plymouth rock chickens and a few fall things

its fall.  the light is changing.  you start to notice stuff.  like chicken feathers. you gotta love those barred rock feathers ... this one has been stuck in my van dashboard for a few weeks now ...
and then theres the foliage... click the photos to enlarge them ...

makes the old back yard sparkle .. and vegetables !

and tomatilla skeletons

and the asparagus bed on almost frosty morning

and the last of the zinnias ... days are dwindling down ... a few more golf days, a few more tennis days, on to winter paddle tennis ... and more big claro walnut tables

all for now

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Rabu, 24 Februari 2016

my friends the bald faced hornets

i like these guys ... we leave them alone, (mostly) and they leave us alone and amuse us with their wonderful creations ... it seems that every year we have a nest of them somewhere, usually in an out of the choice place on the house or in the woods nearby ... i was wondering where they were this year until i spotted them last night while sitting on my back deck and looking up at the incredible blue fall sky .. hi guys ... nice spot you picked this year ... probably the best one yet ... click the photos to enlarge them ...

last year they were occasionally warmed by the outside lights

but one year they decided to do the garage door thing, which made me nervous each time i backed the convertible out with the top down. in the end, with regret now, i nuked them in early august when the buzzing got really loud ...

and here they were, high in the tree tops back in 2008 ...

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