Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Cinderella Is Gonna Need A New Ride

The other day as I was taking Hattie out for the bus I noticed that the sun was hitting the changing leaves on the trees in such a way that the leaves literally looked like they were on fire ...


Stunning, isn't it?

And, I am tellin you, these photos are completely untouched!


Those colors?

That vibrance?

That ART?

It is ALL GOD, my friends, all God!


On Saturday, Hattie and I were returning from the ER and I noticed that there was a rogue squirrel hanging around the fall decorations on our lawn. Upon closer inspection it looked like he (or she?) had been pickin at one of the pumpkins. There were a few scratch marks at the top.

By Monday morning the entire top of the pumpkin had been removed and it's contents thoroughly picked through.



This afternoon I noticed that he had started on a second pumpkin. The very top of it had been picked loose. I thought I would take a picture of it but when I came inside I found that the camera batteries were dead.

Before I could get new batteries in, I got a little distracted. Finally, after about an hour, I got out there, camera in hand, and found this...

It had gone from a few picks at the top...

...to completely mangled...

...in just ONE HOUR!

Yeah, at this rate, Cinderella is gonna need a new ride fo sho!!

4 of ya left some love:

sara said...

those pictures are so beautiful!!!

I didn't know squirrels liked pumpkins!!

Michelle V said...

What a rude little squirrel! ;)

Unknown said...

hilarious (at least they weren't getting drunk on fermented pumpkin!)...love the cinderella comment. you have a great witty sense of humor and i love it! beautiful fall photos. i've also been loving the fall trees, truly enjoyed my recent trip out to drop brooke off at dance where it seemed i was driving through a tunnel of clustered amber, fire and golden trees....i've snapped one or two myself to post later...truly breathtaking and a work of THE best artist around...our God, Creator of everything beautiful. lovely photos RS!

Beth Herring said...

Love the pictures! Leaves are just so beautiful when they are turning.