Speaking of hunters--Where are those turkeys?

If you've been following this blog, you might remember that the wild turkeys started the idea of blogging.  I haven't seen them all growing season, but one late afternoon in October, they appeared.
I ran to get the camera and caught them as they disappeared in the high grasses across the street. You can see a tail of one and the neck and head of another one further into the laurels.  There must have been a dozen of them.  Many less than I had seen in April.

It interesting to see them again after so long--and at the end of my garden year.  The blog is winding down as the plants notice the shorter days.  The planter boxes on the deck were still supporting some bloom when the snows hit--and the electricity went out here for two days.

I pulled them into the garage before the storm and they are still blooming on the front porch, safe from frosts (after the snow?!) and getting some sun in the mid-afternoon before the sun goes down by 4:30 even though we've left Daylight Savings Time.  Neighbors remark when they see the Sunny Susans still budding! I plan to use the rosemary and sage next week for Thanksgiving.