Fall Around O-Town

We have a preponderance of fiery red maples here in O-Town..They're among my most favorite.



This is the view from my front porch..Kind of a blustery day,but the color palette is very pleasing.



No zoom here!..This little grey squirrel allowed me to approach within a few inches,..


..before bounding off into a nearby tree,in search of a suitable place to lay her eggs.

It's a little hard to tell,but the morning dew has turned to ice on this hardy rose.

'I'm not cleaning that up!'

This magnificent fungus sprouted up within 24 hours of a heavy rain storm!
It's a little bigger than a basketball,..more like the size of those red rubber 'dodgeballs',like the one Tommy Kratzmar hit me in the face with back in 3rd grade,and made me cry..In the 5th grade,I threw a rock at him and knocked him off a cinder block wall,causing him to break his arm..So it all turned out quite nicely in the end.

..Top view of above fungus.

I'm counting this as Fall color.

Empty nest syndrome..



A typical O-Towner,in traditional garb.