Fall Challenge

So how about a little fun?  :)  Sadly.... there's no prize..... or judging.  :(  BUT!!!  It is a good challenge I think!  Here's what you need to know!!

When:

November 13 - 19 

The Challenge:

To post a picture that says fall each day.  You can post more than one picture or only one.  It can be wordless or not.  

How to enter:

Anyone can enter!!  Leave a comment at the bottom of this post saying that you'd like to be in the challenge.   Then each day when I do my fall post comment at the bottom of that post with a link to your blog.  At the end of the challenge I'll post a list of all the bloggers( or photographer's ; ) that stayed faithful and did at least one picture a day. 

Tell everyone!!!  If you have any questions about this challenge then please ask!!!  I may have forgot a detail or two....

Also if you are a regular photographer than comment somewhere on my blog and I'll put a happy little linky to your blog in my "Other great photgraphers" section.  

Sound like fun?  :)

A Fall Daybook

Outside my window...


It's BEAUTIFUL!!!  A nice fall-ish temperature.  We have the windows open so a wonderfully cool breeze comes through.  And it looks like we will have a pretty sunset tonight.  It will get chillier through this week and next.  And our highs are only supposed to be in the 70's!!!!!!  Ah!!!  At last cool weather!!

I'm Listening to...

The wind chimes blowing in the wind.  Such a pleasing sound.  And also our large dogs barking at who knows what.  :)

I can't wait for...

Spiced tea!!!  A fall tradition around here.  I also can't wait for leaves to be falling so we can rake them up and jump in them!!  :D  Such fun!

I would love to say more but I must go help make dinner.  :)  Maybe a longer post later this week?  :)
   

Sunsets and Rainbows

Pretty isn't it? I think that these are the two most beautiful things in nature: sunsets and rainbows.

Hints of Fall

Unlike other seasons, around here fall comes slowly.  So it's really neat to find all the little hints here and there.  I took a walk to see what I could find.

This grasshopper is actually as long as my finger.... which I measured.....  about 3 in. !!!!

Weeds  (ah hem) flower-blooming-plants-that-make-you-sneeze.  

A tiny bit of red in the trees!  

If you look closely you can see the back end of a bee, that has borrowed himself head first into this morning glory.  

Not very pretty... but I liked the angle!  :) 

Do you remember the Queen Annes Lace that I took pictures of earlier this year in this post...  here's what they look like now. 

Our Butterfly bush. 

Hope you enjoyed!  Maybe soon we'll have some more fall signs.  :)

A Wonderful Find

You'll never guess how we came across this beauty!  It's an Orb-Weaver and we have seen them before around here.  She was happily positioned on her web waiting for a juicy meal(luckily she took no interest in my camera!!!).    If there is any creature in the insect world that really has true beauty - it's the Orb-Weaver.

Hopefully I'll have a "signs of fall" post for everyone soon! 

A storm coming

This was actually taken quite a while ago.  There were some storms coming this day and I had been meaning to take a picture of the rose.... so I just combined the two!!!  :D  I like how it came out.  But it's kinda blurry because it was already so windy!

I haven't posted here in a while because I seem to have (misplaced) my camera cord......  BUT!  I found it!  So (hopefully) I'll be posting here more!  :)

Alright

So Animals won in my poll.  This we'll infact be difuculct, as I'm leaving for New Hampshire tomorrow for an entire week.  So don't think I'm slacking on my plans.  :D  The week I get back(starting on the 25th)  I'll take pictures all week in preparation.  Then from the 31st to the 6th I will post a few pictures a day...... possibly wordless.  I'm not sure if I want to do wordless or not.  I haven't decided yet.  

A quiet walk after the storms

There's really nothing like a nice quiet walk after a large storm.  (And may I say that we (thankfully) did not receive any major damage!)  

I like daisies.  :)

I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture but there are water droplets on it.  

It was still drizzling.  This is our bird bath. 

All the weeds in our garden are blooming......   That can only mean that we'll have to weed soon.  

I found this BEAUTIFUL Passion Flower!!!!  What a great find!!

It's like this all over our land.  Just twigs and branches everywhere.  This is actually just a picture of what the small things look like.... they really do get bigger.  

Anyway!  That's it for now!  :)  Only 6 more days left to vote!!!  (Hint-Hint)  :D

Remember!

Only 1 week left to vote on "What kind of pictures would you like to see more of her?"!!!  I guess if there's a tie then I'll have to do all of them.  But if one wins then I'll dedicate an entire week on it(with a "post-a-day" hopefully) .  I'm rather excited!  I've never really focused on Insects or Pond life before!  I've done animals but not really in depth.  And of course I've done flowers and plants..... :D

Pictures for Nature Photography Day

It was raining when I decided to go outside to take some pictures.

Summer Pictures

I was trying to think about what kind of pictures would say summer.  It was easy for me to find stuff that would say spring.  But summer I just couldn't figure out what things to look for, besides pools and water.  :)  Then I thought well I'll just take a walk around and see if anything speaks to me.  I think it worked.  :)

Singing through Spring-Part 1