A few days ago I spent a little time at a local park to get some fall pictures.

The little ground squirrels were so cute playing around the roots of the huge tree.

The black walnuts are prolific this year and walking under the trees was quite dangerous. Every time the wind would blow they would come crashing to the ground.

The squirrels were quite busy gathering walnuts and acorns. They were so busy that they didn't pay much attention to me and I was able to get pretty close to them, even with the bulky tripod..

This one was pretty funny all spread out eating his walnut.

We have had a warm and lovely autumn so far. It has been absolutely delightful!

I have a thing for old barns. When I see one I have an intense desire to stop the car and photograph it. I gave in to that desire a few days ago while I was on my autumn photography adventure!

This one is huge! Sadly it is dilapidated and the roof is collapsing. I don't know what the story is and why it is in such disrepair, but I assume since it is right off of a busy street in an area that has some new construction close by, it probably will be torn down soon.

This one was right down the street. I'd love to go back again when the photography conditions are better. These were taken about 3:00 in the afternoon with bright sunshine. Sunrise or sunset would be much better!

Not much is in bloom here. Just a few roses, cosmos and verbena.

I loved this dark cosmos against the fence. The wind was blowing so hard that it was difficult to get pictures!

The maple trees are gorgeous right now!  I saw these two leaves near the bottom of the trunk.

This is what drew me outside today with my camera, even though the wind was blowing so hard. I couldn't believe my eyes! A monarch butterfly! I hardly saw a butterfly all summer and to see this one so late in the season was a sweet surprise! I'm so glad that the verbena was still in bloom!

I sure hope it ventures south soon!

Scenes of Autumn

I finally got into the Autumn decorating mood today and purchased some things for my front porch. The basket was bought at a garage sale several years ago and never really used, so I thought I'd turn it over and fill it with pumpkins and gourds.
The mums were bought a week ago, just waiting for me to do something with them. I had planned to buy yellow mums but these were so pretty, of course I'm always a sucker for purple or pink.


I stopped for the first time today at Spencer's You Pick Farm and was pleasantly surprised. I had seen their you pick blueberry signs and wanted to go this year but never got around to it. Now that I know where it is, I plan to stock up on blueberries next year, maybe strawberries too.

Spencer's had several nicely decorated places for family fall pictures.

I bought several gourds and my Indian corn here.
This pumpkin display was at Salsbery Brothers where I bought my tree, a bale of hay, dried cornstalks and small pumpkins.

The white barn, (I wish it had been red), was near Spencer's farm, I'm not sure but think it is part of their farm.
I love to take fall pictures, especially pictures of pumpkins.

Morning Glory Farm

Across the street from this farm is a corn field that is covered in morning glories. I'm not sure how this occurred, whether the farmer planted the morning glories with the corn or if they just grew naturally. The corn field across the street doesn't have any, so I'm thinking he must plant them on purpose. It is quite stunning to see a field of morning glories.