Trees

- October gave a party;The leaves by hundreds came.The Chestnuts, Oaks and Maples,And leaves of every name. – - The Sunshine spread a carpet,And everything was grand,Miss Weather led the dancing,Professor Wind the band. – - – The Chestnuts came in yellow,The Oaks in crimson dressed;The lovely Misses mapleIn scarlet looked their best. – - [...]

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Fall Garden

These are (probably) some of the last photos I’ll be posting of my garden this year. I have already dumped a lot of pots and cleaned out some areas of the garden (I hate to pull out still-blooming plants though, so I usually just leave them all until the frost knocks them down). Most of [...]

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Mums And Asters

The wild asters and other fall wildflowers are blooming, the leaves are changing and the woods are getting more and more colorful these days. In my garden, the mums and asters are definitely the standouts right now. – - These mums are in an urn at my front steps. – - These Clara Curtis daisies [...]

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Butterflies

Just a few of the many butterflies in my garden this summer. The rare female Diana Fritillary (last photo, bottom right) showed up earlier than usual this year, I started seeing her around the end of August. The orange and brown male Diana Fritillary was here by early August. Click to enlarge. – - – [...]

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