More changing season shots

The Fall season is changing faster now. The fawns are growing up and are looking like young adults. This one plus 3 more were on the creek trail Tuesday afternoon. I also saw a small flock of Pine Siskins taking a breather snacking on some shelled sunflower seeds. Last year only one Siskin stopped here. The year before I had 100's.

With all the damp weather some of these mushrooms are quite large growing under our Spruce trees. This one about 6" across.

The creek trail has changed also. Gone are the soft grassy trails that let me walk quietly and sometimes sneak up on the wildlife. Now with all the dried up leaves paving the way it is very noisy, and I have to be more alert for any movement. Crunch, crunch.

The mornings are getting cooler too, and we have already begun to fire up the wood stove.

The tree you see in the background is a Norway maple, and will hang onto it's leaves longer than any other maple. At least it is turning yellow. Some years it will remain green even till snow flies.

Of course Halloween is getting closer too.

The ever bearing raspberries are quite nice now that the Japanese beetles have all gone.

We had quite a gusty rain and wind storm last night leaving us with 1" of rain. The creek is really high, and the beaver dam has almost washed away. I have a picture I took this afternoon and will post it tomorrow.