The combination of the brightly coloured undergrowth and the white of the aspen tree trunks always catches my eye.

The buckeye continues to provide interest – so happy we picked this tree.

I really don’t know what they expect to find. This guy was on the neighbours’ house, but I hear them climbing on our house sometimes too.

Such a fun chaos of colours – so many plants still happily green – so many others ready to call it a year.

I could take pictures of the mix of colours and textures in the forest every day. Oh wait – I do.

The undergrowth in the forest is putting on a great show. I’ve never been good at recognizing poison ivy, but I believe that a significant portion of the pretty plants are, in fact, poison ivy.

Probably mostly because the feeder isn’t available to him. Always a welcome sight, though.

’tis the season for goldenrod in the forest. I’ve come to appreciate goldenrod more and more – we got some this year to grow in the yard – hopefully it gets going.

Our hydrangea right in front of the front step – it took a beating from the rabbits this past winter and needed to be trimmed back quite a bit. Nevertheless, it is putting on a great show.

I noticed this growing last year, so had my eye out for it this year. It feels like it is blooming much later than last. This is another one that I’d like to get growing in the yard – so quirky.