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The waxwings have arrived!

The waxwings have arrived!

After a few years, the waxwings arrived today. This means that a cold winter has begun in the far north. They are looking for food from us. Their favorite delicacies are fruits: apples, rowan berries, grapes. The latter are probably their most favorite. How easily the...

Finally we have asphalt.

Finally we have asphalt.

It took a long time for this moment to come. Today, the residential road is covered with asphalt. I have provided information on what work needed to be done in previous posts. This lasted from spring until almost the end of November. Not all work has been completed...

For mushrooms

For mushrooms

I thought there would be no mushrooms this fall. The summer was very dry. Of course, the forest is also very dry. At the end of September it started raining. It rained often in October. Mushrooms appeared only in the second half of the month. It wasn't a plentiful...

Winter has not yet come

Winter has not yet come

    The month of December ends, but winter has not come yet. Everyone expected snow during the holiday season. Autumn landscape around. The days are the shortest. Mostly cloudy and grey colours dominate everywhere. It is difficult to get an interesting picture in such...

Elks have returned

Elks have returned

       With the onset of winter, elks come back to us. They return to the pinewoods. We have a lot of young pine afforestation here, which elk like very much. Yesterday, just before sunset, crossing a dirt road, we first noticed only the head of a elk with large...

Late autumn landscapes

Late autumn landscapes

    The second half of October and November are quite gloomy, grey days. Almost all trees have lost their leaves.  For the reason uniform colourless landscapes prevail. Only the colour of the sky at sunrise and sunset can be beautiful and colourful. Hence it's...

Autumn in October

Autumn in October

    It seems to me that autumn has the most beautiful colours in the last days of September and the first decade of October. True, it depends on the weather. Later, there are few leaves on the trees and the landscape becomes more grey. There are often morning mists at...