Forever Autumn....

Linking up to Kathy's Song-ography today which just happens to be "Forever Autumn" by the Moody Blues....don't know the song, but the title won my heart.  Not that I want Autumn to be forever, but sure would like for it to stick around longer than it does.  By the end of this month, which is flying by I might add like all the rest of the months this past year, all of the leaves will be gone from the trees and nothing but bare limbs remain until April.   So, yes, I would love for Autumn to hang around (hee hee little play on words there, did ya get it??) a little longer than it does.

I can easily hang on a Sunday, sometimes not even getting dressed until maybe sometime in the afternoon, catching up on TV shows, reading....just hangin'.  But not today, I have that new camera that I am lovin' (Nikon D7100) so off I went around the neighborhood.  I drove up and down the streets in the older section of my town, and I wasn't disappointed.  I must say, I am becoming a master at car window photography...

Squirrels are busy gathering their nuts for their winter-time food supply....

Front porches show signs of the season...love how they coordinated their pumpkins and mums with their house colors....

Some really go all out in their Halloween decorations...

Then I did stop and get out of the car at a playground that had a maple tree that was blazing with color. While there I happened to notice the red berries (and you know how I love red berries) that had fallen on the ground and found their way into the cracks of the sidewalks.

Here is the blazing maple tree that I circled the block, came back and parked for.  I had difficulty with getting a good shot of this beauty.  Too many distractions in the background...cars, signs, houses, so this is the best I could come away with...as you can see I was down low and me getting up from a down low position is so not graceful especially in a public place with eyes watching...

It began to get cloudy and the winds picked up so I returned to my car and headed for home.  Then decided to pull into a park that I have never visited to investigate a little, but before I even stopped, I drove by an area filled with dried seed heads.  I saw the flick of yellow and heard their high pitched tweets and knew this would be a favorite spot for finches.  Again, not even getting out of the car, I sat and waited and watched.

Look at these beauties...aren't they just too sweet and all from my car window and my trusty Tamron 18-270 lens....love that lens.  But I am having issues with sizing my images correctly for this blog.  I keep trying new ways, and can't seem to settle on the perfect size.  I don't like the images too small, but I don't want them too large either.  Anyone have any words of wisdom.

And fyi...I have been taping a lot of the new shows and caught up with a couple of them last night.  I have to make some decisions as to what I am going to continue watching, just can't watch them all...anybody got a favorite yet??

Until next time....