This Is What...

25 pounds of black walnuts look like!

Mark blew them with the blower down the hill into a pile.  He raked the ones that wouldn't blow.  And we picked them up by hand and put them into a 5-gallon bucket.  This is what we ended up with.  And there are still a few left on the tree.  I wanted to leave a pile out for the squirrels and chipmunks that live in the backyard but the boss said NO!

we have never ever in the 13 years that we have lived here had this many.  I'm starting to really believe that this winter is going to be bad.

Beautiful Color

We don't have a lot of color in the yard this fall.  The burning bushes aren't burning.  The oak tree is just dark green and brown.  But there is this yellow leafed tree...

I call it my snowflake magnolia because for a few days in the spring it flowers and the flowers look like white snowflakes.  But for now, it is bright yellow.