Late Summer/Early Fall Miscellany

This juvenile bird was clinging to a bottom branch like grim death one evening.  I got so close to take pics.  I felt bad for him cause he was there for hours and hours.  I put a plate of seeds on the ground and some water.  He was still there the next morning although something ate the seeds. We noticed later in the day he was finally gone.  I have no idea where the parents were and I really hope that they were the ones that finally came back.

This tree fungus looks like a flamenco dancer.

Hoping to beat the heat and humidity one afternoon, we headed to Town Neck Beach around 4:30 pm.  It was miserable. Even the wind was hot.  

We had a bumper crop of blackberries which I picked and cleaned.  And they were AWFUL.  Threw them all out.

No idea what these are but they're pretty.

Poke berries.

Nice walk at the Canal one day.

Liz was in town very briefly so I met her and Marsha at Shipwreck Ice Cream which is near the Sandwich Marina.  

I love this feeder.

There's a BBQ food truck there as well.

Confirmed Elvis sighting!

They have a couple of bunnehs.

And a bunch of painted turtles.

Gorgeous fall sunset after a very stormy day

Beautiful Fall!

The leaves started changing close to the end of September, which seems to me to be a bit early.  Everything is going into fall mode and it's pretty!

Pokeberries which are very poisonous to pets and people, and my yard is full of them.  Luckily my dogs show no interest in them and they haven't been a problem.

More berries in my yard.

We went to Hyannis one day for lunch and I spotted this in the median strip at a stop light.  It says, 'A man name Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 60 years!'  

We ate at the Brazilian Grill, on Main Street Hyannis.  It was really good.  Their buffet/salad bar is awesome, and they also bring all kinds of meat around to your table and slice piece off for you.

September came to a close with some very warm days.  I went for a short walk downtown on one of those days.  For some reason the 80 degrees felt more uncomfortable in September than it did in July.

So cute!

I love mums.  I wish I could keep flowers alive.

Still Learning

I think, for the time being, I am going to be letting the camera shoot in auto-mode, correcting for everything under the sun, until I can figure out how to take great shots by using all the settings.  

So here's a pic of a jar full of the glass bits I took home from McDermott Glass.

I found the glass pumpkin jar at the junk/antique shop, Rust Ed, and it fit all but the largest pieces.

Pokeberries.

Hints of fall starting to show up!

The colour in the chimes I got in the spring really faded in the summer sun.

It should be noted that I got in quite a few day trips plus our annual trip to King Richard's Faire - and this time we took the kids - so posts will be somewhat rapid fire.  I'm waiting for the inevitable message from Blogger that I've reached my Picasa album limit unless I buy more space.  Last year it happened in late November.  lol  The weather has been absolutely amazing so I'm back to beachcombing and exploring.