Ohio Menagerie

 This is very representative of my commute...cows, geese, and pastures...

 Cornfields and wildflowers...

Bean fields...

 Rivers, trouty, I am told...

 Coursing their way south to the Ohio

 Dreamy ponds...

Fed by pastoral creeks

Jerseys

Holsteins

 And sheep!

 As the weather cools, they become more active during the day

 Oh, and The Occasional Squirrel

 We have crows

 Counting on dropped fries at Burger King

Silly, gorgeous, brilliant birds

 Striking a pose

 Red-tailed Hawks

Circling over the fields

 And geese, always...

 Some will fly south, but others will come here to winter

Did I mention The Occasional Squirrel?

 He thinks he can fly, too!

 Sparrows, of course...everywhere...happy little birds

 The hummies are stoking their furnaces, preparing to head south

They love our cypress vines

 Wonder what these two are saying?

 I will miss them when they are gone, along with our beautiful flowers

I knew they would love this hanging basket!

 We still have a few daisies, amazingly enough

And our mums are coming on strong

 We even found a volunteer pumpkin vine blooming in our poor, dead yard!

Yes, autumn is coming, and it is an election year...in case you hadn't heard...