We are surrounded by such beauty this week! It fully compensates for the loss of the leaves and cold, wet days to come.
My little red hen has suffered for months with a late molt that just did not want to grow back. I feared that the other hens were picking out her feathers each time they tried to re-emerge. Finally, though, the cold weather has prompted her body to generate a pincushion of growth and she may get back to her former beauty after all.
Bluestem Pond 
Most of my girls are looking the same.
I love the fall change…I don’t love the winter change. Happy for the return of feathers.
Aw, glad she’s feeling better. Autumn is such a beautiful time of year.