The gray days of November reveal mostly barren trees and grass turning brown from the freezing temperatures at night with Old Man Winter coming around the bend and will cover everything white soon.
Coming Around the Bend
Picture of the Day for October 29, 2014
The winds yesterday left stripped almost all leaves off the trees except for a very few oaks, when normally the oaks hang on much longer into the winter, so I think winter will be a very long, tough road and a long time before there are leaves on the trees again.
Faded Fall Road
Picture of the Day for October 28, 2014
Other than the dark, gray skies, this scene nothing looks like it did last month as the trees are mostly bare and the corn is being harvested.
Colorful to Barren
Picture of the Day for October 21, 2014
The pinks and purples of the late blooming asters are adding to the range of autumn colors.
Range of Autumn Color
Picture of the Day for October 16, 2014
The cattle seem to be enjoying the sunny fall day as much as I am although the grass holds their attention more than the autumn leaves which captures my eye.
Cattle Enjoying an Autumn Day
Picture of the Day for October 8, 2014
Autumn brings an array of colors from the fall foliage on the trees with the fields of crops changing as harvest time approaches under the blue skies but with a bit of summer green hanging on.
Autumn Colors
Picture of the Day for October 6, 2014
The sun might be shining this morning but it is a bit nippy out with it below freezing and the frost covering the ground. And since we had snow Friday night, I think these sawtooth sunflowers are coming to the end of their bright smiles as soon they will wither and turn brown.
Coming to the End
Picture of the Day for September 25, 2014
The cloudy and drizzly day didn’t provide the sunlight to reflect off the changing leaves but the sheep (plus a llama and goat) were more interested in green grass than orange leaves, at least until I interrupted their grazing. And they have their winter coats on already as they also probably figure winter is coming early (although the goat might need a knitted wool sweater).
Sheep Ignoring the Colors
Picture of the Day for September 23, 2014
Autumn officially started last evening at 9:29 pm for my area but it was too dark then to see if the day was the same length as night, but the sun is out shining on the first full day of autumn highlighting the autumn leaves turning color early. And it is definitely fall as some of the leaves have fallen already. Autumn, by the calendar, is supposed to go until December 21 when winter begins, but winter will arrive much sooner than that here so it is a rip off that autumn always draws the short stick! So I guess I better enjoy the autumn colors since they won’t last long.
First Full Day of Autumn
Picture of the Day for September 19, 2014
There are more signs summer is coming to an end with the chill in the air and fall colors being to show more. Autumn is a pretty time of the year but it fades to quickly and the long winter is around the corner.
I wonder what the P stands for on the barn. Was it the first letter of the farmer’s last name or farm name? I wonder if it stood for Peterson like my great, great grandfather’s name.
The Red P Barn
