Autumn has brought scenes of wild lavender Asters to the yard...
...along with filtered sunrays through the trees.
There have been mornings of foggy mist to view with the sunrise.
One Sunday morning came with a glorious scene...
that drew me to the field.
There...I found a ceiling of white clouds...
below a sky of deep blue ...
I stood watching...as more clouds moved in...
and the sky graudually changed its hues.
Overcast days accent the gold in the large Oak tree out front.
The Maple along the drive had the same shade of red...
as the bench on the other side.
The Dogwoods in the side yard have dropped their leaves...but...
the small Beeches still hung with their gold on this day.
The back yard has Hickories, Beeches, Oaks, Dogwoods...and
Sassafras around the campfire...where an old log lays.
On my walks deeper in the woods this Autumn...
...scenes seem softer this year...than I remember from last.
The drought conditions have left the creek...far below...very dry.
Often...the woods seemed to lack creatures to photograph...
sometimes...I resorted to photos of vines...
...hanging from very tall trees!
But during the month of October...
I did find all these Box turtles in the Autumn leaves!
I was trying to capture the 5 squirrel nests in this
leafless tree...when I noticed at the base of it...
4 young boys! 2 of them grandsons! Coming to visit me?
No...in reality.....
...it was the craving of this pizza with cheese!
Here are a few other meals in the house...
only eaten by Herhusband and me!
Warm pound cake with cooked apples and ice cream
for after raking some, but not all, of those fallen leaves.
Just two days ago...we had tornado warnings!
High wind and heavy rain stripped...
most of the trees...of those beautiful leaves.
Bare branches though...where Bluebirds...
softly chatter...makes them easier to see!
For several years...at the end of October...
a large Buck comes to visit...
~ October 2007 ~
~ October 2009 ~
October 2010 finds the Buck faster than the camera and me!
~ October 2010 ~
While sweeping leaves from the patio...
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something I never expected to see...
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hopped very quickly over my toe...
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and quite honestly...terribly startled me!
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Mr. Toad
He may have just travelled across Indiana...
as he left Illinois and my friend Diana.
Yes...here he sits...in this Ohio town....
Winter is coming...but...no need to frown!
~ ~ ~
This will keep me from frowning all winter...
leaving "mail art" for Alivia to find...
and receiving all the ones that are mine!
~ Alivia 2nd Grade ~
♥ on an old Cedar tree!
♥...Wanda
