Sunny Autumn

I finally put together a leaf collage from this years bounty. 

Over the weekend, a walk in a little nature preserve nearby was a delight.

Who doesn't love watching a sun-dappled creek. 

There are little creek trout in the upper center of this photo.

Years ago, when Meg was in second grade

 we kept a little creek trout all winter long in a plastic milk container.

When spring came we let it go in the creek we got it from.

I home-schooled Meg for a few years back then 

and have many fond memories of our time together. 

The pink along the creek is an old-fashioned kind of burning bush.

It has a very open, loose growing pattern

and smaller leaves than the style you see in many yards.

Little red berries hang from the stems in the fall.