I've had daily visitors to the backyard. They haven't been the two-legged kind.

A doe and her twins showed up in early September. They are stopping by almost daily. If they are not in my yard, they are in the yard next door. Yesterday they were mowing and fertilizing the neighbor's lawn and pruning the shrubs. They hit the jackpot in that yard because that lawn hasn't been mowed since July.
 
I love watching the trio. They have been nibbling the leaves that were still holding on; thankfully leaving the twigs intact.

Yesterday they started their tour in my yard with the hope of reaching the sunflower seeds. Mama didn't get the seeds but she did get a candid close up taken by my trail cam.

I went for a short hike yesterday to see what was happening at the local ponds. The waterfowl are gone and there is a thin layer of ice forming. The forest was quiet except for the crunch of leaves under my boots. 

The trees are bare except for the rose bushes. Their leaves are hanging on and provide a burst of color against the bare underbrush. 

There's a bit of snow on the trail; a reminder to hikers that winter is on the way.