I always enjoy the colors of fall and since I retired from teaching I enjoy the weather also though sweltering summer is my favorite season. Right before I wrote this post, one of my sons quietly called me to join him outside. A white-tailed doe stood in our driveway, not thirty feet away from us. After staring at us for a moment, she bounded across the road and out of sight. Then her two fawns, both with only a few spots remaining, walked past us, almost within touching distance. Our yard has provided refuge for a bounty of wildlife this year. Besides the four deer families we've seen with regularity, we have a resident skunk who usually keeps his smell to himself. A large hawk lives somewhere nearby and often sits on our pool fence. We've spotted bald eagles high overhead, blue jays every day, and numerous other colorful birds. We've also seen plenty of turkeys in the fields nearby. I LOVE living in the country.
For the writing business this week, I'm finally caught up on a whole lot of things that were not working on my current WIP. I intend to tackle that piece of work this weekend.
From the Old Farmer's Almanac this week: Experience teaches you to recognize a mistake when you've made it again.
Faults are thick where love is thin. An English proverb.
If you didn't visit IWSG for Anne R. Allen's post about the difference between dreams and goals, you really should. You might recognize yourself somewhere in her descriptions. I did.
Happy leaf raking, soon. Do you enjoy fall? See any wildlife around your abode? Has experience helped you recognizing your mistakes? Did you visit Anne at IWSG?
14 comments:
If the skunk vanishes, you can thank the hawk.
I enjoy the cooler weather and the football!
HI, Susan,
Fall is a lovely time of year. Crisp weather, sunshine a blaze of fire red, gold, and orange. So beautiful. I live in the city of Chicago. But I also live on the park so my view is the pond, and countless trees, They are just starting to turn. In a few weeks GOLD leaves will be seen for miles. So pretty.
Lots of birds here. Tons of sparrows, robins, mockingbirds, ducks and geese. Almost too many. LOL.
Wow, quite the comings and goings in your yard. Hopefully the skunk keeps its distance though
We've seen quite a bit of wildlife this year too - deer, rabbits, raccoons, an owl (we hear it often and have only seen it once), a pileated woodpecker, and lot of other birds too. My dog found a skunk but thankfully, I hustled him away before the skunk sprayed - but it was close. Whew. :)
Glad you are enjoying fall!!!
Ah, fall. LOVE the great outdoors this time of year.
Enjoy living in the boondocks. I grew up in them, and now live in town. At least there are barren fields and mountains a few miles north
That's the good thing about country, you always have something to enjoy - the nature itself. I love fall and I love the country too.
There is a herd of deer that visit our neighbor's property a couple times a week. I need to post some photos of them. I love watching them run and frolic.
Oh yes, to fall. Love it and feel my hibernating tendencies coming on.
Congrats on catching up on other things besides writing.
Fall is my favorite season, even though I'm not fond of raking! *LOL* We have bunnies and sometimes turkeys take a detour through our neighborhood. I'd love to live in the country, though. Anne's post was fantastic!
We have had deer visiting us and eating my hostas since the spring. I am no longer a fan. We have turkeys and hawks too. Oh, and coyotes. Can't forget to mention them.
I love fall - my favorite season. I imagine I would love it even more if I lived in the country.
I love fall too. Today is nice and breezy.
I missed Anne at IWSG, I'll stop by.
It's almost time to put up the bird feeders at our house. Can't do it too early. Bears. No joke.
I absolutely love the fall! My favorite time of the year. There's plenty of wildlife around here, but I haven't been out and about as much as I would have liked. I need to this week.
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