The Beauty Of The Snowy Egret In Autumn

 

"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seem them all."

~E.O. Wilson

"I love Snowy egrets... they are smaller than most in their family they are dainty and unlike the Great Blue Heron and Great Egrets, they feed in flocks... in community."

~Unknown

The Snowy egret population have been particularly beautiful this autumn. Every single one of them take my breath away...

Woodbridge Road In Autumn

 

Isenberg Sandhill Crane Preserve

Lodi, California

No sun... no moon!

No morn... no noon

No dawn...

No sky... no  earthy view...

No distance looking blue...

No road... no street... no "t"other side the way...

No end to any row...

No indications of familiar people...

No courtesies of familiar people... for showing 'em...

No knowing 'em...

No traveling at all... no notion...

"No go"... by land or ocean...

No mail... no post...

No news from any foreign coast...

No park... no ring... no afternoon gentility...

No comfortable feel in any member...

No shade... no shine... no butterflies... no bees

No fruits, no flowers no leaves, no birds, 

November!

~Thomas Hood

You can't really say Woodbridge road is nothing special, especially this time of year, in fact it can be downright charming. We have Sandhill Crane, and Belted Kingfishers, assorted ducks, burrowing owls, and hawks of all kinds! On clear days there is a striking view of the Sierras, especially in autumn and summer. In fact, you can feel, and see, the snow on the mountains! It can be magical watching the crane come in to rest for the evening at the, Isenberg Sandhill Carne Reserve. It's usually quite peaceful there, if you don't count the sound of cows mooing and farm work being done, but it's all good, those are pleasant in their own way. It's life on Woodbridge road, and I really wouldn't want it any other way!

The beautiful I have seen on Woodbridge in the last few years!

I love that road, and I am going to miss it very much after we move.

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #70

 

"The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer.

 One ripens apples, the other one turns them into cider."

~Jane Hirshfield

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #69

 

"The torchlit garden was redolent with the colors and scents of autumn... gold and copper foliage, thick borders of roses and dahlias, flowering grasses and beds of fresh mulch that the air pleasantly pungent."

~Lisa Kleypas

It Happened One Autumn

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #68

 

"Autumn is an interesting season, even in the metaphor of life, is a time of decline, of loss, but also intense haunting beauty. Some places, like people, never are, or has been, as beautiful in their fall."

~Luigina Sgarro 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #67... Thanksgiving Edition

 

"It's a beautiful Fall day. Gentle wind teases stubborn autumn leaves. Some defy the gentle wind and sway. A taunting dance. Come with me and look at the magnificence of the last dance."

~Fidelis O. Mkparu

Love's Affliction

"Life is a celebration.

 Consider everything that makes you happy as gift from God and say, 'Thank you."

~Francis Lucille

The Perfume Of Silence

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Be thankful for the beautiful moment.

Be thankful for the gift of today.

Be thankful for how far you have reached.

~Lailah Gifty Akita

Think Great: Be Great

From Our House To Yours...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #66

"She seemed a compound of autumn leaves and winter sunshine... "

~Virginia Woolf

Night and Day

Oh To Be A Bird In Autumn

 

Oh to be a bird in autumn

Tucked within a rosy tree

While crisp October winds sweep by

To twine about the fallen leaves

To catch a gust and take to soaring

Out above a glistening Fall

And not to miss a single thing

Be see and hear and feel it all

~Laura Jaworski

I know I have been sharing a lot of birds lately, but with the Pacific Flyway open, they are everywhere, old friends and new friends alike. All birds are fascinating, so that makes birding more than just a past time, it is my way of life. For the next few weeks, it's all about the birds and leaves. Oh, and cooking. Thanksgiving is just a couple days away! Yike... wasn't it just Halloween?

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #65

 

"How sad would be November be if we did not have knowledge of Spring."

~Edwin Way Teale

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #64

 

"For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea."

~Katarina Bivald

The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend

In Just One Week In Autumn

 

"And you stand on your stoop or in your door yard at mid-afternoon and watch the cloud shadows rush across Griffin's pasture and up Schoolyard Hill, light and dark, light and dark, like the shutters of the god's being opened and closed."

~Stephen King

Salem's Lot

It's only been a week. Just one week. 

And that's not counting my own daily events. It was one of those weeks that makes you turn to Stephen King, just to make it all make sense.

Here's more in pictures...

 

And there was so much more, including taking Simon and Tyler to be neutered and microchipped. Tyler took the long ride over the Altamont pass really well, Simon, not so much. While in his travel kennel, he cried LOUD and jumped around. He pulled at the metal screen and scared his mommy for about 50 miles of the 70 mile trip. Sigh. But he stopped all complaining when we turned on the 80's channel on Siris XM. What had been a nerve wracking trip, suddenly became a fun filled trip for the whole family. The kitties were in the pet hospital for a couple days, so naturally their mommy got so nervous that her kitties weren't with her, that she got hives! I am so stupid! But what can I say? They aren't just cats they are my babies! I am thoroughly in love with both of them, and I am trying to get photos, but kitten energy makes it tough! Oh well, it will happen. If I don't drop dead from exhaustion!

Just kidding.

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #61

 

"Life starts all over again, when it gets crisp in the Fall."

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

An Autumn Day At Yolo Bypass

 "Be thankful for what you have,

 your life is someone else's fairy tail."

~Wale Ayeni

The last time I visited Yolo Bypass Wilderness Area was about late September, and it was unbearably hot, with temperatures left over from summer, so I wasn't photographing autumn lit trees, I was photographing praying mantis and gorgeous dead thistles. Wednesday it was all about the seasons, moving the year along. I don't think winter is insinuating itself in autumn's life, but it autumn was entertaining winter with moody lighting, beautiful ducks, and a lot of potholes along the unpaved roads, from two recent storms. We are now in the between season!

American Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal and Northern Pintail