Construction!

.... At last.  We have the framing started on our little house.

Ralph, Richard (the contractor man) and Glen (chief carpenter) 
discuss the progress.

It was a beautiful day for viewing the progress--rusty red oaks and green pines 

on the gray hillsides beneath a brilliant blue sky.

And a view from above. 

Crocus

In the late fall these delicate crocuses appear in yards all over the Midtown neighborhood and are soon buried in leaves.  

 A cuckoo wasp flies from bloom to bloom.

A Fungus . . .

Growing around a twig.

a woody polypore

 

Early November

Virginia Creeper

the last of the plumbago

a hosta says goodnight

Squash Harvest

One giant squash vine with very prickly leaves, a volunteer from the compost pile, thrived during the whistle pig invasion.  Ralph harvested over 30 pounds of squash from it.  Even though they aren't shaped like butternuts, they're butternut colored and taste like butternuts.

Rain . . .

On Halloween.