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| The Autumn landscape now wears russet and deep golden hues. |
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| As strong tall Oaks free their true colors. |
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| This morning the landscape and gardens were tossed ahead a few months into winter temperatures and snow! Most unusual for this time of year. |
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| This young buck forages through the wet snow. I love the way one of his budding antlers is directly poised ‘side by side’ with a plant stalk. |
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| By late morning the snow begins to melt and fall from the greatly relieved shrubs and trees. Like throwing off a heavy coat! |
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| I am thankful to see green again along with the shades of Autumn. I found it quite astounding . . . the difference in my mood . . . seeing the white melting away into the colorful palette again. |
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| High up in the naked Rock Maple a year round resident adult Red-shouldered Hawk fluffs up his feather coat. He gives me a glaring once-over, before placing his gaze upon the garden floor. |
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| His russet front mirrors the returning Autumn palette now mostly filling the landscape . . . as it should be on an October morning. |
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| Swooping down for some prey in the garden. Hopefully a rabbit or vole. |
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| I could not see if he caught anything. |
Each day grows side by side another. Never knowing how one will compare from the other. I suppose it makes life more adventurous that way, though I would rather not have winter on what I expect to be an Autumn day. It is down right rude of winter. Tomorrow we are to be treated to another winter storm!
I thought I saw some early winter snow in Sweden awhile back. Visit Katarina to see what might be ‘sida vid sida’ there.
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