Hanging on

Deep purple. Before they wave goodbye and fall to the lawn, our front-yard dogwood tree leaves get good and dark purple.

Chiming in

Enjoy the last run. Soon enough, my dear wife Karen and I will collect our warmer-month outdoor stuff and pack it away safely for the cold and snow that will arrive to our part of the world. Until then, we will love the beauty of it all.

The big turn

Mellow yellow. Yes, indeed, our back garden plants are finally changing their leave colors. Biggie. The yellow of the rose leaves is bright, and the size of the hostas leaves amazes me.

Don’t close it!

Let the sunshine in. Our cherished rescue mutt got in through the side door and discovered I’d somehow left the back door open when she and I went out for her first morning backyard stroll. The sun was coming in. Unfortunately, it’s cold enough outside that mean old daddy is going to close the door…

Give ‘em up, trees

Not quite. The snow is down but the leaves on the trees surrounding our backyard are still up. Interesting November, this.

Brush up from basement

Car, covered. Yes, a trip to the basement to locate the snow-clearing brush for our trusty vehicle was successful.

Any more in there for fall and winter?

Deep cover. Our backyard roses have been known to kick out blooms late into autumn and winter. The first good snow cover this November disguises that fact quite well.

Cool roses

Hang in there! A lingering red bloom petal or two still clung to the front-yard roses when the first measureable snow of the season decided to pile up around it.

No more grilling until …

Successful coverup. We did have enough notice from the weather folks about the first measureable snowfall for me to grab our grill cover from the shed and get the valuable piece of cooking equipment safely protected for fall, winter and early spring.

Green and white

Blend of seasons. Not only have these front-yard bush’s leaves not fallen before the initial measureable snow, this mid-November they’ve yet to go from green to yellow to gone.