Water Water Everywhere

Listen to the water, listen to the water, rolling down the river. Listen to the water, listen to the water, rolling down the river. 

Okay, so now that song is stuck in my head for the rest of the day. These pictures are not of a river, but some flooding we experienced after last week's big rainstorm. If you don't think water has much pressure behind it, think again. The culvert is now bent upward. An odd looking sight.

October Mayflowers

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.  ~Proverb

We haven't had winter yet, so you might want to rethink that old proverb. This solitary mayflower was found on the 18th of October. I totally love finding these little surprises in nature. It lets me know that absolutely anything is possible even those things that are not probable.

Cranberries on the Vine

Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.
~~Kent Nerburn

These cranberries were not found in a bog, but were growing alongside the ditch in a Christmas tree lot in the Forties Settlement. Having always thought that cranberries grew in bogs, it had only been the past ten years or so that I discovered the difference.

On Dragonfly Wings

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon

This lady dragonfly was resting on a fir tree one morning in late September. Wings glistening in the early morning dew, she did not fly away but rested there as if preserving what bit of life she had left in her for another day.

September Raspberres

There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf. (E. W. Howe)

I discovered these ripe raspberries on the last day of September. What a pleasant surprise. Just when we think that summer is over, we are gifted with these small reminders.

Late September raspberries are just as delicious as July raspberries!