Apple Pip in November
Quiet.
The Apples are gone, the leaves are gone, the branches are almost bare… Pip admires the lichens.
Lichen in the Apple Tree.
This is a lovely crop of lichen, and Pip admires the colour and texture, but it is all a bit damp.
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A shelter of sorts.
This could be a nice little refuge if it were a little more sheltered.
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That’s an improvement.
This might work, at least until the next big wind!
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If you want to see Pip’s adventures in the apple tree, month by month, click this link.
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Quimper Hittys 
Does Pip live in the tree, or just hang out there a lot? I hope s/he has somewhere else to hide when a storm is blowing, or during the snow, not to mention when the crows visit.
Pip is a peripatetic little individual, but tries to check out the apple tree at least once a month!
Oh how cute indeed, a wonderful find for a hideaway.
Pip was very pleased with the little nest, and hopes the umbrella will at least keep it dry now that there are no sheltering leaves above it.
Lichen seems to be doing really well this fall, here too. We had some yellow slime mold that might interest Pip. We had not noticed that in previous years!
Thanks for the tip – Pip is on the trail of the yellow slime!
We’ve got a storm coming, I hear! I hope Pip can hang on tight as the winds blow and the rains pelt down! At least she has her umbrella!
If the winds really do get up to 70 km per hour tonight and tomorrow as predicted, Pip had better not hang on to the umbrella!
Wonderful! I love the bright pop of red. Pip makes an apple of herself among the branches.
Red apple Pip
pops, cheerful in the dark of
winter’s wet branches.
Ha! Wonderful. What a delightful poem to go with such a delightful Hitty.
Little Pip is a delightful hitty. She is really attached to that apple tree
Pip finds the tree is comfortable and interesting place.