day spent walking

this is the view right outside my front door across the street.
dusk brings out the beautiful golden hues of the leaves.


nandina bushes heavily laden with berries are all around our property.
for some reason i have taken notice of them more this season with their reds, oranges and deep burgundies.



our 7 plus acres is partly pasture but their is a wall of dense
trees to the left that divides us from one neighbour.
as we take our leave to walk, the trees are our guides.




the leaves have been falling profusely creating showers of colour.
as they leave the trees, the berries all around show off their many varieties.








for me there is something so telling, so beautiful about spent...leaves, wildflowers, and fields.

since our frosts have tipped all the greenery in brown

the berries are just waiting for the birds to come and eat.

pleasing to my eye is the wispiness of the thistle.

i love the look of sepia in natural wild scape's.

this old tree holds many secrets of birds lives.






queen anne's lace is still pretty even though bitten.







nature is the best inspiration for fashion.

just take a look at the red, green, brown, grey...or the orange with black polka dotted leaves.

this walk has been rejuvenating for me and dh.

taking time alone, together, it is a blessing.

taking note of the beauty in nature always does the heart and mind good.

black is beautiful

this little guy made me pause a while this morning.

is he good or is he bad?

i'm not sure but he sure is striking.

taking a look around today i notice alot of black in my garden.

normally you don't really think of BLACK as a desirable colour for the garden.

i like it in my clothes (a little too much.)

how many little BLACK dresses and shirts should you have?

one of my favourite shops is BLACK and white.

i use it alot as accents in my home.

two of my sons eyes are so dark brown they look BLACK at times...

...deep wells into their souls.

most of us compost to get BLACK gold for planting.

i love having gold finches in and about my garden.

they love niger seed and spent

coneflowers. both are BLACK.

we have all been posting about the "bumbles" as sherry from

my wildlife sanctuary calls them.

they have the most glorious BLACK bums...

...shining and glistening in the sunshine.

they and their BLACK bottoms are the carriers of our gardens

prized posession, golden pollen...

...taking it and distributing it around our gardens.

if we want to attrach birds to our gardens we put out BLACK sunflower seed.

recently i planted this dark coloured pansy.

this one looks almost BLACK .

it is my favourite one so far.

of course you all met "jade" .

who is as BLACK as night.

who doesn't like a BLACK kitten?

these spent BLACK-eyed susans are providing

new seed for next years crop, beautiful.

i just bought this beautiful old window, painted BLACK to

greet visitors at my front door.

i guess i love the colour BLACK even in my garden!

blessings of harvest to all of you, my friends.