Wednesday, October 23, 2013

A Second Look--October 23, 2013

The days this week have been predominated by wet and dreary weather and some mornings have been downright cold with actual frost to scrape from the windshield.  The leaves are about at their half way point as far as color is concerned, and there are now plenty to rake/mow. In some areas I had to look hard, but there are still a reasonable number of flowers blooming. I always enjoy this time of year when we get color from both leaves and flowers. Here are some things I saw this week during my Second Look.


The hydrangea is getting a darker color of pink each week.




Another color of mum bloomed. These had several insects buzzing around them.




Most of the balloon flowers look like the seed pods on the left. This lone flower is refusing to believe it's fall.


The rest of the begonias turned brown about a month ago, but this one is still going strong.



Female cardinal and tufted titmouse. The female cardinal shares the feeder better than the male one does.


Dead nettle


Maple tree and leaves from it. The lower half of the tree is mostly green.



Posted by Live and Learn at 7:18 AM
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  1. SharonOctober 24, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    LOVE the pics, especially of the birds. How do you get so close to them? Or is it your awesome camera lens?

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    1. Live and LearnOctober 24, 2013 at 9:10 PM

      Most of my bird pictures are taken out my dirty kitchen window. I do have a zoom on my camera, but it is nothing fancy. Just a point and shoot. I would like to have a better camera or the patience to sit quietly outside close enough to the feeder to get really good pictures. However, neither is coming soon.

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  2. ~Carla~October 24, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    Such beautiful photos!! :) Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Live and LearnOctober 24, 2013 at 9:13 PM

      Your welcome. Doing a Second Look each week and sharing pictures of what I see is a one of the favorite parts of my blog.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    Enjoyed your pictures as usual. We found the bird here least likely to share the feeder was a bluejay. He would run off all the other birds. I love watching the trees here change from the top down it's almost like a countdown to the end of the season.

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    1. Live and LearnOctober 25, 2013 at 9:12 PM

      I like the idea of the trees having a count down to the end of the season. Very appropriate.

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