A day in the life...

Yes....fall has come to the Atlanta area.
While I know many get a little saddened at this....I welcome it...as does Rocky. With falls arrival this week the temperature at night has dropped...come morning it is wonderful to get out and about. While the temperature during the day is still warm....signs of fall are all around us. The S.E is a bit slower to show the beautiful fall colors....but it is coming.
Our Catalpa tree is pretty bare with the leaves scattered across the lawn what leaves are left are yellow and brown....the pods that hang down are brown as well.

This was the first year that all three of our trees flowered....lots of pretty small white flowers. Also this was the first year that they had the pods....all three trees.



The leaves on the apple tree have also started discoloring and falling....and the tiny apples are scattered about. I thought for sure the squirrels would be eating these little morsels....all are left to rot until I rake them up. I did not plant this tree and must confess that my knowledge on fruit trees is...well I know nothing about them. Pretty sad too for this tree has taken root and has grown pretty fast. Each season I notice the buds, enjoy the tiny flowers and really have never taken care of it....it just grows. I will have to do a little reseach for it does not look healthy and the apples are so very tiny....not even sure if they are edible??

The Arrival of Autumn...

Due to a hectic schedule our adventures have been roaming around the yard, me finding interesting things to photograph and Rocky finding ways to get me to throw the ball for him.
Of course he takes plenty of breaks to follow me around....occasionally going off on his own very pleased with himself for having found a great stick to make mulch out of.

I received an interesting e-mail the other day...why didn't I take Rocky to the local dog parks? There really are not any in the area....the closest would be Peachtree City. Been a few times to photograph a dog or two....also one in Atlanta. Now, during my visits I saw a few dogs exhibiting some behavior that went unchecked by the dogs person....also many of the dogs paid little to no attention to their person. Call me a control freak....I want to know the dogs people have control over them....while I do believe allowing your dog to be a dog, socialization and play are so very important to a dog....more importanlty is the relationship between dog and their person.

Here is the lone flower that was photographed....taken with a sigma zoom lens (the very same one used for the ones of Rocky at play).

Play Ball...