Change of Seasons

Fall is different this year. With all of the rain throughout the summer, the grass and trees are still green!






Every fall the county mows the sides of the roads so everywhere it all looks neat and clean where weeds had been.






There are a few places where the trees are beginning to turn. Colors should be very nice this year.






I've never tried a fall garden before but we're growing broccoli, tomatoes, and turnips. It's a race to produce before killing freezes.






Fall wildflowers are blooming!








And fall bulbs are blooming. These Spider Lilys are in Bev and Alex's front yard.






You see more individual leaves on the ground that already have changed to the vivid fall colors.






And of course the pine cones are falling.







And the mums are bursting with buds.







All but a couple of the hummers are gone and we've seen a few other migratory birds that are different from our usual population.

I read somewhere that hummers that are not up to the trip sometimes get left behind in migration. This hummer fell from the feeder onto the deck this morning and laid there for a few seconds before scrambling to a nearby potted plant where she rested again for a minute before flying off. Hopefully she's OK. We'll keep feeding her and her companion as long as they're here.