Huntsville Botanical Gardens, Part 2

The Butterfly House, Huntsville Botanical Gardens

Ahem.

Ahem, ahem.

My friend, Kerry!

Huntsville Botanical Garden

In September I visited the Huntsville Botanical Gardens with a long time friend.

Yes, September.  Yes, I'm behind.

This "hay house" was cute with all the gourd decor.

During September and October, the scarecrows visit.

The butterfly house was open in September which was our primary reason for going.  I got a few good shots which I'll show later.

This friend is one of those who seem to know when you need something, and what that something might be.  So thanks once again, if you're reading.

Blessings for Charleston

A porch in Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. A.
November 2014


Blessings for Charleston in the wake of their tragedy.

Gone to seed

Broccoli gone to seed in my husband's garden last spring.
Currently, his garden spot is grown up in weeds as he was not able to plant anything this year before he died.  I'm not sure what I'll do with it next year, but I'm going to keep the fence up and keep the weeds beat down this year until I decide.  I have visions of becoming the old widow woman in the gardening hat with hoe in hand in a garden full of flowers.
We'll see what next year brings.

I am going to halt The Barn Collective for now.  I don't know if I will continue it at a later time or not.  I will be happy for someone to pick it up.  Just let me know.

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and emails.  Words can be of such great comfort in times of grief.  We are very fortunate to have friends who have visited both at the hospital (two hours away) and at home, brought food, ran errands, looked after my mother, fed the cats, and even mowed the lawn.  My son and I are plodding along with each day.  He will be starting his permanent job next week after a delay due to the illness and death of his father.  I am glad he has something to occupy his mind.

Until next time.

It's cold in Alabama

The weather man down the road from us reported 5 degrees on their farm this morning.
Thought a sunflower might make us feel better.
This lady was 12+ feet tall and that sunflower is almost 2 feet in diameter.

Glowing

These flowers were glowing at me from the field next to the house at dusk one October evening.

Multi-colors

Lorepetalum

I don't know which variety these are, but we love them.

More scarecrows

Fall festival sights

Some scarecrows and decor in my little town.

A few other little cuties.

And Spider Man was there also!

(all iPhone5 photos)

In spite of fall

Summer beds are still going strong
Vanderbilt University Hospital / Campus
Nashville, Tennessee, U. S. A.
(iPhone5)

Grey picket

Late spring fence

Sharing with Good Fences

Children of the corn

These children are tiny flowers that grow throughout the corn field.  (Corny, I know.)
(oh, and when human children start coming out of these corn fields, I'm moving.)

I have already found my scary Halloween font.  (also corny).  Reminds me of Hobby Lobby.  They get the next season's things on the shelves months ahead of time.  And, I have had the John Carpenter theme song from the horror movie "Halloween" in the back of my mind.
At least I did wait until September.