A fall day before the rains......

Went out with the camera hoping to capture a few fall pics before the rains and winds took all the color away.....



One of our Japanese Maples.....



Another Maple by the pond.....


A couple of Katsura trees....and there seems to be a reoccurring turkey in the pics :)

Ashley (aka Fiona/Fifi) and Opal being friendly......

Two of the youngsters Be Bop a Lula (Lula) and Trillium.....

The Katahdin girls....Poppy, Maisy, Aunt Bea and Baby. It appears that Degerli has something of interest to say....
And one last shot of our kitty, Snooka.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Silent Sunday

More Fall Color

Some more pics of Fall color around the Wrensong farm.....(click to "bigify")

Another beautiful Fall Day

I told you that I would probably do more than one Fall post! :) This morning I woke up to a fog filled valley. The fog always reminds me of a big pond or the ocean.


I decided to take a drive to a local farm and pick up some fresh corn while it's still available and some fresh pressed Apple cider. It's an older farm, I can't remember the family name at this moment, but it's know as Bob's Corn by most everyone. They have Burma Shave type signs leading up to it from all directions.


I took a couple pics of the farmhouse, which I always thought had so much character. I was hoping you'd be able to see the smoke coming from the chimney but it didn't want to cooperate. It definitely feels like Fall!

I also took a couple of pics of some of their pumpkins. Love that orange color! :)



I then pulled over on the way home along the road that goes to our home. The Skykomish River was lazily meandering along the road and I love seeing it. There also were some beautiful ferns growing up the bark of the trees on the side of the road....





Lastly, I decided to take some pics of more of the Fall color happening around the homestead. Smoke tree, Katsura trees, and Japanese maples, there can NEVER be too much Fall color! :)








I definitely savor every Fall moment!

The beginnings of Fall

As Fall is my favorite time of year, I will probably be doing a few blog entries on the subject. :)



Fall, here in the Northwest, is typically ushered in with rain and this year is no different.




It also seems fitting that I would have the "mother of all colds" at this time. It didn't stop me from getting out and taking a few pics around the homestead and also on the road to pick up some Emergen-C and Nyquil.

Here is one of my favorites on the way back home from town. This vine is one of the first to change color (and also lose it leaves). I KNOW Fall is approaching when I see this:

Here's a close up.....
These were all taken between raindrops....:)

Here is a tree that I love to watch the stages it goes through at a neighboring farm....

And now for a few pics around home, the one at the top of the blog is of the vine maples on the hill heading down to the barn. They grow wild all over and I just don't have the heart to cut them down, even though they block my view of my barn/pastures in the summer. If only they weren't so beautiful in the Fall......

I have quite a few Japanese maples I've planted around my pond this last Spring/Summer and I'm anxious to see their changes. This one tree is the only one so far to be showing any signs...
It's not the prettiest, but hey, I got it for a good price! :)

Of course, I had to take some pics of the ducks since I was walking around the pond.....
and then this dragonfly came by apparently with a death wish and buzzed the ducks......
You'll be happy to know he managed to survive, even though he made many passes at the ducks before he headed for safer ground (or airspace as the case may be).


I keep hoping for a bit of an Indian Summer, I'd like to be able to go for a hike and take some Fall pics and not have to worry about my camera getting wet. Not looking good today for sure, it's thundering, lightening, and pouring down rain at this very moment. Maybe tomorrow.....