Days of Cooler Weather...

Dave and I were just talking tonight about how much we love living in a place that has all four seasons...

Really, we have our extremes here, but the constant change is so nice...

Keeps things interesting to say the least...

So here are some pics from this last year from early winter into spring....

Just to get you ready for the cooler weather as we are getting ready to enter into September...

Love seeing twilight...

Especially with naked trees on the horizon...

And those naked trees against a winter sky...

The silence of the winter woods...

Love hearing the whistling wind...

The rustling dead leaves being blown about...

And the lonesome bird calls...

This poor blue jay...

Didn't make it after this meeting with the window...

Kept some feathers though...

Such a shame...

We moved the feeders to keep them farther from the house and windows...

A cardinal's feather in amongst some of the summers plant remains...

Which has become nesting material for the birds this summer...

It's good to not clean up the garden "too" much...

Let nature have her way sometimes...

And a funny picture of a little girl (a cousin from one of the neighborhood kids I think)...

Which blew into our yard (along with a lot of their other stuff that refuses to stay in their garbage can or recycling bin... like homework and school projects - so we know where it comes from...)

Funny because when I picked up the picture, I realized that this girl was in a bathroom next to a toilet...

A small twig that has been embraced by a vine over the growing season...

Both lifeless now, but oh, how interesting...

And let's not forget the ice storms we have...

As long as you can stay indoors and not have to drive anywhere...

And still have power...

They are quite beautiful - encasing everything in a coating of clear ice until the sun comes out to melt everything...

I love how it crunches when you walk on it (in the grass)...

And let's not forget our Carolina Wren that stays with us year round too...

Have got to keep a constant supply of bird seed out for our little feathered friends...

We love having them around...

Enjoy the rest of your summer and your upcoming fall if you are lucky enough to have one!