Signs of the season

We saw these outdoor Christmas/holiday/winter decorations on our outings today...

A simple and elegant entry door:

A creative CD reuse idea: a decorative and durable chain for trees!

A closeup of the CD-chain, in case you want to make one yourself  (Gentle readers: I took a special how-to look on your behalf :-)... make loops of fishing string from the center of one CD to the next.) :

And then, our first stick-to-the-lawn snow of the season: