This and That from the Woods....

I don't know about YOU,

but this week has been CRAZY.

I haven't been NEAR my computer

and I am woefully behind in reading all my friend's blogs!

But, it is autumn here, so besides meetings, and other things in life

going on,

I have been out in the gorgeous autumn leaves taking many, many pictures

of our season

for future blogposts.

What happens here, is that the leaves are in full color for a very short period of time.

If we get a lot of rain or wind, they can literally all fall off within a few days.

So I vowed this year that I would get outside

on every nice sunny day and get as many photos as possible

before we lose all that beautiful color.

Thus, I have been MIA from reading others' blogs

and from being timely

in my own posts.

Normally, now...I post on every other day by 7am..

But, today I was late.

Today, I have pictures for you of when we out in the woods about two weeks ago...

My hubby took me to a tiny, hidden waterfalls in the woods

and we drove about and found some other beauty

in the woods too.

 

This was before the leaves started changing colors

in our woods...

and we had gone out just after a light rain:

Believe it or not, this leaf was just a mile or two down the road

from where I took the last picture:

(Which told me that autumn was, indeed on it's way...and that was two weeks ago!)

The cold nights and the warm water on the lake caused morning fog.

I couldn't resist running down and snapping some photos of it.

The water is quickly getting very cold, too....

And the tiny, hidden waterfalls
that my husband told me he had to show me?

Worth every step over the rotten logs and every swat of swinging tree limbs

to climb down to!

It was heavenly!:

We found the cutest toadstool mushroom:

And, there are STILL dragonflies out and about:

And deer, still with their fawn spots:

I crawled over to the top of that little waterfalls,

just so I could take a shot

of the water going over the top:

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of autumn

where you are,

and are outside as much as you can be....

because before you know it, I will be posting SNOW photos!!!

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Speaking of

WATERFALLS....

Did you send me

your photo of a WATERFALL

or FOUNTAIN

yet for September's FREE PHOTO CONTEST????

Just follow THESE RULES.

Remember, the deadline is just around the corner!!

You have to get it to me by midnight on Sept. 30th...

so hurry!!!