As It Fades

The autumn 'look' of November is fading, and with a combination of the rains of the past week and the freezing temperatures which will fall over us for three nights in a row beginning tonight, you can bet that the leaves on these trees of orange and gold will soon be gone for another year.  

Yes, it's the beginning of the 'bleakness' that we live in while Mother Nature rests throughout the winter months and slowly prepares herself for the soft green colors of springtime.  This bleakness shall pass... we just need to remember to keep more lights turned on around the house to remind us at noon that it is daytime.  LOL  Gray skies can sure leave you wondering what time of day it is, and sunsets come far too soon.  Time to give Izzy her daily melatonin since without it she loses her hair in a zigzag pattern come springtime. Poor girl.... or maybe she is trying to make a fashion statement ?

Here is a video showing what could be the last of our autumn colors as cold temperatures set in.

Now where did I put that heavy quilt for the bed?

My Movie 1 from Diane Cayton-Hakey on Vimeo.

Forest Living

 These are some of the woods on our property. 

It's only a measly three acres, but most of it does not need maintaining, other than the occasional taking down of a dead or nuisance tree that has been damaged by storm or insects.

 This is why our home is hidden from the main road, and by main road I mean a blacktopped road that hasn't been re-done in probably decades, other than an occasional patch of a pothole or damage done by heavy snow and heavy gully washer rains.

 Other than the sounds of school buses during nine months of the year, the weekly garbage/recycle trucks, a propane delivery truck once a month and Fed-Ex trucks delivering to we rural folk who shop online, it really is pretty quiet in these here parts 'o the country.

This forest is why we have so many twittering birds and nest builders, deer who hide and peek out from time to time, scampering squirrels, shy snakes, possum, and other things we hear but have not seen as of yet.

It's an ideal place to live if peace and quiet, tempered with a bit of outdoor work are what you seek in your retirement years.

It's all good...

unless of course you hear banjos.

Then you should paddle faster!