The Last Leaf Falls Contest Winner....

The Last Leaf Falls Contest is over, and the winners are....

(drum roll please...)

Scooby, Shaggy & Scout!

a prize package of goodies will go out to you... (but you gotta send me your snail mail address... email me at darlingmillie AT gmail DOT com!)
Concatulations!

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This package of red and white wrapped goodies, though, is going someplace completely different.

There's all kinds of good stuff in it. I have checked it all out. I have sniffed everything very thoroughly and have rubbed my special scent all over it. I've made sure it's got lots of L-O-V-E in it. It is a-o-k and ready to go to....

HAHAHA! I'm not telling! It's a SECRET! I am learning how to keep secrets, and I think it is FUN!

Happy Day!





PS, We will be posting pics to the Secret Paw blog, but Mom has had two days from aich-eee-double hockey sticks at her day hunting gig, and she's been coming home very, very late, and very tired. She's needed lots of my best cuddle time to recover.

Thursday Trees

Several of you have commented that this tree doesn't seem to have lost any leafs yet. Mom can't get over it either. So she took a few more pictures this morning. It was raining overnight, and was still cloudy. The weatherguys say it is supposed be sunny and warm later today, but now it's just grey. Mom says it is a good time to see the real colors.

This maple tree in the neighbor's yard has lost most of its leaves, but as you can see, there is a big tree nearby (actually in our yard) that is still green. Mom says this tree turns yellow, usually in November.
The tree that had such nice pretty red leaves on this day, has lost most of them, as you can see, but there are other trees in the neighborhood that are still green and leafy.
Here, you can see some rhodies on the other side of the fence on the left, and a "burning bush" that is turning red. The tall trees in the middle are red maples.Here are some other trees in the area, all at different stages of color. Lots of them still have lots of leaves too.
Which brings us back to our tree across the street. As you can see, there are trees with lots of leaves, still green all around it.

Mom actually called Auntie Karate yesterday, asking if most trees were naked by December (except for the stupid oak trees). Auntie said yes, they were.

If you want to know more about the leaves changing colors, you can check this out.

Saturday Caturday

It looks nice outside, but it's very cold for this time of the year. I am in a nice warm spot, and I'll be napping all day.Here's the red tree across the street, in a picture taken this morning. Mom has a correction about the red tree across the street. She says it is a Japanese Maple.

Today is the last day to enter the Last Leaf Falls Contest. You have to put your guess in the comments of this post. Good luck!

When the Last Leaf Falls Contest!!

Here are the trees outside. This was yesterday morning. It's been colder than usual, and will continue to be cold for the rest of the week. I've been making sure I get lots of cuddling by sitting next to Mom in the recliner.

Kept her out of the sewing room I have!

Heh!

Update: Milo and Alfie think we should have a contest, "When the Leafs Drop Off The Tree" Contest. I'm game.

Here goes. You enter the date you think there will be no more leaves on the red tree across the street. (It's a variety of Red Maple if anybody is interested.) The red leaves here are its normal color. It usually turns BRIGHT red in autumn. This tree hasn't done that yet.

Enter your guess in the comments of TODAY's post! Comments will be accepted until the end of the day, Saturday October 17.

Every day I will post a picture of the trees across the street. On the day where the red maple has NO LEAVES on any branch of the tree, that will be THE DAY, and the cats/woofies/buns who have selected that day will be the winner.

The prize will be treats of some kind. You can expect Temptations if you are a Cat, and some woofie snack if you are a woofie. If you are a bun, I will find treats for you too. (If anybody would like to donate prizes, let me know.)

So you can probably tell that you have to be a Cat, Woofie, or Bun to enter. (Hey, it's my blog and I make the rules.)

We are just coming into "Peak Foliage Season" in our part of New Hampster. The leaves will turn colors before they fall off the tree. Wind and rain knock the leaves down faster. We are supposed to have a lot of both in the next couple of days.

The leaves will be off the trees by December for sure. Don't guess any dates in December (unless you want to lose.) They'll be off sooner than that, but I'm not giving you any more hints, either.

Good luck!