Trick or Treat

Tootsie Rolls are ready and waiting by the front door.

October's Bright Blue Weather

Autumn is a Tapestry

of color in the woods behind the house. We took advantage of the mild weather today and replaced some dead shrubs with white azaleas.

Pasta With Mushrooms and Chicken

sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and served with garlic toast points. It's melting. Ummm! Let's eat.

The autumn season is short and sweet. The light diminishes, the temperature drops, the rain falls, the wind blows, and the leaves flutter to the ground making even the cold rainy days hauntingly charming.

Pink Honeysuckle

and pastel pumpkins

along with shasta daisies

cheerfully enliven dark, rainy days of October.

Ornamental Cabbage

can enhance and extend your fall season.

Beautiful Season

I'm glad I didn't remove the cypress vines during garden clean up a few days ago. Today I saw a straggler hummingbird. The summer resident hummingbirds left a couple of weeks ago.

Test Your Botanical Knowledge

This herbaceous perennial with graceful, branching stems 2-4 feet high from a clump of dark green, 3-5 lobed leaves covered with soft hairs, flowers with 2-3 inches across, semi-double in white, pink, or rose blooms in the fall. There are many named varieties.

Answer

Osteospermum

A few are still blooming. I love the white with blue-centered one.

Colors of Nature-Autumn

While shopping, I found this lovely cake plate. I'm ready for a tea party.

Beaver Dam Creek

runs behind my house. This morning was cool, clear and colorful.

Blooming Onion

Core your cooked blooming onion before you serve it. Hubby recently bought a gadget for just this pupose.@:-)

Birder's Collective Nouns

Collective Nouns

Autumn Leaves