Gary Middleton

I really like waking up to the daylight and I’m not looking forward to the dark, gloomy days of winter. But first there is fall, with late summer weather cooling to crisp autumn winds and bright autumn nights. I do enjoy those!

Fantastic Charlie and they are so much fun to watch. Sections of the beach and dunes are marked off so that the nesting areas are left alone so as not to disturb the birds.

Wonderful shorebirds, Charlie! Enjoy that extra day off!!

Good reminder about counting on the change of seasons being something we can depend on! We need to be reminded of good things like that. Thanks!

Hey Charlie those soups sound sooo goooddd I wish Phillippe would post a few recipes. Yum. I love the fall too but then comes The Ugly which even in my Canadian Okanagan hot spot is not so cute. A broken leg did however teach me not to racewalk in a blizzard. Let’s enjoy the long mellow fragrant afternoons. Soon you’ll be sketching Rudolph et al!

Lovely painting…and I don’t relish autumn as it signals to me winter is also coming…Yet the fall with all its color and freshness, like spring…is a good reminder that there are some things you can count on to happen no matter what else is going on in the world…Reassuring to say the least…Enjoy your day off and try to remember to recharge your batteries as you can’t doing anything running on empty!! God bless😊

I adore your little piping plovers! Have you ever seen that cartoon with the pp running with the waves? Here’s a preview.

You’re right, fall foods are good. I’m already thinking of chili and scalloped potatoes. But summer didn’t stick around nearly long enough for me. I was telling a friend that two more months of it would be about perfect.

I went for a ride to our local nature reserve on Sunday morning and was watching shorebirds in the flesh, or feather. I love the Autumn. My morning cycle to work is getting a bit chilly already. Great doodle.

Lovely family of piping plovers!

We have Plovers on the Oregon coast. They are fun to watch, running back and forth. I am so ready for a change in the weather, unfortunately no cooler days or rain. Only thing returning is an unusual high wind storm this afternoon. Not good for all our fires.

Thanks so much, Lisa! 😃💕 Yeah, I’m definitely going to enjoy the cooler weather. It’s so much nicer to go for walks indeed!

Thanks so much, Marisela! 😃💕 Yeah, anything really cold down there would get a bit weird. Even where my mom lives in north Texas will shut down when it snows! And true, when you get that cuddle partner those seasons will be different indeed. 😉 And yes! I watched some of Oliver… it’s just the cutest!!

Thanks so much, Mugdha! 😃💕 Aww that’s wonderful that you got to experience an NYC fall. We have very similar weather where I live. It’s lovely in the autumn. Those sound like beautiful memories indeed!!

Thanks so much, Kellie! 😃💕 Yay for the beautiful colors of autumn coming soon!

That’s what this blog is all about! Sharing stories! 😉 And no, I’m not a Texan. I’ve lived in Kansas City my whole life, but my parents left home when I was 18 and moved to Wichita Falls.