A Natural Confusion

 

 

Hey Mother Nature, what is going on???

 

 

For the past few weeks it has been deliciously

cool.  Far too cool for mid-August.

 

 

I loved it... waking up and wanting to

stay in bed with the covers pulled up

because it was so chilly that early in the day.

 

 

I just got back from a hike and it is

roasting out there.  The weatherman

says this may be the hottest week of

the year!

 

 

But the leaves are changing color and

beginning to fall.

 

 

Acorns have started dropping.

 

 

Some berries are drying but I think most

of them are being eaten by the birds.

 

 

I love finding feathers, I think it is

good luck.  This one was stuck in a

tree trunk.

 

 

No, too early.  I'm not ready to be thinking

about Christmas and snow yet.

 

 

Now it is time to settle in with my field

guides and ID everything I've found.