Friday, December 2, 2022

November and beginnings of Winter

 So here we go winter seems to be upon us and in Canada we start with a snow storm but looking back on the month it is amazing the variety of weather that we have had

The first thing with November of course is the throw to the kerb for poor old pumpkins!

Quite a lot of work goes into these

Some more appealing than others!!!

We get some lovely evening skies. I like the two birds way up high!

Such a bright day

and a little chickadee 

Black squirrel! He looks a little annoyed at me

The leaves are really piling up! These have to be gone before the snow comes. Spoiler, they didn't remove them in time!

The gingko was an amazing show this year and they dropped beautifully

What really stunned me was the fruits on the trees

Totally  ladened with fruit, just never seen anything like that

Bright colours are still about. Just so rich

And then a slight drop in temperature and the leaves off this gingko have dropped

And this maple too, dropped an absolute carpet

But night after night we got the lovely pink skies

Still with a little bit of autumn colour and that lovely pinky glow

Love these pompoms on the trees

I especially like the yellow leaves hanging on

Beautifully contrasting with this white house. Think the house is from the 20's

OOh that's a mean pumpkin. He was put up a tree!

I have never seen a yellow one carved before and these guys haven't yet made it to the kerb

Now that's a riot!

There's that lovely little white house again and an amazing cloudy sky. 

Literally ripples of pink across the sky, that really is a rare sight



At this time of year, this cotton candy plant (Milk weed?) are just floaty and delicate

A bit if an oasis in our city

Such a magical place

River windy

and a low sun. I am making the most of that

Then winter!

My poor snoopy pumpkin

This maple leaf looks like it is trapped in ice. It was caught under a big layer of slushy ice

This picture was taken at night in front of a church with help of a street light. The yellowed windows and the yellow leaves catching my eye

So many animal tracks in the back garden



Soon the snow has gone and we have bright blue skies again

Berries on plants



But we all know that there is more snow to come. November was rather lovely in the end and now we are into December we huddle up a little more and find cosy spaces. 

For now my little choir are a point of light. They brighten those dark mornings. It's just a few more weeks and the days will start to be longer!