Monarch Butterfly November 2, 2013

Monarch on Butterfly Bush, Straight Out of the Camera

October 26, 2013

This is the only Monarch I've seen this year
It stayed only a few hours before going on farther south.

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McAlpine Lake, November 1, 2013

McAlpine Lake, Amory, Mississippi, USA, Monday, October 28, 2013

The trees are beginning to get their Autumn colors here in north Mississippi.

Cypress Trees

Zooming in on the trees, I think they are Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum. The term 'bald' refers to the shedding of their leaves. They are bald until new leaves grow in the Spring. They are common in wetland areas of the southeastern United States and inland along the Mississippi
and Ohio Rivers.

As for this week's weather, Monday, as you can see, was a pretty, sunny day. By mid-week we were under mostly cloudy skies, and Thursday was windy with rain all day.

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Outdoor Wednesday and ABC Wednesday, October 29-30, 2013

ABC Wednesday

P is for Pear Tree

Pear Tree in the Spring

Pear Tree in the Autumn

Largest one this year - 1 lb 9 oz. - about 710 kg - CORRECTION: That is 710g
Most of our pears are about one-third this size.

If you have an easy recipe using pears, I would be very happy to have it.

Outdoor Wednesday

A visitor on my Butterfly Bush October 26, 2013

I think this is the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae.

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Hibiscus, October 27, 2013

Photographed at our favorite Mexican Restaurant in Amory, Mississippi, October 21, 2013, SOOC

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October Salad Days, October 26, 2013

'Grand Rapids' Lettuce, October 5, 2013

'Grand Rapids' Lettuce seeds were sown the last week in August
First harvest was October 5th, very near the '45 days to maturity' promised on the seed packet.
Now the weather is getting much colder, I'm covering the plants at night.

'Limestone Bibb' Lettuce, October 26, 2013

The first sowing of this lettuce failed to germinate, probably because the weather was still too hot.
'Limestone Bibb' Lettuces sown again on September 18. They are growing very slowly.

'Fooled You' mild Jalapeno Pepper, October 26, 2013

I've been covering the pepper plants at night hoping to coax a few more to get to eating size.
The rest of my garden (beans, tomatoes, okra) is finished. I'm already planning for next year!

First Frost, October 26, 2013

The view this morning at breakfast - first frost!
The field in the background is Soy Beans ready for harvest.

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Looking for Autumn Color, October 25, 2013

Wayne county, Tennessee, USA, October 23, 2013

On Wednesday, we drove north to see if the trees were putting on their Autumn colors.
It was a beautiful sunny day. Most trees were still wearing their Summer green.
It looks like I'll have to be content photographing individual leaves for awhile longer.

I think this is Poison Sumac, Toxicodendron vernix
There is a non-poisonous Sumac, but I'm not going to touch it to find out which is which!

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