September

 I looked up some September poems, but they all spoke of "golden", and on this first day of September here in my garden the grass is spring green. That's what days of rain in late August will do.

Now it's on it's way to HOT. That's September here, days when school kids will lose their coats because they wear them to school for the cold mornings and throw them on the ground at first recess, forgetting them because they no longer need them...until tomorrow morning. 

Yes, school has started or is starting now that September is here. No school shopping for me anymore. But yesterday I did have to pay the bills and do the monthly accounting, an end of month ritual. 

I see that another week has gone by since I posted. How can that be? There was working in the yard and doing stuff, I guess. On Wednesday Jill and the kids came for dinner, a gathering I requested before everybody gets too busy. Irene is home from her Girl Scout Camp Counselor job. She reports that while some groups of kids were fun and she enjoyed being with the other counselors, she had some very nasty experiences with middle school girls, and will be looking for different employment next summer. 

Isaac will be taking online classes while he sits idly during down time at Boeing, which there apparently is too much of.  Soon they may be on strike.  

Jill has been back to work in her office in the school district administrative office. All three report breakdowns in communications in the multiple layers of supervisors in the administrative chain of command.

It was really good to spend time with them and catch up. We will see them on again Sunday when we go to Whidbey Island for the annual Phosie-Gertie family picnic.  I baked a cake.

I haven't made a chocolate zucchini cake for several years because we just haven't had much success with zucchini in the garden. I even asked a friend to bring me one from her garden because I usually don't let my few get big. 

But I did grow one this year finally and now the house smells really good of chocolate and cinnamon. It will get a chocolate glaze when it is cooled.

Now that it is late symmer the sedums are showing color.

And attracting bees. 

Fall blooming hardy cyclamen are popping out of the ground. 

White is a color.

And so is green, accented by hardy fuchsias and Abutilon/flowering maple. 

Happy September, everyone!