up here on this beautiful trail.I'm so glad I made the effort to drive up here and go for a walk.The autumn is a photographers paradise, isn't it?And especially for me, because I tend to photograph into the sunlight all the time.I know there are so many conventional rules of not photographing into the sun, but stuff that for a game of soldiers. I can't get enough of it.It's been mild and rainy so the little trickles have turned into crystal streams.And, while there's still a lot of green leaves on the trees, some have begun to turn all sorts of glorious colours.As I walked along taking photos, I couldn't help but collect some of the leaves to bring home to have some fun with.I dumped them all in a pile on my desk......and then I made myself a leaf rainbw.It always surprises me how doing something artistic, no matter how small or simple, lifts my mood up by 100%.(But then, maybe it's the sunshine)