Walk Around the Block . . .

Photos found during my frequent forays around the block...

The three birdhouses we've had outside for the past 10 years are slowly falling apart, but I still like how they look. The hydrangeas are becoming raggedy, but this clump still glows in the early morning light.

The blackberries up the street continue to blossom, the berries rapidly ripening, the last of the season. A rock rose in a neighbor's yard looks pretty good; our rock roses froze two years ago and haven't quite made it back yet.

And finally another weed. Actually, it's the same weed you saw a few days ago, this time photographed on a different day, under different light, with a different camera/lens combo.

Fall is quietly arriving here on the Oregon coast, after about four weeks of summer . . .

©Carol Leigh

Late summer leaves

Each morning when I walk past the blackberry bushes, they are in complete shade, dripping with last night's dew, and gleaming in  low light. This shady, shadowy light has a blue cast to it that I like and that I do not try to alter. To me, it brings out the "blackberryness" of the plants as the edges of the leaves, the thorny canes, and the leaf spots all turn purple, stunning against the green. ©Carol Leigh