Thursday, August 20, 2009

On the cusp of Autumn

We are on the cusp of Autumn.



The Crab Apples are ripening.



The leaves in the Fire bush are beginning to turn.

The Rose of Sharon are in bloom.


The Red Admiral butterflies are in their second brood.



My neighbor's bushes are full of orange berries.

Their Walnut trees are full of nuts.



Red Spotted Purple butterflies are basking.



The Bronze Fennel is in bloom.

Tiger Swallowtails nectar in the Zinnias.

It looks to be an early Autumn this year.

It is just beginning.

Today is the New Sunflower Moon.

By next New Moon it will be Autumn.

8 comments:

arabesque said...

i like the crab apples and the berries... again wonderful shots...

marmee said...

i can't wait for autumn...

April said...

We are definitely 'on the cusp'! Delightful pictures all down the page - the Red Spotted Purple Butterfly is gorgeous!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

Do you cook the crab apples? On both sides of the road of my school, we have lots of crab apples.

No body uses them,
http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/02/crab-apples.html

Elaine Yim said...

The butterflies pictures are lovely. I think the crab apples look like berries.

Anonymous said...

WoW...simply beautifully captured shot...lovely!

Carina Felice, Photography said...

Lovely serie...
and lovely comment you leaved in my Lens :) so....Thankyou very much, from heart.
Namaste/\

Anonymous said...

AFTER SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES IT MAKE ME WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOT WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US IN NATURE. SO MANY FOLK DON'T TAKE THE TIME. BLINDFOLD YOUR EYES SOMEDAY AND JUST SIT OUTSIDE AND LISTEN.IT'S LIKE, WELL ,IT'S LIKE GOD SPEAKING IN THE BREEZE.

TG
GRANNY