O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest...

We've had such winds here that it's hard to imagine how some of these leaves are managing to cling on at all, let alone those ripe looking apples.
But I'll start with an earlier photo as my theme today is trees; this first picture was taken in late October.

Hard to tell if this is one nest or two, although I have a feeling that actually what it is is last year's nest and this year's...

There is a thrush well camouflaged in the berries who was very protective of them, and chased two magpies off several times.

I made a card today to celebrate all those bare trees and blue skies