To date, this has been an awesome month weather-wise. Come November, any morning you don't have to scrape, shovel or shiver is sheer bonus. So, rather than sit in a tree stand, I thought I'd cruise rural roads like the one pictured above.

Any day now, this field of standing corn.......

will look a lot like this one.

This scene looks like it might have come right out the Andrew Wyeth gallery.

Took this photo between passes of the combine.

The maples to the rear of this country cemetery seemed colorful and quite picturesque from this vantage point........

But from this angle their framework lends a somewhat stately appearance.

This guy is keeping a watchful eye on a roadside carcass....but he's not alone.

His friends are equally interested in a meal. Like evryone else, these vultures must be enjoying the pleasant November weather, but for how long remains to be seen. By the time the snow shovels come out, they'll be perched in warmer climes!