Oregonians will often tell you that fall is our best season: pleasant, warm days and cool Autumn nights.  The last few days have been just like that.  The weather prompted us tonight to build a small backyard fire, bundle up the twins in their fall coats, and to sit outside with Hugo and Hazel, our loyal dogs, before the girls had to go to bed.  Hugo is pictured here.  The Pacific Northwest is simply the best place on earth (not counting the great state of South Carolina, of course).