A Winter Storm Warning is set to start overnight tonight and the likelihood of a significant amount of snowfall over the next 2 days is at 100%. Before we move on to the next season in our extremely seasonal, northern climate, I want to savor fall just a little bit longer for it was a magnificently beautiful one. Sometimes fall is over in a blink of an eye in this city of mine, so I was a bit worried I would miss the change while I was off in Italy. I am so grateful this year's autumn was a slow and showy one that waited to put on the most spectacular part of the show until I was home to see it. Here are a few pictures from a weeknight walk I took during that brief period of daylight between work and sunset; a period of light that has already made itself scarce just a few short weeks later.
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| squirrel looking at me looking at him |
Paul and I spent half of our Saturday getting the garden, yard and chicken coop ready for the snowfall. Everything is harvested, raked, stowed, cleaned and everything else one needs to do when the yard will essentially be put in a snow and ice filled freezer for the next handful of months. There is a big bowl of chili ready for my lunch, a freshly started knitting project in my bag and a pair of snowboots by the door. If the snow flies as the forecast says it will, I am ready for it!
(I very much owe you a chicken update and will get to that soon!)
Trinity- your street looks so lovely in the fall! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Your new site design is lovely, too!
DeleteWe never really had fall colors where I grew up, so every September has been special since I moved to MN. But my Gods, this past Autumn was spectacular.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to take your post as inspiration an put some of the photos on my phone on my blog. I can only inflict so many of them on Instagram, after all.
Glad I could nudge some of those hidden phone photos out into the world!
DeleteAs for fall, I was starting to wonder if I was just cherishing it so much more this year or if it really was more potent than usual. I think it might have been a bit of both!
Beautiful! It's been lovely here, too. Hope the early snow wasn't too bad.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, it feels like January here so far. I hope we get a reprieve because I am just not sure I can embrace a winter that starts this fierce and early and holds on for the duration.
DeleteYou must be living in a little piece of heaven because your neighborhood is really gorgeous in the fall. Those fall colors are lovely and their fleeting appearance adds to the magic of the season. Thank you for sharing those lovely pictures of your street! I'm hoping that you and everyone else are in the best of health these colder months.
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What a kind wish! Thanks for popping in. It really was a magical fall. I am wishing I had taken more photos to use as color inspiration. Nature really knows what is up when it comes to spectacular color combinations.
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