I only have five or six pears this year, but they look mighty good:
I walked far out into the field and then turned back and snapped this picture of the farmstead. From left to right: The hay supply, the house, the stock tank, the barn and my neighbor passing by on the gravel road with a wagonload of hay bales:
Autumn brings with it an abundance of crickets, but I haven't seen a closeup of a grasshopper in a long time. I was happy that this one held still long enough for me to get a photo:
The Rose Mallows began to bloom more so I went out to snap a picture of them:
Alas, I didn't see the hornet's nest which had been built just outside my front door (which I seldom use). I only got stung once but then began spraying it until they were all dead:
Wild Hyssop has sprung up in the pasture, just as it did last year:
I brought a sprig of Hyssop indoors for a closer look and got this photo of its tiny flowers:
And Boneset is blooming in the south field. It was once believed to heal broken bones because its leaves (on each side of the stem) were connected, kind of like a broken bone which had healed:
Pennsylvania Smartweed is also abundant in the south field and is just beginning to bloom:
Lady's-Thumb Smartweed is much prettier than its relative, and it grows all around my back door:
I knew it was autumn when the first New England Asters bloomed. This was all there was at the time, but more are now beginning to flower:
Lady's-Thumb Smartweed is much prettier than its relative, and it grows all around my back door:
