This cold crisp evening -- the first of winter -- I walked under the stars, crunched the dry freezing leaves underfoot, and photographed the red maple reaching for the night.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Happy Halloween!
This cold crisp evening -- the first of winter -- I walked under the stars, crunched the dry freezing leaves underfoot, and photographed the red maple reaching for the night.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
winter
The end of October is here, and suddenly the forcefully warm fall has broken into winter. Tonight I expect the first frost.
autumn colours
Left to right: horse chestnut, walnut (above and behind the chestnut), poplar, and hazel.
Monday, October 23, 2006
magnolia seedpod
It's unfortunate the tree doesn't make more of these; the red seeds inside are faceted and jewel-like, like pomegranate. When dried they're almost black, like lightweight pebbles.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
October begun
Well here we are half way through October, and still nearly no rain. But enough, thankfully, that the spring is back to usual levels. The lack of rain is making a beautiful autumn. Usually we have a precious few days of that classic dry crispy autumn before the torrents arrive and wash it away. This year we've been wandering in our Cowichan knits for a month already!
But not so good for the salmon that usually spawn here this time of year. There's not enough water in the river for them to come inland. Well, maybe soon.
But not so good for the salmon that usually spawn here this time of year. There's not enough water in the river for them to come inland. Well, maybe soon.
fungus!
Amanita fungus x2, pine mushroom (?), honey mushroom, older honey mushroom (?), puffball, older puffball, and strange bracket fungus.
apple time!
Two classes of preschool kids came to pick apples from our trees, last week! Now we have hundreds to store for winter.
butterfly bush seeds
Notice the earlier post of this same seed-head, where the flower petals were still attached.
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