Signs of Autumn

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE FALL, YA'LL??  The Robins have been traveling through all weekend again coming back from the Northern States.  Some stay here in SC all year and others prefer more Southern temps like Florida. 

On our walk around the block last week, I picked up some beautiful fall leaves, Post Oak and Bradford Pear leaves.

  They made a lovely bed to set my wooden figures of the good witch and Pooky's Grandma in her pumpkin costume.  My husband made wood cut-outs of my drawings and then I painted them.  I have had the good witch with her cat and pumpkin for many years now and have made and sold many of them in the past.  Pooky's Grandma is my original cartoon character that you have probably seen in my side bars.  Bill surprised me with her last fall and brought her to life in wood.  I just love her.

The Post Oak leaves are very pretty with their rounded leaves.  The longest one in the picture is 6 inches long!  I have also spray-painted them gold in the past and they look wonderful on a mantle or tablescape.  Post Oaks are southern oaks growing in dry sandy soil.

The Bradford Pear leaves will come in Deep Reds, oranges and yellow as they fall from the trees in our backyard.  They are wonderful shade trees and have beautiful white blossoms every spring.

Come Back and see me again!

Bradford Pear Trees in Bloom

SPRING IS IN THE AIR--FULL BLOOM!

No matter where you look from our house, you can see a Bradford Pear tree in bloom!  
This is one is in the front yard. 

This one is in the back by the lake.

This one is the view from my bath window this morning and below is a closer one...



Using the Zoom from the bath window...
You can see the one on the next street!



This one is looking from my front porch to the North on our Street. 

This is a wider angle shot of the one in the backyard.  and even then, the camera does not do it justice! 

  Below is a picture of a branch I brought in to force the  blooms a few days ago before the trees were all blossomed.

Thank you so much for coming as always!  What is blooming at your house, that is if you do not live back in our home state of New York where it is still snowing! 

   Please visit my other blogs this morning as well as I am posting pictures of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that I was finally able to capture this moring in the back yard...

♥KERRIE♥

My heart to yours....