AUTUMN???

 FALL has come to Fayetteville

but you wouldn't know it.

Oh, people have their pumpkins, hay bails

and scarecrows from Walmart, but the temperature outside

is in the eighties...

a little hard to drink your spiced tea with any conviction. 

I've put out my ceramic jack o lantern

but my Summer flowers are doing so well

why should I buy Mums?

Summer, Fall makes no difference to my Mom,

it's all a "pretty day" to her.

So I'm embracing it as well.

 The coneflowers I started from seed in early Summer

have finally decided to bloom.

 This Hyacinth Bean is still going strong

and the purple color works so well

this time of year.

 I've done a bit of clean up in the garden,

still plenty of color.

I have become a big fan of cheap Mums

from Walmart.  I bought four last year and

they are all going strong today.

Take another peek at the first picture,

that was a little eight inch pot that hung out in my garage

over the Winter and I stuck it in the ground

this Spring.  This purple one above lived in it's pot all year 

and now look at her.

You can't beat that!

HAPPY FALL