November 2019 – Brennah's Backyard

Water Drops

The snow is melting (for the moment) and I found the melt water dripping from the bridge into the creek. In one spot the drops were coming down very steadily, and I was able to catch the moment when the drop landed in the creek fairly easily. Here are a few of the pictures I took.

water drop landing in creek

Autumn Snow

We recently got nearly a foot of snow, which is unusual for this time of year, and made for an unusual mix of fall and winter scenery.

snow on autumn olive — Snow on autumn olive branch

oak tree during a snow storm — A big oak tree in the woods during the snow storm

oak leaves in snow — Leaves from the big oak strewn on a path through the field.

oak leaves in the snow — Oak leaves in the snow

It’s kind of hard to tell what this is under all the snow. The leaves look like dogwood, but I hadn’t noticed any dogwoods with red berries before. (White and blue are the colors I think of for dogwood berries.)

Announcement

I have added a link to an online store I just created to sell my photography. (If you are looking at this site on a phone the link is all the way at the bottom.) Due to the limitations of the website I am using, I currently have only five photos on the site, but I am planning on adding more. If you see any photos on here that you particularly like, or if you have thoughts on what sorts of photos you would be interested in seeing, let me know!

Wanders in the Woods

I went for a walk in the woods yesterday, thinking it was about time to check on the witch hazel and see if it was flowering (it was) and kept getting distracted by other interesting stuff around. So, here’s a selection of what I encountered.

This is a plant I had not seen on our property before. Now I have something new to identify.

One of the biggest trees in the woods, an oak, next to an elm with still green leaves, and a maple.

witch hazel flowers — Witch hazel flowers

witch hazel flowers and leaves — In previous years, the witch hazel flowers have appeared after the leaves had dropped, but this year, a few plants still had leaves on them and were flowering anyway. The cold weather started a little more abruptly than usual, and I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

I found this little fuzzy ball growing from a leaf mixed in with the leaf litter. I have no idea what it is. Some sort of gall, maybe? And I found other strange growths on leaves nearby.

This looks like an alder cone crossed with an anemone seedhead, but it seemed to be growing from a leaf in the leaf litter.