Our Woods in the Fall

Fall is my favorite time of year.

I wait patiently, and each year I'm rewarded with it's beauty.

This year, God has granted us an especially colorful season.

 

It seems everywhere I look, the colors are incredibly vivid.

This is the view from our kitchen....I drink it in every chance I get.

 

I decided to take the camera, and get a closer view.......

The chickens thought I was coming for them.

 

So did the goats.

 

Sorry girls, I'm on a mission.

 

 

The woods await.

 

I headed in, but not alone.......

 

 

Billy never misses a chance for a walk.

(He thinks he's a dog. Don't tell him any different.)

 

 

The leaves were absolutely gorgeous. 

While I took their beauty in, Billy stood guard.......

 

 

While I looked for nature's hidden treasures.....

   

 

 Billy watched for nature's foes.

 

 While I admired our cows through nature's perfect frames..........

  

 

Billy decided to pose so I didn't forget who was most deserving of admiration.

 

 

Ahhh, yes....

Around here, Billy is King.

 

 

Lest we forget.

 

After properly admiring his regal beauty,

I went back to the autumn beauty.

 

 

 

 

And that's when it happened.

A snort.

 

 

 "WHAT WAS THAT?"

 

Don't worry Billy.

It's just a deer.

We couldn't see it, but it could see us.

And it didn't appreciate our presence.

 

Oh well, that's ok.

I don't appreciate the deer's presence in our yard either.

More specifically, the garden.

 

 

 I went back to admiring the cows.

 

 

And the trees.

 

And I could have stayed there for hours.

But, darkness was starting to creep in.

 

And while by day I feel no fear in our woods,

night is a different story.

 

When the coyotes start howling,

I want to be safely tucked inside the 4 walls of our house.

 

 

So we headed back, and watched the rest of the daylight fall

from the comforts of the front porch.

 

Ahhh, fall.