The full moon maple outside my window is just starting to color and is loaded with seeds.
Coffee table decor with flowers from the garden.
The hydrangeas I picked yesterday are still waiting for me. Maybe tomorrow.
One of Tom's bonsai trees is going red.
We still have a few things blooming.
The fuchsias are fine.
Crows work the lawn, along with their inanimate friends.
Cosmos in the cutting garden.
It's spider time. careful where you walk!
We finally have a few ripening tomatoes, just in time for the plants to start shutting down.
Now I'm off to celebrate the twins' birthday a day early. Tom and his sister Jan will be 69 tomorrow. Whew. Not quite old.
Love your pictures. I never cease to be amazed at the hydrangeas growing here. They are enormous.
ReplyDeleteI guess I missed that Tom was into bonsai. Why am I not surprised his seem to be doing very well.
I visited Portland's rhodendrum garden yesterday for the first time. Even though it's not the season for blooming it was a lovely garden and I plan to visit it again when it's in bloom.
Everyday I understand more why you're reluctant to welcome the dark days of winter. I don't blame you.
Your pictures are always so inspiring and beautiful. As usual, I am coveting your garden.
ReplyDeleteWow that spider is quite impressive! Wouldn't want to disturb him, but those flowers!!! And your pictures as usual are outstanding...
ReplyDeletegorgeous photos, except for the spider YUCK!
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos, Linda! I'm really impressed with that bonsai. I've never had one. It sounds so difficult to raise. I especially loved your white hydrangea photo at the end. Glorious!
ReplyDeleteWow. You still have a lot of flowers in bloom in your part of the country. Love the hydrangeas especially, and the cosmos...and the pear.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images! What a nice representation of fall. I so love your gardens, they are still stunning.
ReplyDeleteP.S. A very Happy Birthday to Tom and his sister!
ReplyDeleteHa!!! Bet you wouldn't want to photograph my yard! LOL. I guess you reap what you sow. You have a wonderful garden!
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, the tomatoes. We have a few, finally, that are verging on red. We've got three days of sunshine forecasted. So I'll wait until Friday to pick the green ones for the paper-bag-ripening process.
ReplyDeleteOh lovely nature series Linda..
ReplyDeleteYour garden is still amazingly lush! That maple tree is interesting -- are these indigenous to the PNW?
ReplyDeleteYour gorgeous tomatoes show why we persist in planting tomatoes in the PNW. My first tomato was ripe the day we left for GA - I picked it and 3 others that were grass green, but pretty big. We ate the ripe one the first day, the others were just right when we got here 10 days later. Our whole crop - but I have "plans" for raising more tomatoes next year (as always) :)
ReplyDeleteSuch fantastic flowers and your photos are superb! How lovely to have so much beauty all around you! They are really breathtaking!
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Pretty flowers! I can really say that you have a healthy garden. Anyway, thanks for sharing this post. Looking forward for your next post.
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