Monday, October 12, 2020

Another Fine Kettle, Fall, Flowers, and a Funny Photo Fail

A so-called kettle of circling red-headed vultures are not experiencing hard times such as the comedic 'kettle of fish' tribulations suffered by the legendary Laurel and Hardy, but they are fun to see. The birds might migrate south or perhaps stay the winter, a cool surprise one year.

Like bubbles in a cauldron...

While we enjoy those flocks all throughout their stay, our many neighbors' maple tree leaves are season specific. Lucky us, only a few strays land in our yard each autumn.

Atop my rustic birdhouse...

Daylight hours are growing shorter and our plants are making the most of them. The deep purple aster came from one of two bought during my garden center visit.

I harvested more tomatoes, peppers, some
'pink fairy' baby's breath, as well as
cosmos along with the aster.


The altered shutter speed proved more interesting than expected. This cosmos flower almost looks angelic.

Ephemeral Beauty

Meanwhile, silly Jezebel left her tongue hanging out long enough for me to snap photos. And of course, I botched every one.

Unfocused, but at least recognizable.

Do you think our kitty was in the midst of grooming? Or was she perhaps deep in thought?

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20 comments:

  1. Cats just don't seem to care much if their wee tongue is sticking out!

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    1. I wish she did it more often. :) It's such a cute look.

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  2. I love the shot of the cherry tomatoes. That's was very artful.

    Have a fabulous day and week, Darla. Big hug. ♥

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    1. Thank you! ~hugs~ I don't think of myself as a particularly good photographer. They just presented themselves for the photo.

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  3. Looks like fall is upon you. And our days are definitely getting shorter (even if our temps are back into the upper 80s today).

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  4. Jezebel is a cutie. I like that dark purple aster too.

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  5. Hi Darla, those tomatoes look so nice!
    I have seen our cat keeping her tongue out. Does it mean anything? I have no clue!
    Take care.

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    1. Oh, you, too! I was so sorry about your family's loss and illnesses.

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  6. definitely sticking her tongue out at you to express emotion, lol. That is an awesome altered reality Cosmos! Bright fire fall leaf! Beautiful! When I see the vultures, I wag my finger at them and say "Not yet, not yet"

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  7. I adore your sense of humor. :) And thanks for all the kind words.

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  8. Either way your sweet babe don't look like she was much enjoying you snapping pics either way...haha. Love all those tomato's and flowers. Great pic on that. As for my Zinnias, the last of them were clipped and are in a vase on the coffee table, then the plants were pulled up. They were looking so bad that they had to go and the four o'clocks came up also. One more yard cut and bringing some plants in and I will have all that done. Hey....as for looking up Sal, totally forgot about that other blog post. Oh my gosh...life changes so fast.

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  9. That maple leaf atop your rustic bird house is picture perfect!

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    1. Thanks! :) I... ahem... might have placed it there.

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  10. haha.....came back to see and there again, my comment is not here. Are you messing with me lady??

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    1. You should know better, but thanks for the smile. ;) I hope to get back into the swing of things once life settles down here.

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    2. So sorry to hear things are going nuts...unless it is a good nuts! As for your comment on my blog about not being more adventurous then hubs...haha, Amber did not want to go through the fence with me, but then she did just to see things but she was scared at first. Her hubs wanted to get her a sky diving adventure for Christmas last yr but he would not go cause he is scary cat too....he asked me would I go with her and I was all about it, however I told him he better talk with her first and that was a NO GO! Sometimes I wonder if she is mine...haha

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    3. I can just see you sky diving. :) And thanks for the kind word.

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