something for everyone

once again, we all spent sunday outside. the lawn was mowed for the last time in 2009. weeds pulled, and pulled and pulled, perennials moved, and even a bit of raking. on saturday morning i got a picture of our trident maple in full golden color. sunday morning was another picture, leaves gone, gone , gone. why, hello neighbors. our japanese pussy willow, grown from a rooted branch, is full of fat catkins. our own fat cat lounged in the sun and the ever alert lab saw a SQUIRREL

cream of the crop

actually, the last of the crop. now that the weather is sunny and warm again, i'm stealing every moment i can to put the garden to bed for the winter. today i was working in the vegetable beds and cutting down some perennials. my labors were rewarded, as always in a garden. i got a handful of peppers, 3 more gourds and an armful of flowers to make bouquets. the tall vase has cosmos,fall blooming anemones, callicarpa berries, purple hyacinth beans, blushing limelight hydrangea, baptisia foilage and verbena. the shorter vase smells delicious. it has bronze fennel fronds, au tumn joy sedum, baptisia pods, nandina berries and one coral geranium blossom. rewarding and appetite inducing. pork and peppers for dinner?