Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Autumn?

I'v been waiting an age for leaf color and it seems to be taking it's own sweet time. But I hops this gives a flavor of the autumness we have been having. The leaves are slowly turning but as it has been so very hot they haven't had the cold snap they need to do all those lovely colors.
This has to be the coolest thing ever and yes that praying mantis is looking right at me! This is on the bonnet of Lucy's car

This is one damp morning and the spiders webs are brilliant this time of year. I love the trapped oak leaf

This one looks like a sea!

Yeah conkers from the horse chestnut tree!

Actually hanging on the tree. Brilliant

Look at the fungi

Great leaf color

I think this is just a great spike! Those pods are so totally like seeweed

This may look mundane. But I like everything in the picture, the lines of the building and phones, bike and bike stand and of course that tree and the leaves from it all over the pavement., this is autumn in West Chester

These leaves are all from the same tree and the variation in colors is really cool


This is a funny picture as it looks like a smoke trail from the chimney, it is actually a geese flock in formation! I was on my way to gym and I heard the honking. It is a great sound of autumn. How fancy that sun light on the building, now that is lovely, first morning sunshine shimmering on the house

 
We have been having roof work and this has led to come challenges


Bees!!!!  Unfortunately we had to get rid of them and this is some of what our roofer Kevin found!

More comb

On our way to the dance studio one evening and the light shining through the leaves onto the pavement and this is the pattern, pretty cool!

Early morning and I looked back at the house, what a sight!

This is my favorite tree in West Chester, a horse chestnut tree. The one from the beginning of the blog and I think it has gone crazy. They are the first to bud and they are speculator. Well this year it has been truly confused! and this is what it thinks it should be doing, leaving out and getting flowers!


This shows it doing spring and autumn at the same time!

Same tree and a squirrels nest

Some autumn color

I love this picture and it is because of the shadow. The leaves of the oak so neatly picked out on the tree trunk.

Ah Hydrangea

This is an Osage orange tree and they produce the fruit below. But they are a devil to photo and find on the tree themselves, the exact same color as the leaves, can you spot it?

That is what you are looking for on the tree

This house always displays them and look at those cool looking pumpkins

More flavors of autumn
We do have the leaves turning 

and look at the graduation of the colors on these leaves



These pods are quite cool

Now that is better

How brilliant is this, all the colors and the fading in the background on this misty morning in West Chester

I love this yellow leaves and blue sky

Plane trees are so cool and they just reflect the light so

It's that time folks and wow they have it all going on, on this porch. I hope to get more autumn shots so watch this space, this will have to hold you for now.
Just one last one. How super spooky is this!!!! My phone changed one of my pictures and I love this. So brilliant. Happy Halloween