Signs of Autumn

 Summer is rapidly winding down...only 8 days left until Autumn begins.

It's one of my favorite seasons and last week I took a walk and discovered a few early signs of Autumn.

A few of the leaves changing on this tree already.

On the way to the store I spotted this tree and had to get some pictures of it.

Those bright red leaves really stand out.

Around the block from us I spotted a trio of pumpkins growing in a neighbors yard.

Also on the same walk...some berries from a Dogwood tree.  I just looked this up, It's called a Chinese Dogwood and apparently the fruit is edible.  I may have to walk back around the block and eat one. -Edited to add:  Well I walked around the block again and found a couple of the fruits still on the tree.  Picked them, washed them, cut them open and ate a small amount of the flesh.  - Opinion, taste a bit sweet but texture is mushy, too many seeds which you aren't supposed to eat and well just not worth it in my opinion.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  - I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

Willy Nilly Friday Five - Random Things

 Hello & Welcome!

 

Joining Tom (The Backroads Traveller) for WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE 

 

 

 

 1.  Curvy - Spotted this curvy grass out on a walk.

2.All in a Row - Love this group of trees a few blocks away from where I live.

3. Feeling Squirrelly  - One of the many squirrels that stop by for peanuts at the feeders everyday.

 

4. - Fenced In. - Part of a fence a few houses away with a backdrop of Dogwood Blooms.

5. -  Reflections - Some cattails and reflections at Rooks Park.

6. - Spring White  - Spotted these pretty white flowers, (Snowdrop Anemones) out on a walk one day.  They sure are pretty.

7. - What? - While out for a walk I noticed this unusual sidewalk job. 

8. - Easter Cutie - We celebrated a week late as the kids/grand kids had the stomach flu Easter weekend.  Ugh!

 

 

9. - Furry Cuties:  Our two youngest,  Rowdy & Rascal enjoying some bonding time.

 

 My favorite girl singer:That lady could belt out a tune!

  

Happy Mother's Day weekend to all the mothers both past, present and future. 

Willy Nilly Friday Five - April 29, 2022 (Fun with Trees and Bushes)

 Hip Hip Hooray,  A new post from me!  

So today I'm posting for WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE hosted by Tom, (The Back roads Traveller)

1.  One day I was walking down the block and spotted something that looked a bit "odd"  as I got closer I realized what it was and had a real good chuckle.  -  It was a tomato bush but not your ordinary tomato bush.  Someone had a great sense of humor or just wanted to feed the birds.

2.  Next up every year this lady a few blocks away decorates her front tree with plastic Easter Eggs,  I've posted pictures of the tree before but am sharing one shot from this years tree.

They are so colorful and fun.  I noticed a lot of other people decorating their trees with eggs this year.

3.  So I went to photograph something else and spotted these little bushes and just had to share.

Aren't they funny!

 

4.  Out on a walk this week I spotted this on a tree, it made me smile too.

5. Finally I had some fun of my own with a photo I took of some weeds growing up through the concrete.

Here is the original photo, straight out of the camera:

 

 

 They sort of reminded me of Palm trees .  Anyway I played around on Pic Monkey and used the Warhol feature and came up with this.

So that's it for this post.  I've got more stuff to share so hopefully I can post a little more often then I have been.

Willy Nilly Friday Five - April 12, 2019

Hello and Welcome!

Spring has arrived and here we are experiencing the old saying of, "April Showers" bring May flowers.  - It's rained & rained and rained.  But it beats the snow so I won't complain (to much).

Joining Tom (The Backroads Traveller) for:
WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE

1.  Took another drive up in the mountains and along the way we spotted several deer in a field.  I pulled over and snapped a few shots.  After about 5 shots I realized that the camera was on Black/White mode so I switched it to color.  This shot however is in Black and White but I like it anyway.

 2.  On the same drive and in the same filed as the deer there were a bunch of Wild Turkeys - Yep you get turkeys again.  This fellow was strutting around and if you look in the brush you will spot several other turkeys. 

3.   A recent drive out to shot the new wheat surrounded by the Blue Mountains in the background.

4.  I like to try new recipes and the salad on this plate of food is one of them.  It's Macaroni Coleslaw and can be found by clicking on the link.  It was yummy but makes a ton of salad.

5.  After one of the rainstorms this week we had a huge double rainbow.  I couldn't get a complete shot of the entire rainbow but I liked how this shot turned out.

6.  A nearby Tulip or Magnolia Tree in full bloom.

7.  My daughter's dog, Baylie anticipating being able to eat that bone balanced on her nose.  This shot was for 52 Frames this past week under the theme of, Food.





Can't leave out the cats so here's one of them as well.

A collage featuring Harley, Bandit and Gidget

First Photo - Harley and Bandit (his favorite cat to take a nap with)
Second Photo -  Harley and Gidget (our newest furry family member) and Third Photo - Harley and Pepper.  A rare shot indeed because he can't stand Pepper and rarely spends any time near her unless it's to chase her around.  Good thing he was asleep and didn't realize she was next to him.

That's it for this week.  Thanks for visiting.  Have a great weekend.

Willy-Nilly Friday Five and Feline Friday - April 13, 2018

Welcome!

Once again it's time for WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE now being hosted by Tom (The Backroads Traveller).

1.  Took Coleen and her friend, Helen to the park the other day.  One of the few days it wasn't raining.  In fact the sun was out and the turtles were taking advantage of that.

2.  I thought we were at our local city park (Pioneer Park) but according to the vehicle parked next to me we may have been at a different park...

3.  As I've mentioned it's rained ALOT here this month. We had a horrible thunder and lightning storm the other night. There was one clap of thunder that sounded like an "explosion" and I told my husband that lightning had to have hit something very close by.  Spotted this the next day & sure enough that is what happened.

Lighting hit this 100+ year old Green Ash tree about a block away from where we live.  It just exploded about 50 feet of the tree into oblivion. 

4.  Spotted this truck down the street and thought of Debbie (It's All About Purple) immediately so I stopped and took a picture to share.

Pretty sharp looking and most certainly Purple!

5.  Finally today we can't leave without sharing a photo of a cat (sorry for none cat lovers)...Speedy G showing a little bit of "fang".
Sharing this with FELINE FRIDAY

In lieu of all the "rain" we've had this month I'm leaving you with this song choice:

Have a great weekend...More rain headed our way.  Oh Goodie!

Willy Nilly & Feline Friday - February 9, 2018

Welcome.

Joining in today for

WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE  

 
 
 
 
 
 



 


It's all about "colors" this week. - Since February is generally a gloomy month (it's been rainy & overcast here most of the month) I thought I would add some photos of color that I spotted while out and about this week.

1. 

Spring Crocus blooming in someone's yard.  Don't they look cheery!

 

 

2. 

Colorful Grafitti on a bridge.

 

3.  The colors of an evening sunset this week looking down our street.

 

 



 

4.  Some tree bark that I found colorful and fascinating.

 



 

5. 

Sleeping cats on a Christmas blanket (I need to put that away). - This is also for FELINE FRIDAY

Leaving you with a couple of songs with a color in the song.  Today's colors were:  Green & Red.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

 



Felines & Willy-Nilly Friday Five

Welcome! - I've been pretty the past couple of weeks so I haven't had much time for blogging.  Today I'm taking time to participate in,

FELINE FRIDAY and WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE


1.  Part of the business of the past 2 weeks.  Back to Back Birthday Celebrations.  - My mom turned 89 on the 18th and Coleen turned 13 on the 19th (Yes we have a teenager in the house now!)

2.  Spotted this Dried Artichoke Bloom growing up through a stump one afternoon.  - I thought it looked pretty cool.

3.  Spotted this display at a local grocery store.

4.  The sun was shining on the neighbors trees the other night (we've had a lot of rain so the sun was a welcome sight) and I really liked the colors of the trees.

5.  Goofing around with our cat, Dottie this morning.

                                           It's,  "Dottie Trump!"

Please no "haters" as this was just meant to be funny.

Have a great day.