Autumn Quiet

A few photos taken around here at the end of last week.  Each day brings changes.

Already many of hte scarlet leaves on the 'burning bush' have fallen.

A leaf from the sweet gum tree.

I love the elongated maple shape of these.

The three kittens have been enthralled with climbing the burning bush which is in the cat yard.

It is rather non-descript all year until these several autum weeks when the leaves glow with color.

The short daylight hours of November are precious with their particular shadows

and pale gold light.

I spent hours downstairs in my sewing room last week--working on projects I'm not ready to show.

My thoughts were very much with J's cousin and her family preparing for the huge military funeral for their son.  I found it difficult to think of much else.

The kittens continue to provide comic relief--above, Bobby McGee stretched on teh bed--after a bout of high-speed chase with his brothers.

For those who wonder:  we seem to be maintaining 13 [!] cats--between the barn cats, the pampered indoor darlings and those who have the privledge of going in and out.

Thirteen--how did  this happen--again?