First Frost

Brrrrrrr ! It got mighty chilly here overnight -

it was 25.5 degrees Fahrenheit when I woke up this morning.

The first hard freeze of the year.

I wandered around the yard and took a few photos.

6:05 AM

Sunrise over the front field.

This is the field that was full of water during

the spring floods earlier this year.

There was seven feet of water out there plus three

feet over the road.

Marigolds - so full of blooms now

Mums - they were just starting to fill out nicely

Hydrangea - it was still making new blooms !

Needless to say the new blooms (no photos)

were droopy this morning

Yes, those are blooms on the tomato plant !

And newly forming tomato (right side of photo).

The plants were still producing,

though I quit harvesting them.

I let the last of the tomato horn worms have at

the plants since it was the end of the season.

My guess is this one turned black from the cold.

I took this photo to other evening.

Fire bush

Daisy

Hosta

Daylilly

Canna

I thought it was neat how

the frost formed differently on

each of the plants.

I tried to catch what it sounds like

as the walnuts are falling from the tree

and hitting the steel roof -

something like gunshots !

They've been falling for a few weeks now,

 here and there, but this morning it has been constant.

You'll hear thuds as they hit the ground and

a louder bang when they hit the steel roof.

The kitten is freaked out from the loud noises.

It frightens me at times, too!

The squirrels have will have plenty of food this year :

Walnuts covering the ground

Huge burr oak acorns also cover the ground.

Thanks for looking =)