Change Is On The Way

After many unexpected sunny mornings and 70 degree days, the expected dip in temperatures and foggy mornings have finally begun.  The fog will burn off later and later each day, and by Friday we anticipate the first real rain in 80 days.

I took my camera out into the garden this morning and snapped 75 photos.  I'm not posting quite all of them.

This week we took down the umbrellas and put away the patio rocking chairs.

 The summer flowers are still looking fine here.

 Bonsai trees are beginning to color up.

 Perennials are in various stages of display and decay.

 Our ornamental maple trees are just barely beginning to color up

 but the seeds are lovely.

 The vegetable garden has gone over and is scraggly.  Tom will start dismantling it today.

 With dry yards all around, the moles have gone crazy in our watered yard.

 Tom has set traps, but so far, no catch.

 Dahlias still supply lovely cut flowers for in house bouquets.

 Hosta leaves are slumping.

 Our stewartia tree has finally reached enough maturity to begin bark shedding.

 Stroll the garden with care.  Spiders are everywhere.

 Tom has taken cuttings of his fancy leaf geraniums, and the green house is full of them.  Now these can hang around as long as they look good.  The full moon maple is just beginning its color change.  It will again be glorious.

 The tomatoes were late but have been producing well now.  Firewood from logging in our yard is stored for winter fires.

 Irene's playhouse is once again the storage shed.  I'll be collecting yard art to stow away.

 But roses still bloom.