Nature Notes and Our World Tuesday: mid to late November

Fall is drawing to a close in my neck of the woods with my oak trees changing and dropping their leaves fast.



I was starting to get a collection of ice circles on my deck from emptying out the frozen water from bird baths until Sunday where the temperatures got high enough for most of them to melt.



I can't remember if I've ever posted this carved saying which is on a wall in the garden where I frequently walk during lunch.



I usually eat lunch at my desk while I work and then go outside and walk when the weather is suitable.



When I refer to a lunch walk, that means that the break part is walking while usually the eating part is working.



It was pretty nippy this week when I was walking because not only were the temperatures around freezing on the days I walked at lunch, the wind made it feel even colder.



Mind you, I'm not complaining and when I think about what many of the states in the U.S. are dealing with in terms of big November snows, it's been down right pleasant here.



The early part of the upcoming week will have spring like temperatures and rain before it turns cold again and returns to sunny days later in the week.



The late flowers mostly turned brown by the end of last week but still a bit of color left.



I love how feathery the bare trees look when they first drop their leaves.



I'll look forward to watching the fairly recently planted trees grow in the downtown park over the upcoming years.



I am glad that I can find nature within a hop skip and a jump of the office buildings I work in.



I used the plural because I work in one building and have some meetings in another building across the street and there are two others I occasionally go to within a city block.



The house I often photograph is next to the old manufacturing and warehouse buildings which were renovated for offices by the company I work for. I wouldn't mind working in that house but it is used by another business with smaller space requirements.



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