A recent morning we woke to a foggy mist with deer crossing the drive.
I took a short walk toward the old cemetery as the sun broke through.
On my return it cast a warm glow on yellowing leaves above the field....
where the deer stood watching me.
The tall grass was too wet for me to venture in....
....so I took photos from the drive.
The windmill was a gift from my mother fifteen years ago.
Notice the delicate spider webs in the grass..
By noon the scene of misty rays changed to a sunny day.
After lunch I walked to the field, while Herhusband went for the mail.
We mow paths, but the deer make their own, you can see where they have been resting and walking.
The field is thick with Blue Mist Flowers and Field Asters.
There are a few Great Blue Lobelia here and there.
~ Great Blue Lobelia ~
The wildflowers attract numerous Butterflies!
The Eastern Phoebe on the fence rail searches for small insects.
Caterpillars, bees and spiders are also in the field with the Goldenrod.
The pink Butterfly Bush and the blue Hydrangea are in the yard and
the small Blue Asters are found in the shady woods.
The large blue Goodyear Blimp flew directly over the house again....
the second time this summer.
Enlarge to see the U.S.A. Flag trailing behind.
Can't count the times Granddaughters Katie and Alivia drop in.
After walking in the woods with us....I usually walk Alivia home.
We can hardly wait for Granddaughter Amanda's visit in a few weeks.
Her Brother Nathan just returned home after a visit of 2 weeks....
....with the recently married Amanda and Bronson.
I really don't cook all that much....if you look closely....
you'll see it's just pasta dressed different ways and even....
leftovers are made into salads. Baked potatoes and squash with apples
are fast and easy to make....if microwaved first...then browned.
Lots of fruit and Greek yogurt with whole grains....
balances the sweet consumption of Coconut Cherry Cake.
Taking a walk in the woods to photograph fungi helps too.
All the deer are slowly changing from a brownish to grayish shade....
so far only one of the twins has lost its spots.
They gather out front to eat the acorns.
Other photos were taken of a rusty circle of barbed wire...
2 giant puffballs, chipmunk, eyes of a log crocodile, hole in
a hickory nut made by a squirrel...fungi on logs...
a squirrel's 'mushroom meal leftovers' on a post...
"a raccoon's tail ? found by the drive"...
a cute knothole...a partially eaten acorn...
" a slug in the R of FOREVER"
a long standing dead tree...more fungi and a box turtle!
Summer has left many things to view.....
The field and its wildflowers will soon fade.
The Hummingbirds have already left.....
Autumn Colors are taking their place.
Thank you to everyone that takes time to look at Moments of Mine.
I hope to have shorter...but more frequent posts in the future.
They are a little lonnnnng lately aren't they?
~ ♥ Wanda ♥ ~
55 comments:
Fog makes for ~such~ pretty pictures and I love sunbeams shining through the mist. It’s a great year for mushrooms; I hope we have some puffballs.
I’ve often thought your beautiful posts must take a loooong time to put together! I can easily spend a couple of hours on a simple post, weeding out bad shots, editing, cropping, and doing basic research. However you choose to post, we’ll love it!
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful photos Wanda! Isn't it great that each new season brings it's own treasures for us to behold! Hope you're having a great weekend!
Now that is a LOT of pictures, Wanda. I especially love the butterflies and moths, and of course those deer. Lovely!
Love those photos, really gives me a feel for your walks and the garden, and the food! I love the autumn colours and that misty early morning look.
I enjoyed being on your acreage today knowing how the plot layout appears and the entrance drive comes off the road...I can imagine the scenes you provide much better.
There seem to be many flowers about still, even tho' the autumn is moving in. The light on the driveway looks as if your place is enchanted...which it is... It's like you have been put under the solar spotlight.
Amanda is looking more grown up, maturing with her new status in life, and Nathan too... lovely grandchildren, fine genes of course...
Happy days my friend
OMGoodness! What lovely pictures you took. You are so talented with that camera.
What a lovely autumnal post. I love this time of the year so full of rich colours.
I love your posts just the way they are. I come here knowing I can kick off my shoes and enjoy taking in all the many glorious sights without needing to rush away until I have savored every single one, fully! I leave feeling contented, full of grace and gratitude for what you share with us of your incredibly beautiful and seemingly perfect world. Amanda is an incredibly beautiful young woman, so poised, and I can imagine just how much you are looking forward to her visit. If I were your grandchild, I would never wish to leave! No wonder sweet Alivia visits as often as she does. It is an absolutely magical place!
Wanda, I love those pictures with the mist. They are so beautiful. It is a joy to see your photo gallery. Your collages are so fine, It must be a big work to do it.
You've got the deer so closely to your home,and they look more and more as if they know you now!
Autum colours. Each time of the year is wonderful and autumn is glorious. And there is always something to see for someone who's got an eye for it.
I'm looking forward to see your winter-photos. I'm sure you could get something good out of the gloomiest day!
You've got some pretty grandchildren. Amanda is beautiful.
I love your cooking!!! Uhmmm! That coconut-cake with cherry! Delicate I'm sure.
Cheers
Grethe ´)
Hi Wanda,
What a gorgeous post. I just love visiting with you through your wonderful posts.
I am just able to get on line with my personal connection this week in a US port. I'm glad you have already seen that I named you on the Seven Links Challenge on my blog. I hope you have time for it; if not, I certainly understand.
All the best from Port Canaveral,
Lois
Those are stunning collages ...each one a visual story. The first has a haunting feel...quite appropriate lol. I love seeing your nature shots ...and food ones too ...I love sharing your moments ....thankyou xx
Your posts are never too long, Wanda. Every frame and every word inspires me to do something — go for another walk, take some more photos, go find some healthy food, call my grandkids. Thanks, as always.
The food collage was unusually attractive to me this time, Wanda! I think these kinds of simple, earthy foods epitomize autumn..
Returning to your woods is always refreshing and interesting...(Have you ever heard of those little cobwebs in the grass referred to as "Fairie Handkerchiefs"???)
I'm starting to feel like YOUR woods are MY woods; the deer family, MY deer family; the paths familiar enough to walk in my sleep. How I enjoy your posts.
Wanda,
I enjoyed watching summer turn to fall in your photos. It looks like summer has been good to you... full of nature walks, family & good food! :) What do you mean you don't cook a lot? Everything looks delicious as always! (which reminds me i need to grocery shop- my fridge is full of "to go" boxes!) I hope you are enjoying the fall. It seems summer has gone by too fast!
Hi Wanda,
I enjoyed walking with you today to see the summer turned to fall. Fall is coming here in with just a cool breeze. Nice for walking is what I just did.
Amanda is so beautiful. Enjoy your visit with her.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Smiles.
You have done a excellent job with your Photo co lodge. They are so very nice to view. You also have a very pretty area to live around. Would not mind having a place like that myself.
Oh Wanda - this walk about your nature land was so wonderful - the sights, and sounds, scents and natural beauty overwhelmed me in the best of ways. The food? Oh my goodness, I LOVE pasta, love it all.
Have a beautiful Sunday
Love Gail
peace....
I like seeing your landscape change from summer to autumn, Wanda. My two favorite mosaics are the first and last (and of course the dessert one - pass a slice of the cherry cake, please!). Amanda is so lovely - glad she and Bronson are settled in their new home
A refreshing new post Wanda, thank you for that! Today, we did our regular walking around Akropolis and I was thinking about your comment. If you take a closer look on ancient greek art you will re estimate the value of copying. After all we always find our artistic path by following the footsteps of those who have found their way in art...
warm regards
uh, I beg to differ, they are not to long!!I Love the caterpillar. here in southern cal it is raining acorns. the goofy squirrels get up in the valley oaks and knock them all down.
Your posts are never too long.
I am impressed with how many flowers you still have. I wondered why you had so many deer but see that you provide them with good eats and a soft bed. Hope that fawn keeps its spots, it may save him come hunting season.
Per usual a delightful visit and your meals always get an A in presentation and health.
They are never too long because you show us so much beauty in each post.
They don't seem long to me at all, I keep thinking how you put them together so lovingly.
The flag looks so tiny behind the big Goodyear.
(This is a do-over comment, hope it doesn't come through six times; sometimes I click when I should clack.) Love from Michigan.
I don't find your posts long at all. They are a treat for the eyes :-) I loved each and every picture and am glad to know you're doing fine in the company of nature and your family. Sending loads of love your way :)
Lovely walk!
I must conclude that there is nothing in your world that is not beautiful.
People, landscapes, animals made of flesh and those made of wood...
You live in Wonderland!
Wow, Wanda, that was all just go gorgeous!
I want to walk in this woods and fields!
Wanda, you packed many things in a post but it doesn’t make us feel too long because of collages. I know how it takes time to make a collage, oh, or maybe it would be a piece of cake for you, Wanda, like cooking.
The details of your choice about the gradual changing from summer to autumn, in images and with your words, are perfect! I’ve enjoyed them all, especially the fourth, deer and the last, not to mention delicious meals. Your Lobelia is so big different from mine! In my corner of the world, morning mist promises a fine day. I like to see sunlight streams and plays while mist thinning away.
Yoko
I've taken a photo of a raccoon tail as well. But it was still attached. Ha! Poor raccoon. You gave us another beautiful journey today.
Seeing life through your eyes fills me with wonder. I am a kid again - seeing all fresh and new. and for someone who doesn't cook much, you eat royally!
Wanda, I love the long posts, they make me feel like I am walking right there beside you. And, even your long posts are not really long, they just seem long to you because it probably takes awhile to load the photos.
I love lingering here looking at your beautiful photography of your wonderful surroundings, unique finds, and beautiful family. And your food! I want to try it all! But the coconut cherry cake really got my attention! And is that an avocado sandwich? YUM!
I love all your photos, but, of course I love the family photos best, and the windmill from your Mom, and the butterfly was spectacular! And the blimp too!
It's all so beautiful, and I'm really looking forward to your Fall photos, those last pictures have really put me in the mood for hiking and apple picking. I'm not sure if we'll have time though, we have a baby shower on Saturday, and guests coming to visit on Sunday, and then next Wednesday we're off to Disney World (driving again and taking our time with Eoghan along), and we won't be back until the last week of October. I'm hoping the weather stays nice here so we can enjoy the Fall and get upstate one or two weekends for hiking and apple picking. We'll see.
'Enjoyed this post so much, Wanda.
Love to you,
Eileen
Y;our posts are deliciously long, Wanda. I am going back to start over again at the beginning and savour every photo and every sentence. What lovely surroundings you live in....and how very perceptive you are to its beauty.
Hi Wanda!
I'm with Barb on the dessert collage! I'll take a slice of the cake and some fruit for good measure :o)
I just love strolling through your lovely world to the sweet music you have ~ {Your music is one of the only playlists I enjoy listening to... it's so inviting and calming}
What joy it must be to have such lovely grandchildren! They are beautiful indeed!
I can see that all the animals that visit your place, stay and thrive. Those that must leave during the winter months, must remember to return!
My sister, Doreen, and I are awaiting the return of the dark-eyed juncos. We always report the first sighting to each other!
It's our sign of the cooler/colder months to come. Those tiny little birds bring many big smiles during that long season.
Have a lovely week, Wanda!
~Maria
Good golly you have been busy....can you come to my house and cook? please?
The 'deer rest'...ahhh...that's what I long for. Your photos are splendid, Wanda. They depict beautiful moments...and I, for one, hope that you don't shorten your blog at all. It is an incredible place for me to be....
Our hummingbirds left this week. I didn't refill the feeder (they will tend to stay if I do)...and I look forward to seeing my little friends again next year.
Love and hugs to you, my friend.
Jackie
Love your new profile picture, and it was so good to rest here in your post tonight......beautiful, my favorite as always are pictures of your grandchildren, everyone is so sweet.
Talk soon, big hugs to Alivia...:-)
A whole generation has been trained to observe in small bites of a few seconds. It is good for us to stop and focus. Thank you for your lovely photographs. I had to laugh at the Goodyear blimp photos. When I was in Los Angeles at a mini family reunion with cousins I had not seen in years, the blimp flew over my dad's house and all of us went rushing out with our cameras and took lots of pictures of it, and then failed to take hardly any pictures of each other!
It's always such a treat to visit your blog. Thank you for taking the time to show us the beauty you see.
the place looked really very misterious in the morning and your pictures do show it! And in the kitchen, again, a great selection of food!
Wonderful Wanda, NO your posts are never to long! NEVER, they are so relaxing and inviting. As you linger on one photo and read the lines below it takes you to another look at your world in the the next and the next. I love coming to visit your posts. NEVER long enough for me! I do think you cook though. I think your kitchen is always buzzing and always smells soooo good. My poor hubby is lucky to get a meal anymore....Sunday dinner has become the one luxury a week he savors....lol
Beautiful, as usual. This time my favourites are the pictures of fungi and the 2 scenes showing different weather, mist and sun, at the same place.
Your cooking looks very inviting, dear Wanda. You always show us the most pretty Moments of You!
Have a wonderful and restful weekend xxx
Goodmorning Wanda
it seems rain has finally reached Athens and we enjoy our first rainy and windy day!
As for parenting lets hope I will learn fast because my kids are just three and five months old :-)
Warm regards
Thank you for sharing your precious moments! Your photos are wonderfully beautiful and they have such exquisite colours. Thanks also for your visit.
Thank you for your lovely comment on my latest post, Wanda! I had to pop round, as I feel sure you are using a new profile picture? You're gorgeous, as always, but I think your hair is shorter? Anyway, just thought I'd let you know I noticed (hope I'm correct).
Stunningly beautiful photos Wanda.
Your property is amazing.
Wonderful photos as always - I love the ones of the deer. I love the ones of the food too - they certainly don't give the impression that you 'don't really cook all that much'!
Great photos Wanda.
I love blue flowers and you seem to have lots of them.Aren't early Fall mornings glorious with the pale sunlight and mist?
My favourite season!
hugs
xx
Oh Wanda! That photo with the misty rays is fantastic! And the woodland pictures are amazing. And the food...and family and...
Okay.
Every single picture here is enchanting and lovely!
I love seeing Ohio in the Autumn ... even if it's only vicariously!
Grandma next time you better save me a piece of cake. I dont remember seeing the cherry cake in the fridge. This is katie
Oh how I have enjoyed this post, so beautiful, cheery and yummy! I love seeing your treasures. You have such beautiful land all about you.
You have a LOT of beautiful photographs here.
Rick
What a collection of photos on this post! Your bold flowers of purple and blue, then all the food you put out there for us to see. For a person that doesn't cook, you sure use your imagination well!
As always, Wanda, so beautiful. I look at your granddaughter, Amanda, and see a calmness about her that I see in your touch.
And, I can only imagine what the food I'm putting out lately might look like. Perhaps I should take photos of freezer boxes it comes out of.
The deer by us are changing to a gray also. Just noticed that the other day and wondered if they were always gray and I just hadn't notice. Glad to know I have noticed.
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