WATER COOLER CHATTER

happened to be in the office today where we gathered around the watering hole...mr. house finch stayed quite a while... well, for him...

mr. sparrow is ever so bold...
suddenly the leaves are dropping off the trees and it makes one thirsty...

PURPLEY SUNSET

harvested my meager beets (and 1 parsnip!) we're having them for dinner tonight.
purpley sunset today
the potager... there are 4 more tomatoes and it should be warm enough to ripen them this week.

OCTOBER COLORS

the leaves are just turning... palisades on the hudson...
sugar pond...

new echinacea 'macaroni & cheese' opening...
new echinacea 'green jewel'
my favorite marigold, 'jolly jester'
dwarf oakleaf hydrangea
luna posing...
clematis 'roguchi' seed head
and some spring-like colors... asters and mums...

CLINGING TO SUMMER

though summer ended last month, wonderful daytime temps have brought out this bee, clinging to the echinacea for all it's worth...slanted fall sun knifes through the blood grass...
mums are just popping open...
i just bought this mountain mint, so pretty and the deer avoid it...
nicotania brightens the potager...
the potager heading towards winter... masses of marigolds glow... tomatoes blush, and then i bring them into the house to ripen, rainbow chard is still going strong, cabbages are beginning to form heads...