Springtime in the Northeast after a Long Snowy Winter

Spring Has Finally Sprung!

The Beauty of Nature Around Griswold

Beautiful Views Around the Sunflower Farm

The recent  Sunflowers for Wishes post featured all of the beautiful sunflowers from my visit there last weekend. As I walked around the sunflower farm the views were awesome of other surrounding farms in the town of Griswold.  

You can see it was a beautiful day with blue skies and puffy white clouds. The pretty walls separated many of the farms from one another. It was such a peaceful area to visit.

Griswold, CT was originally owned by the Mohegan Indians and the Colony of Connecticut. In later years it became a mill town. The town is now inhibited by over 15,000 residents.

Have you ever visited Griswold, CT? 

Do you like the views around the sunflowers or do you prefer the sunflowers themselves? 

A Cold Day At An Old Park

Yesterday was one of the coldest days we had this January. I took a ride through an old park during my lunch and was amazed at the time the geese were having in and near the water. It was interesting to see the trees in winter and being able to see how truly old they are. In the spring and fall with the leaves abound you cannot tell how thick the trunks are.

 Can you guess how old these trees may be?  

Flowers That Did Not Check The Weather Forecast

This budding flower did not know it was a very cold day in November

These flowers were where the butterflies lived 2 months ago

Gorgeous flowers along my walk on a cold November day

I was surprised to see so many plants still blooming on this cold day

These plants were beautiful 2 months ago and are almost completely finished for the season

More surprises along my mid-day walk

I was surprised to see so many leaves on this tree in mid November

Most of the trees looked like this one!

It was so cold I had to stop and get a hot chocolate from Dunkin Donuts

It was a cold November day this past week and I went for a walk on my lunch hour. It was the most relaxing hour of the week for me. I was surprised to see what I  found along the way. I wasn't planning on taking pictures. When I saw the flowers still in bloom and some plants budding I was very surprised. Didn't they know what the temperature was? They probably did not pay attention to the weather forecast. If you are in the path of where Sandy was a few weeks ago you may want to check out the upcoming week's forecast calling for possible flooding. Let's hope they are wrong.

Do you still have many flowers blooming in your area?

The Last Shots At Dusk Before DayLight Saving Time

Beautiful sunset in November

A beautiful sky at dusk

Why kind of tree is this with red leaves still?

Most of the leaves have now fallen

I had to stop and view the sunset on my way home from work.  Seeing the wires was a beautiful sight as many are still without power on the East Coast from Sandy's wrath.  It was the last drive home with daylight.  Monday it will be dark when I drive home as we change the clocks back to Daylight Saving Time once again. It will be dark when we awake and go to sleep.  

Don't forget to fall back this weekend too and enjoy that extra hour of sleep.

Fall Colors Starting To Pop

Fall is starting  to show it's colors to us. I pass this pond on my ride to and from work and just had to stop last night as I could see the autumn colors starting to pop. The cooler weather does not make the diving area look inviting anymore. On a hot summer day you can see many people there jumping into the pond.  

Are the colors of Fall starting to show in your area?

A Walk Through Roger Williams Park

It was a beautiful day to walk in Roger Williams Park for the Ovarian Cancer Awareness annual walk.  This was my 2nd annual walk sponsoring FancyScrubs.com. The views were spectacular as temperatures were in the mid 70's and sunny. The park is about to get ready for their annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular event. 

Do you have events like this in your area?

Fall's Yellow Colors

Do you love the yellow colors of fall? And what is your guess on the next hiding out in one of the trees in the yard? 

First Signs of Fall on Trees

Today is the first day I've seen a hint of colors on the trees as we enter September

The Tent Caterpillars continue to build nests on many trees still.

Does September bring changes to your area?

Are The Trees Getting Sick?

Sick Trees or Nature Doing It's Thing?

Many of the trees on the way to my early morning walk looked like this. 

Are they sick? Is something attacking them?

 They almost look like large spider webs. Some "webs" in the trees were very large. Most of the "webs" seemed to appear where there was not much sun for the trees. Maybe gypsy moths are back?

Birds On A Wire

It's not just a song - they really do like sitting on the wires!

A Nature Trip Around The Yard

I went to check on the raspberries to find they must have already peaked and now are shriveled. They didn't used to peak until late June. It must have been the early spring we had.

I found some areas to be way overgrown. 

This has to be the ugliest weed. I once had  a bad dream that they grew so big I could not get away.

What is growing in your yard?