Fall Color Week:: Saturday

I'm sorry to see Fall Color Week come to an end. It's been nice to post simply and I steal away a bit of time at night to post these photos before I go to sleep. I may look for an excuse to do another color week, maybe one of my own choosing. Hm.

Here's my extra credit color for this week-- Cornflower Blue:

Cornflowers

I take those color interpretations pretty literally, don't I?

For as long as I can remember, my favorite all time crayon color was Cornflower Blue. Not quite purple, not quite blue; hard to imitate by blending other colors.

Sigh... such a pretty color.

In the summer, the roads here are lined with cornflowers and I always meant to stop and take a photo, but there was always a reason not to-- traffic, whiny kids, in a hurry...

Next summer, I shall make an extra special effort to stop and smell the cornflowers!

Or at least, take a photo of them.

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Fall Color Week:: Friday

My entries for Friday's color-- Plum:

Well, how 'bout that?

Actual plums!

They make a very tasty jam, by the way.

And these things...whatever they are.

Anyone?

The birds don't seem to eat them, I tasted one and ptooey! Tasted like yuck!

But they are interesting looking.

Love that dark plum with the bright pink stems and chartreuse leaves.

We have these all over the property.

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Don't forget, tomorrow is an extra credit color day--

Cornflower Blue!

Fall Color Week:: Thursday

This color week is going by too fast! I'm rather enjoying this, posting simply and with a few pictures that speak for me. Anyway, my entry for today's color-- Chestnut Brown::

This chest(nut) of drawers.

I bought this at a yard sale the first year we lived here, 4 years ago.

I meant to sand it down and re-finish it and bring it back to it's former glory,

but then baby #3 came along, and paint fumes don't mix with pregnancy.

Just when I started thinking about it again, baby #4 made his appearance.

Baby needs his own chest of drawers, as his clothes are in a pile on a shelf in my room.

So I dragged the poor, neglected drawers out of the basement,

and I am preparing to start work on it.

Soon!

Before it gets too cold.

I mean it!

Really!

Honest, I do!

Love this dark brown color on the Speckled Sussex hen.

Of the six I started with, I only have 2 left.

I think the girls named this one Freckles.

Henry, my beloved Speckled Sussex rooster, the day before he disappeared.

Since he's been gone, I've learnt not to get too attached to my chickens.

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Tomorrow- Plum

And for extra credit, I'm going to post an extra color on Saturday:: Cornflower Blue

Who's with me?

Fall Color Week:: Wednesday

My entries for today's color-- Goldenrod:

Lucy the cat trying to sneak by the dog undetected, but I see you!

Can't miss that yellow shopping cart!

Look! Actual Goldenrod!

Is that cheating?

If using a photo of an actual goldenrod is cheating, then here's another option:

My tomato plants getting ready to peter out.

It's a pretty yellow, but not on my tomato plants!!

Fall Color Week:: Tuesday

Here's my entries for Burnt Sienna:

The Handsome Rocky the Rhode Island Red Rooster.

(There had to be a chicken involved with this photo series!)

The rusty tin roof of the pole barn,

of which I had to climb a rickety ladder to get a photo of!

Check out Elsie Marley for a list of participants!

Fall Color Week:: Monday

Sorry for not posting regularly these days. It's been busy around here and I haven't been able to squeeze in blogging time. I do, however, read your blogs, though I might not leave a comment. Over at Elsie Marley, she is doing a crayola fall colors picture week that I thought might be fun to participate in.

Here's my Monday entry for Brick Red:

With yet another trip to the local orchard on Friday for more apples (3 more bushels! that makes 6 so far!), I've always been fascinated with old barns and this one is no exception. I love how it seems like they've given up on painting, maybe they ran out of steam or perhaps the paint. Or maybe they've meant to finish but something else keeps popping up that takes priority. (I know how that feels) They have an orchard to run, so I imagine keeping hundreds, possibly thousands, of trees in good condition is a lot of work. Between pruning and fertilizing and picking and packing and hawking their wares at the farmer's markets and dealing with customers who stop by for pick-your-own, I'm sure they have plenty to do and very little down time.

Feel free to play along... Pop on over to Elsie Marley and leave a comment saying you want to join in.

Monday: Brick Red
Tuesday: Burnt Sienna (reddy orange)
Wednesday: Goldenrod (deep yellow)
Thursday: Chestnut (warm dark brown)
Friday: Plum