It's raining leaves

Some of you may have reached that time in your life where a full, uninterrupted nights sleep eludes you. While this is more problematic if you have a full time job away from home, working from home or not at all allows you plenty of wiggle room for sleeping and being awake.

It has never bothered me to wake at 2 or 3, toss & turn for awhile, then get up and do something.... get a head start on the day.   Sometimes i feel the urge to sew, watch tv, read, or even have a cup of tea.  Clutter control in the kitchen is always a possibility.   One thing is certain, once i get up, so do the dogs  which necessitates a walk in the dark. 

I was surprised, overnight,  that it was not as cold as i thought it was supposed to be.  The back porch thermometer said it was cool, but i think the humidity was up, making it feel warmer than it was.  Listening to the night sounds i thought perhaps it was starting to rain. i walked and waited  for the droplets to make their way through the canopy of trees but those drops just never materialized.  back to bed and at 8 when i awoke for the day, i realized it had been raining leaves!   Our back yard  Lawn is not totally covered... but  the next door neighbors side yard is.  Several  inches deep.  A beautiful carpet  in shades of red from light to dark with some yellow scattered in.

Partly sunny, breezy day....it rained leaves off and on. Mostly black walnut and hickory. The Maple leaves will hang on for awhile.  The black walnuts are the last to get leaves in the spring and the first to drop them in the fall. if it weren't for the nuts that create such a mess, i could look at the black walnut trees as the  perfect tree for summer shade and then for allowing the sun to warm the house in fall.

I spent a few hours outside today.  Picking up branches, and hauling them to a pile out of the way. I got to audition, then moved  a huge piece of wood to use as a feeding station for birds that prefer to eat closer to the ground.  Much cooler tonight... maybe frost?   Then....  Indian summer!  Anything to extend the previous season, to give me a little more time outside in the sunlight, in the not so cold.

I  Love fall in the country .
city girl.