The cold nights made the catalpa just dump their leaves. Daisy and I had projects: putting away lawn ornaments and emptying the water barrel. Next, she took off while I used the lawn tractor to mulch the leaves. Daisy disappeared.That done, off for walkies and some owl hunting.
Down in the meadow, I spotted something in the tree. Turns out, only a piece of branch. I got so excited, I thought it was an owl.
As I walked the snow began to fall. I found another tree: a birch growing up into the middle of the cedars.
This is my favourite part of our forest: the cedars line a path.
And the snow began! They say it won't last, but we shall see...
A snow day for us on Thursday too, just the odd bit left today, which will be gone by the weekend. Just Nature letting us know what is to come :)
ReplyDeleteWe had such a warm and beautiful autumn that this winterish weather seemed to sneak up on me. It happens every year and I am still surprised.
ReplyDeleteAnd the beautiful fall lulled me into delaying my trip to Florida.
ReplyDeleteI went for a little after-snow walk downtown this morning. Maybe I should post those pics.
ReplyDeleteThe snow was still on the ground this morning, but I imagine by day's end, that'll be it. It was a delightful sight to see!
ReplyDeleteJuncos come in just before any dirty weather.
ReplyDeleteMay you and Daisy have an easy beautiful winter, Jenn
ReplyDeleteMaybe I need to look for a different kind of bird feeder. Rain water soaked the seeds in the tray and the water wicked up into the container. Then the seeds sprouted and clogged up the works. I tried to make a modification to increase the size of the lid, but wind blown rain is hard to counteract. - Margy
ReplyDeleteThis brings back such memories. I loved walking through fall leaves.
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