Day Moon-Crow Moon

See Previous | See Next This week things definitely feel and look like fall, even though the days have still been pretty warm.  I’ve been neglecting my planter-box flowers, but the snapdragons continue blooming prettily regardless, undaunted. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows this is definitely the time of year when the echinacea, whose flowers have been turning so scraggly brown, make a fall-foliage comeback with pretty, yellow leaves that offset the brown stems and seed heads so…

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See Previous | See Next This week was pear-picking week (for a pear-picking hour; there were disconcertingly few pears this year), as fall proceeds apace.  As promised, I do have one rose to show off, which the squirrel has mysteriously decided to leave unmolested.  Viking Queen can be a bit floppy (for me anyway), but her roses are always so lovely, especially these late season ones. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows last year’s Viking Queen, as well…

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See Previous | See Next This week my one, shy cyclamen is blooming while most of everything else not in planter boxes is headed to seed – very October-y. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years has a note or two about late re-blooming roses, which I might get to follow-up again this year, depending on whether the last bud gets eaten by the squirrel or not. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years there’s also a hint about snow…

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See Previous | See Next (published late due to scheduling error – was supposed to publish Sep.26th!) This week the weather has been lovely, not too hot and not too cold.  Though lots of things, like the sunflowers, are going brown and to seed, others are taking a second opportunity to put out more blooms.  The crab apples are blushing and the asters are fluttery soft. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows us the fruits and flowers of…

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