Female Northern Cardinal on an alder branch.

Male Northern Cardinal on the garden fence.

Hello, bird.

Eating winterberries.

The one time a male cardinal is sort of camouflaged.

Such color!

View of the pondhouse from across the pond.

Leaves are mostly gone from the treetops. Now the understory glows.

Radar carries a small log on the leafy path back up to the house.

New England autumn beauty persists well into November. Time change last weekend and now it starts to get dark around 4 p.m.

Moving date is set for Nov. 28, closing Nov. 29.

Election day. I will be doing my civic duty and working as a ballot clerk in our small town for the last time. I stay to tally the write ins too.