Late October

Temperatures were cold for several nights with frosty grass in the morning.  Sue harvested all the unripe tomatoes from her garden for Green Tomato Marmalade.  Saturday was unusually warm and sunny for early November so we had brunch on the porch.  Torta Fritas and toast with marmalade and blueberry preserves that she made this summer.   Yum,
yum !
    I used to walk out in the morning wearing one layer of clothing, a sun hat, and the binoculars.  Now its warm coat, fleece-lined hat, mittens, and boots.  Ugh.  Winter birds like Juncos are increasing.  Scenes like these are more common.  Leaves on shrubs and bushes are changing to red and yellow, as are the maples and oaks. 
    
 A spider web in a field.  Milkweed pods bursting full of seeds.

 Greater Yellowlegs in a coastal NH marsh.  Below, a White-tailed Deer stops to look at me.