Time for misty mornings, the corn harvest, pumpkins at the farm stands, and of course, the annual fall migration of flocks of exotic fauna. The careful observer will spot rare, precious specimens resting briefly along the river, to be seen only for a few short October weeks before they fly onward. Watch with special care for a rewarding glimpse of Inflatabilius Halloweenicus:
Variant species also appear.
Happy naturalists travel to Chenango from all over the Northeast to study our temporary residents.
The October ecosystem includes insects, too.
Look carefully while you have the chance. All too soon they'll be gone -- to be replaced in a few short weeks by their red, green, and white cousins from the North Pole, Inflatabilius Santaclausicus.
Variant species also appear.
Happy naturalists travel to Chenango from all over the Northeast to study our temporary residents.
6 comments:
As a Chenango County resident, I have thought the sightings seemed a bit rarer this year, perhaps because of global warming . . .
Appreciate you seeking out and posting some fine examples to show your grandchildren someday how we once lived in this valley.
Is the fascination with halloween bizarre and morbid? Or is it healthy and well-adjusted?
Nice pics, dear.
Is it free trade, Wal Mart, artistic expression, wretched excess, love of beauty, reaction to the shortening days (less light?closer to death?), too much time, too much money, an inexpensive way to delight children?????
Plan to make my first million with permanent holiday lights which change colors with the seasons -- orange and black now, green and red for Xmas, white and red for Valentines, yellow and purple for spring/Easter/Passover, and red, white and blue Memorial Day through Labor Day.
You can probably order more expensive ones with subtler changes -- after Halloween the black turns to green to be more T'giving like, etc.
Those blow up toys are actually expensive. The ones I've seen at party stores and the like are at least 700 dollars and usually up to $1000. There is a woman in Geneseo who every christmas has 11 blow up ugly santa things in her lawn, and I drive by and think, congratulations, you spent $11,000.00 on blow up toys.
I thought they were 10% of that -- I am shocked.
Being too cheap to spend $75 to $100 on such things, that still seems like a lot, but, but, but . . .
Not at wallyworld...
http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ic=24_0&ref=125862.408367&fromPageCatId=615760&catNavId=615760
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