My bush thinks it's Christmas

This shrub in my garden is sporting red and green. The leaves regularly turn bright red in the fall and the red berries are always prolific. Today I noticed green leaves too.

It's beginning to look like Christmas.
 

Dew Drop Crystals

 Sometimes I find beauty in the smallest of places like drops of dew on leaves and grass.

Autumn

 Signs of autumn. 

Lupin Diamonds

I love checking out my lupin leaves after a rain.

Rhubarb

There is something about the new rhubarb growth . . . 

Last Leaf

The last leaf on the cherry tree. Good news after raking leaves day after day.

Colors of Autumn

Sunlight on hydrangea leaves.

Frost

Clear skies in the Pacific Northwest resulted in frost this morning.

Autumn

Signs of Autumn

A few scenes from my daily walk along the hills on the west side of Oak Harbor.

Autumn

Sun Drenched Leaf

Autumn

Ah, the beauty and responsibility of Fall. 

Beauty and Work of Autumn

Raking the leaves from the neighbor's overhanging maple tree.

When did that tree get so big and have so many leaves?

Hanging by a Thread

An industrious spider (upper left) and a leaf gently swinging in the breeze, caught on a strand of filament. I think I'll leave it and see how long it remains.

New Life

Spring on Whidbey - Stinging Nettles

I remember brushing by this plant way too often as a child. While the pain from touching the underside of the leaves lasted only a few minutes, it sure hurt. I saw these at Joseph Whidbey State Park.

Fallen Leaf

From the end of October.

Autumn in Oak Harbor

A little splash of color at the end of October next to the ever colorful evergreen.

Autumn in Oak Harbor

Another row of imported trees in Oak Harbor at the end of October.