FALL LEAVES

This is one of my online jigsaw puzzles I wanted to share for November, and below are a few of the trees in our back yard.  The quote below fits me perfectly.  I love Autumn in every way.

"See it, smell it, taste, it, and forget the time of day or year. Autumn needs no clock or calendar."

~Hal Borland~

We were running errands a few days ago and I couldn't stop taking photos of the leaves.

It has been unseasonably warm so far.  I still look forward to getting into chunky sweaters and snugly gloves, smelling wood smoke on the air as we walk around the neighborhood in the dark, coming back to a mug of hot chocolate to take away the chill, wrapping myself in a thick throw-blanket and curling up at one end of the sofa to read a good book. Lovely!

This cheeky little fellow jumped into the car.  He surprised the heck out of me when he appeared in this photo, looking a bit confused.  No, not really, just working a little magical playtime into my day, on my laptop.  He is from Saturday and is also in my signature at the end of my post.  You get everywhere cutie!

Silly little squirrel just told me a knock-knock joke.

"Knock-Knock!" he says.  "Whose there?" says I.  "Orange!" he says.  "Orange who?" says I.  "Orange you glad it's Autumn?"  I keep telling him to stop with the groaner jokes, but he just won't listen.

"Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale."
~Lauren deStefano~

"The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail."
~John Muir~

We have a lot of leaves to sweep up, but they are still falling from the trees like rain.  They look so pretty!

Next day Gregg took this of one of the berry bushes at our local shopping area, and there are those Autumn leaves again.  The birds will be happy with all those bright and delicious looking berries.

I took a photo of this beautiful tree on our way home.

And that's all for now.