Bazza, you are right in all your comments...the ground is covered with brown toned leaves...the oaks here drop their old leaves in the spring as the new ones push them off. Just a little green on the ground as it has been so dry the grass has no growth at all....just love the green edit! Wish it would be that green but will take a LOT of rain for that.
I do have pods, mono and tri but getting them set up causes me to lose the bird pictures I am after plus being awkward for me to handle along with my Mom in the car. I like the mono and use it often when I am alone. Shirley