Halloween Deer

Disturbed this deer having a very early morning breakfast this Hallows Eve.

Happy Halloween.

Pumpkin Colored Mushroom

Some mushrooms rival flowers in beauty. This one surely does.

Sunrise Spectacular

October sunrises are not only beautiful but, conveniently, they occur later in the day.

Gull

Look at those knobby yellow knees, that striped beak! Why is it that the thought of gulls makes writers and poets so melancholy?

THE wild bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing.
Now in a lily-cup, and now
Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,
In his wandering;
Sit closer love: it was here I trow
I made that vow,
Swore that two lives should be like one
As long as the sea-gull loved the sea,
As long as the sunflower sought the sun,—
It shall be, I said, for eternity
’Twixt you and me!
Dear friend, those times are over and done,
Love’s web is spun. ---Oscar Wilde

Hoosier Sunrise Chair

There are still a few seats open for the viewing of the last few sunrises in October 2011.

Hawk!

This Redtail Hawk was hunting this morning at Coffee Creek.

It appears to be a good year for tiny rodents. Happy hunting!

Butterflies in Fall Clothing

Leaves aren't the only thing that change colors in the autumn. This butterfly is sporting an autumn coat; one that is more orange than its summer dress, in keeping with the season.