Autumn Fruit, Birds, Scenery, Flowers And Pastures

The pear tree seemed to have few blossoms this spring, but produced a bumper crop of handsome pears this autumn. I guess that I simply am no good at judging the crop by the amount of spring blossoms:

I ate a few, fed a few to the herd in spite of my previous determination not to, and allowed two Amish women to pick the rest of the fruit. The women left me a few branches of fruit for my own use and I will likely feed those pears to the herd when my sister visits:

The fantail pigeons seem to be doing unusually well:


This pair insisted on nesting on the ground in a place where opening the door would interfere. I put down a cake pan nest about a foot away, and moved their first egg into it. They were agreeable to the new arrangements and I soon saw cracked egg shells in the nest. I've only seen one tiny, fragile baby so far but have left them otherwise undisturbed so as not to interfere any more than I already have:

Another cake pan nest has two young'uns, nearly ready to venture out and learn to eat pelleted food. They sure make a disgusting mess of their nest, but these cake pans are easy to dump and clean:

One day I took this photo from an upstairs window, the view across the county road to the neighbors' barn and pasture. The corn field on the left belongs to a large farmer who buys up all available large fields, puts in drainage and grows crops in them, mostly corn and soy beans:

The Rose Mallows have been blooming abundantly, so much so that the stalks are falling over. A neighbor boy knocked on my door last evening to ask if he could photograph my beautiful flowers. They are amazing because they're so gigantic:

The miniature horses and cows are fat and comfortable, apparently living a life of ease:

Wild New England Asters began blooming early and abundantly, their purple color intensifying as time went on:

They attract butterflies, though it's difficult to get  good photo. This was a Monarch, the only photo it held still long enough for me to take. There was also a Painted Lady butterfly, similar to the Monarch but smaller, though it was nervous of me and I never got a picture:

The chickens are in need of another coop cleaning, though it may be that I can simply add pine shavings for now:

One last picture of the Rose Mallows in front of the house: