Autumn Leaves Part I

 

And they started out "green"

Seeing Red

 It is becoming a problem - it was last Summer when I last wrote an entry. I have had so many ideas about what I wanted to do next "tak"

It is that time of year when I see "red" - red leaves, red berries, red signs!

 And yes, Virginia, this gives me the Creeps - a couple of slants on "life" Jim but not as we know it.

Actually there are 2 such seasons, the other being in June when I see red cherries and strawberries.
And I think especially of a friend who is red-colour blind and who could still pick out a ripe strawberry with the best of us - "it has the right shade of mud!" "By the Way" will know I mean him.

Anyway, my sister invited us over for a lucheon. And we accepted. I asked Vicki if she were going to take her camera - "No". I thought about this and decided if I don't take my camera there will be red cardinals singing their hearts out from every roof top and tree bough.

So I took my camera and saw nothing.

                                       picture nothing

Then my sister laughed - this is not a good sign.

Rub my nose in it - there was a cardinal and I had completely missed it!

(It had been covered with pumpkin pie, Kimberley!)

OK, I did know about this one and did see it but my sweet young sister caught the Wise Old Bird completely off guard.

And then Dave said he had seen one beside the garage - maybe it was still there?

And there was somthing red - and - I fell for it again!

So now maybe you will understand how excited I can be when I see a Robin!

And then my sister sent me this:

And my sister is a kind and considerate person.

So, yes, I do know what real Cardinals looke like:

Wednesday March 17:

Saturday, April 24:

And the leaves came tumbling down

wob

Knock, knock; who's there?

Closer to home:

The flowers pots are gone, just the leaves left.

 - what winter winds could not achieve, May could. (March winds, April showers, May flowers - I'll have to wait to see.)

W A S

Shark Attack - and other winter-induced illusions

I faced these "jaws" yesterday while out walking. I managed to escape, obviously! I then faced a chameleon frozen in the snow  -

a frog -

a muskrat -

some rock stars -

face to face

and a tree snoaring - sawing logs?

Died of a broken heart, maybe -

I never promised you a rose garden -

Will the last to leaf turn off the Autumn lights, please, Thank you.

W O B

PS The shark is not! Try kayak and icicles wob

Tree branches

These images did not quite fit into the previous observation so I include them here:

W O B

Beautiful November Day in Scout Valley

In some places on earth one has to look very hard to see the seasons change. And not all changes are the same. For example, the wet season, or the dry season. Maybe you think of Autumn as already winter?

???

Do you? 

 I look to the trees to find my way about:

 And then the Road:

And Autumn also reveals the renewal of Spring_

Scout Valley Plus 9C, windy but sunny

Yesterday was a little heavy so today I took a walk of 3K or so along the moraines and
glacial beaches of Scout Valley just outside Orillia to the south-west.

No dragonflies - yet!

There were some squirrels.

Beautiful outing - wob