This is the view from the edge of our woods – the back of our property. It backs up to that same field that we see when we’re taking our walk.
We walked through our woods yesterday. This little walk was initially taken because we wanted to make sure the raccoons that got in our trash the other day hadn’t scattered it up in the woods. When I discovered the upended trash can the day before yesterday, I immediately looked toward the woods and saw an opened trash bag about halfway up the path, retrieved it, rebagged it, and reflected that this particular visit had been much less messy than the one in the spring. I can only presume the raccoons were spooked by something and ran off. Still, we thought we should check out the rest of the woods.
So, as we made sure there was nothing up there that we needed to bag, we ended up finding our way through a clearing to the edge of the property. Then we had to walk through waist high goldenrod and wildflowers to reach the field. It was gorgeous. Wildflowers everywhere, bees buzzing, butterflies and moths, just plain lovely.
We could see areas of ground where deer have been sleeping. It’s nice to know that they’re safe here. No hunting allowed on any of our neighborhood properties.
We found another path back to our property, this time walking through another neighbor’s wooded property, which borders our property to the south.
We don’t go back there often enough. It’s really beautiful this time of year.
This is one of the very, very old posts that mark the property line at the edge of the woods. You can see some ancient barbed wire hanging from this one. There are four of them back there, but I’ve not seen them on anywhere else on the property. I assume they date from 1891 (when the house was built.)
All in all, a lovely day. I finished The Woman in the Window and started in again on I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, a book I had just started a couple of years ago when I was pulled away for something else, most likely a book I had to review. I never got back to it. It’s an excellent mystery/spy thriller. I saw an ad the other day for Hayes’ newest book, which is to be published soon, and I realized I’d better get a move on and finish the one I had on my shelf before the new book comes out.
Errands to run today. I’ve been putting them off but it’s time. Then more reading, I hope.
Happy Thursday.
You are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful area. It’s lovely to see how much you enjoy it!
Thank you, Jenny!
It is beautiful around your place! I’ve been reading when I can, but have been consumed lately by company, the dentist, computer problems—yadda-yadda-yadda…
But for now I’m back and boy, have the seasons and the leaves changed! Autumn, it is.
Oh, and have you tried an Impossible burger from Burger King? Vegetarians— and omnivores— around here are raving about them. Oh, dear. I just had to ask.
Yes. We had one the other day! I would suggest to all vegetarians that they make sure the burger is cooked in the oven and not fried on the same griddle as the meat burgers.
It was delicious. We also got fries! We’ve had impossible burgers in NYC, but having a Burger King nearby with Impossible Burgers is a dream come true!!
I love Impossible Burgers when I get them at HopDoddy in Austin, complete with a seeded vegan bun. However, at our local Burger King, I was given the option of a microwaved one or one cooked on the same griddle as the meat ones. There was no comparison with the ones I’m accustomed to getting. Plus, the bun had a decidedly sweet taste. I don’t eat these very often because I try to keep my fat intake lower than is in these, so I hated getting the extra oil in the less tasty version.
I’ve had them in the city, at well-known burger eateries, and I didn’t notice any difference between those and the Burger King editions. But we hardly ever eat out, so fat intake won’t be a big issue here.
I know! It seems to have come on so quickly this year!
A stroll thru tall grasses and happy insects under a fall sky sounds delightful!! A step out of time. And very cool to have the old fence posts. There’s a relic of a stone fence on part of our property which we love. Several 1800s houses in our area have been coming down over the summer, so the bits and bobs still hidden and safe are especially precious to us. I’d like to take advantage of the hot weekend to tube down the river, but I think they’ve suspended activities for the season and the reservoir is closed so maybe I’ll just find a shady spot and dunk my toes. I bought but haven’t started yet the updated version of Huck Finn written about a migrant boy and the Los Angeles canals. That seems like a good choice for river-side reading. All I need is the venerable quilt my dad’s mother made for their wedding 70 years ago. If only we hadn’t worn it out. Now I’m thinking about cold chicken legs and iced tea. Do I have time to build a raft? LOL.
I hadn’t heard about that book, Nora.
Every year, we say we’ll buy a canoe or at least go canoeing. And we don’t. I used to teach campers all about canoeing back when I was a camp counselor and I miss being out on a lake.
Dear Claudia, I am relatively new to your blog, so I may have missed the answer to this question: have you read the Alexander McCall Smith series about the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency ? I won’t wax on rhapsodic if you have, but if you haven’t you should. I know you would enjoy the characters and their insightful strategies. Re: September, it is my unsung favorite month, so subtle in its comings and goings. Lovely to look at, soft to the touch.
I have heard of the books but haven’t read them, Leslie. Thanks for your passionate recommendation!
What a beautiful area. I would love walking there. xo Laura
It is truly beautiful, Laura. We feel blessed.
Seeing these other views around your property lines is very interesting! You really do live ‘out in the country’!!
We do! Thanks, Vicki!
gosh, i love that purple/lavender flower – do you have many of those growing wild? it looks like my amethyst dream centaurea (bachelor button), but mine is a darker purple. wish we had yours here. then again – maybe it’s this computer and yours is really bluish, more like the centaurea montana …? regardless, it’s among the top 2 or 3 plants in my garden. how cool that you have them in the wild. sometimes my blue ones will bloom spring and fall. –suz in NE ohio
It grows wild here. Thanks, Suz.