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Colors of Fall / Autumn leaves - Of red - gold - orange - bronze - Some green are holding on - Their time has not come - Other greens don't change colors - But offer berries for the birds - A Painting of the Season - © All Rights Reserved

in local cemetery .. placement draws me to it .. wonder if it was planted before the pavement was widened .. each season I take a photo .. this tree is at least 40 yrs old .. this is the Fall Portrait .. once there was a Persimmon Tree in this area .. but no longer can be found .. would come with my container and collect just enough orange fruits .. and make Persimmon Pudding .. ah .. got to find a Persimmon Tree - someplace .. © All Rights Reserved .. EXPLORE ..

.. we depend on each other - there is a scientific explanation for the bee and Zinnia - anyone can look it up - but, if we didn't have bees - how would we have food - flowers - life - the bee and Zinnia need each other - that is all WE all need each other Be kind to somebody you don't know - Tell somebody you do know a nice thing (don't wait until it can be put into a eulogy) Hugggzzz are healing - Here come some for YOU ~ ❤❤❤❤❤❤ © All Rights Reserved -- 5 PiP -- .. EXPLORE ..

Colors out front .. Starting to become scarce as are the butterflies .. Only saw the Skipper on the False Sunflower .. There was a Painted Lady who didn't remain for her photo-session .. When I took these photos .. It was a very crisp Fall day .. Today -- temp is back up to 72 degrees .. © All Rights Reserved - 1 PiP .. larger photo - .. EXPLORE ..

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) .. in The Dogwood Patch - A Garden On a Pink Zinnia © All Rights Reserved All four ( 4 ) PiP on Left side .. EXPLORE..

False Sunflowers moving ever so slightly with a breeze .. Under the Dogwoods .. Few bees .. Skippers .. One Painted Lady .. It is getting quieter as the weather begins to cool .. At least for today .. Tomorrow - that is another story .. - 1 PiP - © All Rights Reserved --EXPLORE--

If I were going to get one of these ( ha ), this would be it .. Purple .. Have seen them before, but this is the best shade of purple bar none ! Oh, yes ... got a friend who can drive it - All 5ft 3 inches of her ! © All Rights Reserved ARCHIVE AIRINGS AA-342-A FAVORITE COLOR . REPOST .

he is a BIG one .. not a Carpenter Bee, but one of so many varieties of pollinators .. he stretched from one side of the False Sunflower to the other .. This is the 1st one seen with dark wings - all others are somewhat clear -- not this one ! © All Rights Reserved 1 PiP EXPLORE

Colors - Shapes - PiP in left corner of each photo - Japanese Anemone (Honora Jobert) took a month to bloom - False Sunflowers have been blooming forever, it seems - Now .. Pink Zinnias were the flowers of choice for the Painted Lady - Actually there were 2 of them - Happy Butterflying ! © All Rights Reserved