Transitioning to Autumn

 Our lovely roses at school

 Waxing Blood Moon

 Rose of Sharon in pink

Bug's Black-eyed Susan!

Ms. Pinky!

 And friends...

 Ms. Scarlett, our knock-out

 Tomatoes still trying to make, but not enough daylight for them

And the healthy patch of pokeweed in the back corner of a neighbor's yard. Birds love the berries, of course, including our Northern Cardinal family:

 Mama and her kids!

 I think she got her hair did...

I confess I grow weary of the purple droppings in and around the bird bath. Such is life, it seems: we take the crap along with the beauty! Don't forget to see the beauty... 

 I'm sure going to miss these little ones!

Cardinal Caring, Autumn Closing In

We surely have been enjoying the clear, cool evenings this week!

The Moon has been shining down on us

The fields are turning, drying out for harvest time

And the deer are becoming darker, as they do in Autumn

On Saturday night, a cute toad came to visit!

And the Moon was spectacular!

We have the silliest squirrel ever...ever! This happens...a lot:

Yesterday I had to run it off the feeder so our sweet little birdies could come in for their evening meal

Squirrel taking Squirrel Route 1 back to the tree...

 We have a couple of little chickadees in the 'hood!

 Mama Cardinal, looking, well, like usual

 Here's one of her juveniles!

 "I know you didn't just sass me, young lady!"

 The Juveniles diving into the seed!

They are getting so big! Mama still keeps an anxious eye on them, though.

And the Moon swells

We did see a hummingbird at twilight, but no chance for pics. They are still with us, for the moment, but it is day to day. I will sorely miss their presence! Godspeed, little ones...see you next year!

Moon Man Chronicles

The week that was...

 Swelling vessel of Presence

 Doves on a wire

 Wee sparrow

 Pinky the Pet Geranium

 Pinky's verbena is thriving! We have some idea of where the seed came from, but can't really believe it, lol

 Seas and craters

 Roses at school! This was our first week of fall semester.

 I love them so

Busy little female ruby-throated hummingbird! I'm going to miss them when they head south

 Pinky also grew petunias this year, of course.

 Pinky verbena

 Pinky petunias

 This squirrel seemed to be looking through the barn window to see if there was any seed!

 Mama Goldfinch

 Hmmmm...I suspect a Boeing 767 refitted for strategic ELINT purposes...I've seen one overhead before, on maneuvers with the folks at the local AFB.

 Flutter-by!

 A pansy that simply refused to give up this summer!

 The squirrels planted us a sunflower!

 It makes us smile

Big Mate! Our 12oz. tomato beside my Sean Casey baseball

 Full enough for me!

 A real beauty

Fitting end to summer, watching this rise over the rooftops as my little fire died down, with the PA announcer keeping me abreast of the local high school football game (we live very close to the stadium). Of course we are going to have hot weather this week...we always seem to around Labor Day. But it's back to teaching five days a week for me. Hope you are well! We live in trying times, and something tells me it will be getting worse before it gets better. Sigh. But the now is good, and so we live in it, moment by moment, and pray for a better tomorrow...someday.