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Most of the leaves have fallen, but a few trees offer beauty and perhaps some as the cool breeze makes them wave

The colors are glorious 🍂🍁

It's been unseasonably warm, unusually late here. I pass a small stand of these on my way home from work. It took a couple times to believe what I was seeing.

out of step and time
blossoms clash with autumn leaves
the eastern redbud
blooming in november
while all else is winding down

Deer come surprisingly far into the city, partly because they're protected by law from hunting, and partly because we've encroached so much on the forests.

a riverside path
a deer hoof among footprints
a brief reminder
even in concrete jungles
life will find a way in, through

I think this is the best photo I've ever taken. 2008 at Schwatka Lake in Whitehorse.

It's been over a month since we've had any substantial amount.

rain's hesitant taps
as if asking permission
after such a drought

I recently tried the chorizo flavor of this, made from pumpkin seeds. Base seasoning was in the ballpark, but a bit bland. Texture was about right. Crumbled it with some black beans and additional seasonings, and a 4 cheese mex mix to make quesadillas. Not bad! Very filling. Expensive, though. I'd be open to trying a couple of the others.

foodiesvegan.com/collections/p

tall loblolly pines
their needles a golden carpet
softening our steps

before their journey
geese glean carefully among
the tawny fields

I live near a highway, so I hear traffic noise any time of the day or night. Used to be I grumbled about being woken up by birds; now I hardly hear any this early.

over the traffic
piercing through the dim fall dawn
a single bird call

tired bumblebee
splayed out on a fall flower
both at their strength's end

I used Beyond Meat's spicy Italian sausage, but real cheese. Very tasty!

Cajun potato soup

iamhomesteader.com/cajun-potat

the squirrel’s skitter
answers the leaves’ shuffle
walking down the trail

the old, forked oak
graciously accommodates
a tired hiker

not the target, yet
the heron takes flight, fleeing
a shotgun’s report

slow, silent circles
the kestrel watches and waits
drifting in the fall wind

Normally I post the haiku with the picture, but in this case the inspiration didn't come until later. 😆

restless, relentless
the questing mycelium
laid bare on a leaf

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