Ahhh, autumn

The birds around here were very busy yesterday.  They ate nearly all of the seed from two full bird feeders.

The birds would swoop in and out of the trees, noisily take their turn at the feeder, and share the edge of the bird bath with one other.

Such activity, it was mesmerizing watching their play.

I captured this mourning dove perched on the edge of the bird bath.  I textured the photo with Kim Klassen’s Lola and SpilledInk textures.

Hope that you are having an awesome day!

Be wonderfully odd!

Apples and Pumpkins

Around this time of year we visit one of the many apple orchards in our area.  The local farms make it such a fun family event with hay rides, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes.
 
The orchard that we stopped at had a corn maze with a troop of girl scouts collecting the entrance fee and explaining the "word" challenge.  They explained that throughout the maze there are seven wooden stands, each with a single letter.  We were to write down the letters and if we unscrambled the letters into a word we could win an apple.  At the end of the maze we had our "word".  We walked up to the table and asked if we'd gotten the right answer and one of the young (and adorable) girls yelled "YES, yes, you got it right! Good for you!" - she was so happy for us - it was so cute!

We strolled through the quiet and peaceful orchard snapping photos, wandered through the pumpkin patches looking for the best pumpkin, ate apple pie and apple donuts while listening to a choir sing.
We left with a bag of apples, a jug of cider, and (after trudging through three patches) we had the perfect pumpkin.

Pumpkin Patch

This photo was textured with Kim Klassen's Dreamit and Goldenhour textures.

 

Pumpkin

 

Apple Orchard

Have a great day,

Be wonderfully odd!

A walk through the woods

Last weekend I grabbed my camera and  snapped a bunch of photos while we hiked through the woods.

I love the changes that fall brings - cool crisp air, the beauty in fading flowers, and the emerging red, orange, and gold colors of autumn.

I'm joining Texture Tuesday with this photo textured with two layers of Kim's Traverse texture.

Have a great day!

Be wonderfully odd!

Leaf Love

I’m seeing more signs of autumn these days – lots of reds, orangey browns, and gold in the leaves around here lately.

I found this bright red and curled up leaf on the sidewalk – just had to bring it indoors and photograph it’s imperfect beauty.

 

Red Leaf

I used two layers of Kim Klassen's grungeframed texture on this image.

Have a great day!

Be wonderfully odd!