September Notations

The Fall Equinox has almost arrived and many of my backyard friends have departed. Robins and hummingbirds have 'up sticks' and winged southward. Bluejays are looting my feeders and hauling off the goods to secret pantries. The baby red squirrels are hyperactively playing and exploring through the trees. Much too lively to pose for a family photo, I can only guess how many babies there are -- perhaps four or five. This winter they will entertain me with their furry, gravity defying version of 'Cirque du Soleil'. I'll be well rewarded for providing peanuts and sunflower seeds!

One of several baby red squirrels who enliven my yard.

My perennial turtlehead flowers. Their native cousins in our bush lot are white.

A bumblebee enjoys a cosmos. Goldfinches and myself will harvest the seeds.

This flamboyant hibiscus is an attention grabber.

Brown-headed owlet moth (Cucullia convexipennis) caterpillars decorate an aster plant.