Still happily blooming in gardens everywhere at the end of October.
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Cosmos
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An Autumn Stroll in Seldom Seen
Today old Pa Pitt wandered along the Saw Mill Run in Seldom Seen and set himself a challenge: to take pictures that could be published straight from the camera without any editing at all.
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Maple Leaves on a Brick Pavement
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Pond and Fall Trees
Next to Shenot’s Farm Market near Wexford in Marshall Township.
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Fall Comes to Seldom Seen
Early fall colors are appearing in the Saw Mill Run valley along the Beechview–Seldom Seen Greenway.
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A Green Bee
Father Pitt believes this is Agapostemon virescens. The world of entomology is one old Pa Pitt wishes he had entered into earlier; a whole universe of fascinating wildlife surrounds us, and some of these animals are shockingly beautiful. The flower is a Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis).
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Zinnias
Zinnias have become very popular in the last few years, and we never need an excuse for flower pictures.
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Bee on Goldenrod
Goldenrod is everywhere in September, which makes the bees very happy. Here we see a bee having the time of her life with a Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima).
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Bracket Fungus
Bracket fungus growing by the Whiskey Boys Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Saw Mill Run
Summer scenes in the middle of Saw Mill Run, which is a substantial river in the spring, but dries out enough in the summer to allow walking across it from rock to rock.
