Around The Yard: Part Two {Fall 2022}

I know there are better things I could've done today instead of taking pictures, but it's going to be freezing tomorrow and I want to soak up every last bit of warm weather before winter officially hits. Although, I really should've taken the drop trays out again, but I didn't have it in me. 

LaVaughn and I cleaned all the cabinets last night, top and bottom. We always have a cleaning explosion around this time of the year. Normally it's in preparation of Christmas decorations, but since we made some fall crafts this year and bought lots of fall decorations, we couldn't do the deep cleaning we normally do. We need to take everything down and off the walls so we can wash the walls and clean the counters and shelves, but we didn't have any extra bins to store anything in.

I'm going to get some storage bins next week at Walmart for all the new decorations. I was gonna get some last night at Dollar General, but they want $13 for a small one and $18 for a big one! No thanks!

I hate inflation.

Anyways, here are the pics I took a little while ago. Hope you enjoy!

I had a time with lighting today.

These leaves with the sunset behind them are awesome.

I love leaving the white balance on cloudy, makes for great fall pics without editing!

One of my favorite fall leaf photos.

Love the light behind this leaf!

So many crusty leaves.

More of those funky weeds.

I have no idea what these dried looking flower weeds are.

I really like this one, but I think it needs to be edited.

I almost didn't include this one, but there's something very vintage about this photo of weeds.

Sunset behind a tree.

More fuzzy weeds.

Close up of the fuzzy weeds. 

I was trying to achieve something here with the lighting.

I almost got it here.

This one is too greenish.

Old fence post.

Found another leave, not that great though.

I don't remember taking this picture of the vine.

Dried up Queen Anne's Lace.

This looks like wheat.

Found two baby spiders and harassed them, but didn't get many good pictures.

Around The Yard: Part One {Fall 2022}

 We had amazingly beautiful weather today. I took Max for a little over a mile walk, then rushed home to grab my camera for some last minute pics before the sun set. I was a little late getting the shots I wanted, but I still managed some decent fall photos. It's supposed to be like 40 degrees Friday, so my outdoor photos will be few and far between.

Now I'm going to talk about something random and completely unrelated to fall or photos. Monday when LaVaughn and I were in Cape, I ventured over to the games just to see if there was anything decent. In the cheap sections where the games aren't kept in glass cases, I found World War Z on PS4. I remember reading something about that game a couple years ago, but it didn't have amazing reviews and the game play didn't look all that special. Well, it said it was $17 on the Walmart app, but rang up as $20 at the register. It was late, I was tired, I didn't fight it.

I didn't get around to playing it until last night, but oh my gosh! It's freaking fun! Like no joke, it feels like a Left 4 Dead type game mixed with the mass hoards that Days Gone has, only much more difficult. There are three different locations that you can play (US, Israel, Russia) and three different chapters in each location. Every location also comes with 4 different characters to choose from - way more than I was expecting! 

I know I just started, but I only made it through the first chapter in NY. LaVaughn tried the first in Israel and died, I did the same in Russia. I know it's because the game is new, but it's really hard at the start, which I like. So yeah, if you can find it at Walmart for $20 or less, it's totally worth it. Might even be able to find it on eBay for less!

Okay, enough rambling about games, time for pictures!

Leaves are my favorite, but the wind was kind nasty here, as you can see from the blurry ant.

I think this leaf pic would be pretty on glass.

I don't know why, but I love this one.

I was going for a better lighting effect here - I didn't get it.

Garden fence.

These crusty dried up weeds are the best to photograph.

I love these little pompom weeds.

I have no idea what kind of weed these are.

Beautiful red fall leaves.

The texture of this leaf is outstanding!

Weeping Willow vines.

Little red berries on our firebush.

For firebush "berries".

More of those little pompom weeds in the sunset.

Love this one of whatever weed this is. I thought it was a sticky ragwort, but I don't know.

Another one of the mysterious weed.

There was a hornet on the fence, but he wasn't super friendly.

He flew off after this picture.

More of these dried pompom weeds.

Lastly, pompom weed in the sunset.

Fall Photos - 2022 {Happy Halloween!}

 First I'd like to say, Happy Halloween! I thought I would jump on here real quick and share some fall pictures from my camera from earlier this month. It's not a lot, but it's from one of the last times I took my camera outside for random photos. I'm honestly surprised I don't have more to share than this, but maybe the few that I do have will give me incentive to go outside and take some more, lol.

We had a long drive home from work today from over the weekend, so there are no plans to do anything other than watch our usual Halloween lineup. Watching Trick 'r Treat, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and the original Halloween are an absolute must! That's basically all, how exhilarating, lol.

Well I guess I'll leave it at that. I hope everyone has an amazing Halloween!

 

Our rooster who was supposed to be a hen. I think I'm gonna name him Larry.

Our little silkie rooster, Ozzy, that we hoped was a girl.

Bugs on weeds.

This guy was a nice little model.

The creamy bokeh of the Nikon 105mm 2.8 lens really shines through here.

Baby bumblebees!

These guys were all over these weeds.

Look at those little bumblebee wings!

Also a worm on the weed.

Glistening bumblebee wings.

Spiderweb in the sunset.

It's amazing how intricate their webs are.

Gotta throw in a leaf picture.

And lastly, these tiny little bugs that are highlighted by the sun.