Signs of Fall
Usually, i am the flag waver at the very front of the "Autumn is Finally Here" train, but this year, i seem to be behind. My part of the country doesn't get a lot in the way of traditional fall colors, but this year we seem to be especially behind. A very large percentage of the blogs i read have long since announced their welcome to autumn, and now it's my turn. I had to do a little searching, but it's my turn. So i took a walk through my woods to share a few of my favorite things. My very, number one, mostest ever, favorite sign of fall at my house is this unusual flower, Euonymus americanus L. It also goes by the names American Strawberry-bush (don't eat these strawberries please), Strawberry bush, Hearts-a-burstin' (which is really fun to say, especially if you use a thick country accent), Wahoo, and Bursting heart. Here's a somewhat blurry picture. that shows how pretty it is up against the white bark of the Eastern Hophornbeam tree. Here...