 |
| The shadows from the early sun are fascinating to me. |
Today the dog comes home. If all goes well at work I will pick him up this afternoon. I walked by myself up to the west end of the dirt road and then started back. As I walked out of the trees the shadows and colors on the road were really nice looking so I stopped and took a photo. We are now at a point in the season where the summertime things have stopped growing and the fall and winter plants are just beginning to show up. It is as though nature is taking a break from the frenzy of summer to rest before the winter work begins. The animals are preparing as well. The birds have stopped nesting and are moving their young to areas that will sustain them through the winter. The squirrels have begun making those nests that look like a ball of leaves way up in the tops of trees. Since the days are cooler the reptiles are doing a lot of sunning in the morning and afternoon to keep their body temperatures up. We usually get a frost sometime shortly after Halloween. The weather then will slowly begin to change to the sunny days with a chilly wind or the cold rainy days both of which represent the winter we know here on the Gulf Coast. For the most part though it is a good place to spend winter as there are many days when the temperatures will rise into the 60's and 70's all though the season. Sleet and snow are so rare as to be a source of curiosity when they occur. As I have said before winter here is much like spring in the rest of the country so many of us use this time to plant winter gardens. That reminds me I have collards that need planting. Thanks for reading my blog today. Bye
