Good Morning! It's really a yucky start to the day, but promises to get better. Right now it is pouring, BUT it could be the white stuff! We have another whirlwind day. We leave here in 2 hours to go pick up the goats, and the remaining 3-4 chickens. It shouldn't take too long, but with this weather you never know.
On my creek walk yesterday I found these ever bearing red Raspberries at the back of our yard still producing. There are plenty of unripe ones left and they usually get frozen before they're ready to eat. These are the leaves of a pink Azalea.

The creek trail is covered with dried leaves making the walk quite crunchy sounding. It's difficult to sneak up on an unsuspecting animal now. And don't you just LOVE the nutty smell of the woods at this time of year.

A Sycamore leaf lazily bobbing atop the water on it's journey down French creek and eventually to the Mississippi River.

Another of my "new" chickens. She is a Polish hen, and as of today I don't have a name for her yet. Any suggestions?

I always try to name all my animals. Don't ya love that goofy top knot? I don't know if you can see it, but there are a couple black feathers in the front.

On our trip into town yesterday we saw this Halloween display. This is in the rear of a very old brick building in the original part of town. I think there are some apartments back here, but I wasn't aware anyone lived it them. While we were there an old Chevy El Camino pulled in just loaded with potted Mums. I wonder where there is room for anything else? ? Well, I must get going. Lots to do. Have a wonderful day, stay dry and warm, and try to take at least one photo.

Happy Thursday everybody.

Good Morning everyone. It's 39º here and another nice day in store.
On a recent drive to the shores of Lake Erie, we see one of the many varieties of grapes. I don't know too many of them, but I suspect this might be a wine grape. Leaf from a Sycamore tree. Some of them get huge.

My Halloween bench. Finally I got the mums for it.

This is a close-up of one of my Mums.

This is another one.

Yesterday turned out to be another busy one. We got all the "kids" wood finished up too. In the afternoon they made cider. I have a bushel of apples to process, so I won't be loafing around today either. LOL. Have a great day all.

Ruby Tuesday

Fall seems slow in arriving with much color. These were taken a few years ago.
Thanks to mary/the teach for hosting this cool site. click on the Ladybug at the right for more great shots.

Good Morning all. It's 42º here and the skies are cloudy. I see on the radar there is rain not too far away, so we might get wet today. Another busy day yesterday . In the afternoon the "kids" were over to help stack our wood in the shed. We also did some straightening in the barn. I had sub fixins', potato salad and chips for lunch, and we had pizza casserole for supper.
These pictures are from a trip we took last Fall to the Amish country about 50 miles from home. This first shot is looking down the road that leads to all the Amish farms. Horse drawn machinery.

Horse drawn hay rake.

It was on a Monday, and you can see the clothes hanging out on the line.

Some pretty leaves lining the dirt road.

More pretty leaves.

As we were driving home, we spotted these 2 boys ahead of us, so I can title this "The End". This buggy has an open box in the back for carrying groceries or people. You can see the iron steps right in front of the hazzard triangle sign.

Have a wonderful day, and get out there and take at least 1 picture .