my mother's portuguese water dog at 6 months! he's as sweet as he looks.

colchicum 'waterlily' is struggling in the drought

here is mr. squirrel, foraging on my deck. i took this picture from my office chair.

Sorry to say, blogger is having problems with image uploads. Mr. Squirrel will have to wait.

what a beautiful shelter!

i planted many morning glories, but only one survived

a rose in despair over the end of summer

the mums are taking their time unfurling due to the drought

asters are in their glory now in the ne usa

one last look at the way brugmansia 'pink beauty' was last week. today all but 3 of the flowers have fallen to the ground.

graceful and sculptural, luna perches at the window to observe the local prey

green stinkbug on lantana flowers

i moved my tropicals into my office/sunroom today, despite the uncommonly warm weather. the blue passion flower is still blooming.

passiflora 'lady margaret' is still putting on a show

ok, the brugmansia is making me weak, i just have to post more pictures of it. 'pink beauty' prefers the night time, when its fragrance is intoxicatingly tropical. one may forget for a moment that one lives in the (winter coming soon) ne usa.

overloaded with blooms, brugmansia 'pink beauty' droops in the unusual, record-breaking, late september heat.

joe joe with lantana flowers sprinkled on his poof

brugmansia 'pink beauty' has over 20 flowers right now

view of the dogwood changing color through an attic window

evergreen magnolia leaf wreath i made yesterday